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3,244 articlesA $400M Machine Ships in 13 Planes and Takes a Year to Install. ASML Needs 1,000 Engineers to Do It in Taiwan.
ASML Holding NV is hiring 1,000 people in Taiwan in 2025, a 67 percent increase over its original plan of 600 roles, driven by surging client demand from TSMC and other major chipmakers. The expansion will push ASML's Taiwan workforce past 5,500 employees, generating approximately €8.3 billion in an
Rheinmetall's best-paid engineers build pictures, not weapons — and the pipeline runs through a game that got millions to scan city streets
Vantor and Rheinmetall signed an MoU to build sovereign spatial intelligence capabilities for Germany through a Germany-based joint venture. The partnership fuses Vantor's satellite imagery and geospatial AI with Rheinmetall's command-and-control systems to deliver near-real-time battlespace awarene
Saudi Arabia's Defense Localization Hit 24.8% in 2024 — and Thales Is Hiring 400 Engineers in Riyadh to Reach 50% by 2030
Saudi Arabia's STES joint venture between SAMI and Thales aims to localize defense electronics production under Vision 2030. With a 24.8% localization rate and a 50% target by decade's end, the JV represents a critical test of Saudi Arabia's strategy to build sovereign capability in high-tech defens
Harvey AI's Token Burn Hit 12 Trillion a Month. Rescript AI Is Building the Regulatory Layer Harvey Doesn't Cover.
While San Francisco and New York dominate AI headlines, a cluster of startups building AI for legal and policy teams is growing in Washington, DC. Rescript AI sits at the center of this emerging regulatory-AI ecosystem, backed by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and Floodgate, serving Bloomberg Gover
Anduril Built a Submarine Factory 18 Months Before It Had a Contract
Anduril opened a 7,400-square-metre submarine factory in Sydney in October 2025, 18 months before the Royal Australian Navy awarded the Ghost Shark XL-AUV contract. The first autonomous underwater vehicle rolled off the line just 51 days after the deal was signed. The facility draws on over 40 Austr
Harvey AI Spent $1 Billion on Tokens. Now It Wants to Know What It Bought.
Harvey's AI token usage surged from 1 trillion to 12–13 trillion per month between January and May, signaling deep enterprise adoption across 100,000+ lawyers in 1,500 firms. The growth reflects a shift from AI experimentation to operational dependency, with implications for infrastructure, ROI, and
A Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer in Irvine Can Earn $260,000. The Entry-Level Home Below Them Costs $1.2M.
Turion Space raised $75M in Series B funding to scale spacecraft production from 8 to 40 units annually, backed by Washington Harbour Partners and others. The company builds maneuverable DROID satellites for space domain awareness and is part of the U.S. Space Force’s $1.8B Andromeda program.
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Exploded on the Pad. Now It's Hiring 500 to Build the Next Ones.
Blue Origin is investing $600 million in an 830,000-square-foot upper stage manufacturing facility—Project Horizon—at its Florida Rocket Park campus, adding 500 high-paying aerospace jobs and signaling a major push to scale New Glenn rocket production despite recent setbacks.
The Hardest Job at Anduril Isn't Building Autonomous Weapons. It's Legally Sending Them Abroad.
Anduril Industries is in talks with Israeli officials to establish its first permanent engineering and production hub outside the U.S. The move would support its IPO ambitions, ease ITAR export-control friction, and enable co-development with Israeli defense firms. With a major Air Force CCA product
SpaceX's $6.3B AI Deal With Reflection Is Quietly Fueling a Hiring War for Engineers Who Can Deploy Models in Orbit
SpaceX signs a $6.3B computing deal with open-source AI startup Reflection AI, gaining access to Nvidia GB300 chips at its Colossus 2 data center. The agreement highlights SpaceX's shift toward commercial AI infrastructure and reveals a hidden hiring surge for orbital-AI engineering roles requiring
The Wormhole Prints Rocket Barrels Next to Thrust Stands That Simulate Mars Transfer — and NASA Is Betting 2028 on Both
NASA's selection of Relativity Space for the Aeolus Mars orbiter mission marks a pivotal shift in the company's credibility and hiring power, enabling it to attract top engineering talent with a deep-space mission on its manifest despite an unproven rocket and past launch failure.
The Largest AI Data Center Outside the U.S. Is Being Built in Abu Dhabi. Most of the Jobs Aren't About AI.
OpenAI's Stargate UAE is a $30 billion, 10-square-mile AI campus in Abu Dhabi scaling to 5 GW by 2030—the largest AI infrastructure project outside the U.S. It marks a strategic shift in OpenAI's global expansion, compute distribution, and geopolitical positioning across South Asia, Africa, and Cent
Thales Has 120 Open Radar Roles in One Dutch Town — and the Netherlands Just Became Europe's Sensor Capital
Thales and the Dutch Ministry of Defence signed a strategic partnership on June 22, 2026, to expand radar production, development, and test capacity at Thales's Hengelo facility. The deal funds a new near-field test site with an anechoic chamber, expanded printed circuit board production, an additio
Anduril's FQ-44 Went From Prototype to Production Faster Than Any Fighter in 50 Years — and Ohio Is Hiring 4,000 to Build It
The U.S. Air Force awarded simultaneous production contracts to General Atomics and Anduril Industries for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, marking a dual-selection approach unprecedented in modern fighter procurement. The program decouples airframes from autonomy software, with six compan
Skydio Pledged $3.5 Billion to Build Drones in America. Its Job Board Shows the Real Product Is AI.
On April 24, 2026, Skydio pledged $3.5 billion to U.S. manufacturing, supply chain development, and R&D over five years — a scale no American drone company has attempted. The investment will create over 2,000 direct jobs and support 3,000 more across U.S. suppliers, with over $1 billion flowing to d
Blue Origin's JARVIS Program Is Hiring Production Planners, Not Rocket Scientists — and 118 New Roles in a Week Show Why
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test on May 28, 2026, destroying the first stage and damaging the launch pad. The incident shifted hiring from launch operations to production, with 118 new roles focused on manufacturing at the Merritt Island facility under the JARVIS pro
Lakebase Has Thousands of Customers and Its Own Job Category. Neither Existed Before October.
Databricks' $134B valuation and $4B Series L round signal an aggressive hiring push across AI-native database engineering, security lakehouse architecture, and enterprise agent deployment. The company is free-cash-flow positive, growing 55%+ YoY, and IPO-ready — and it's recruiting to staff a land g
Thales Alenia Space Added 216 Roles in Seven Days. Most Have Nothing to Do With Designing Satellites.
Thales Alenia Space is investing €100 million in a Rome smart factory targeting production of over 100 micro and small satellites per year, driven by the Sentinel-1 Next Generation constellation programme and a shift toward serial satellite manufacturing in Europe.
Harvey AI's Paris Office Exists Because French Data Law Demands It — and the Legal Engineers Staffing It Must Have a JD, Three Years at a Top Firm, and Fluency in Agentic AI
Harvey AI's token usage surged from 1 trillion in January to 12–13 trillion per month by June, signaling deep adoption among lawyers. With 100,000+ users across 1,500 firms, $200M raised at an $11B valuation, and 700K+ daily agent tasks, Harvey shows real-world AI integration in legal work—moving be
Airbus Has 66 Open Roles in One Small German Town — and 15 Are for a Type of Space Job That Barely Existed in Europe Five Years Ago
Airbus Defence and Space is rapidly transforming its Immenstaad am Bodensee site from a helicopter-focused facility into a hub for space situational awareness, satellite ground segments, and signals intelligence. With 66 open positions, at least 15 are directly tied to SSA and ISR work, reflecting a
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