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Defense prime named as a prior Code Metal collaborator and potential client rather than competitor.
No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.
The investor sold out of the Starburst accelerator and has backed 14 industrial and hard-tech companies since January 2023, on a screen that pairs commoditized hardware with software talent and skips science.
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Xcimer took investment from RTX Ventures and Pacific Fusion signed an agreement with the NNSA. TechCrunch's reporting shows defense interest landing on machines that already exist, with both plant programs still running.
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Raytheon says its radar tracked and shared data aboard USS Jack H. Lucas during Pacific Dragon near Hawaii. Seven navies took part, and nothing was fired.
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Raytheon's multiyear Navy contract pushes Tomahawk output above 1,000 missiles a year. The hard part sits below final assembly, in tooling and hiring at hundreds of small suppliers.
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Framework agreements with Raytheon and the Department of War cover avionics and ejector assemblies for SM-3 Block IB and IIA. The interceptor quantity talks come later.
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A $17 million first tranche became an $80 million agreement in under 12 months, awarded under Other Transaction Authority rather than the traditional procurement cycle.
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