Virtualitics expands munitions planning software access across the Air Force

The Air Force is seeking mobile 3D concrete printers to help military engineers rapidly build protective structures, Defense News reported Nov. 4. Its Small Business Innovation Research solicitation is a direct-to-Phase II project and closes in January 2027.¹

The development challenge combines protection with practical field use. Defense News tied the effort to Iranian attacks that damaged hundreds of U.S. military buildings across eight Middle Eastern countries, citing a September 2026 inspector general report. The Air Force is concerned that existing concrete-printing technology is not yet ready to produce structures that survive missile and drone bombardment.¹

The service wants equipment that lightly trained military personnel can operate in austere conditions, with a goal of reducing skilled labor and using locally available cementitious materials where feasible. The project will assess cement-like materials for qualities including strength and adhesion, as well as the availability of local components.¹

The Army Applications Laboratory has awarded Havoc a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract, the Providence, R.I., collaborative autonomy software company announced Monday. The award will fund continued development of Havoc's software for logistics resupply across multiple hardware platforms. Under the contract, Havoc says, it will expand its multi-domain capabilities to orchestrate resupply deliveries to soldiers by air and ground.¹

Havoc's chief executive, Paul Lwin, said the Phase III designation means any federal agency, "not just the Department of War, can now bring Havoc on board through a streamlined, non-competitive path."¹ Phase III is the SBIR program's commercialization stage, where a company can market what it developed in Phase II to government or commercial buyers.² Havoc's backers include defense contractors: the company raised a $100 million Series A in May, with SAIC joining existing investors including Lockheed Martin.⁴

The Army lists Havoc as a winner of xTechOverwatch, a competition that sought concepts for autonomous aircraft, ground vehicles and sensor networks from small businesses.² In August, during the competition's Pegasus Charge III exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, Havoc and Rune Technologies completed an end-to-end autonomous resupply mission with Havoc's drones and Rune's TyrOS software, the companies said.³ Havoc says the expanded air and ground work responds to a need identified by its 1st Cavalry Division customer at Overwatch/Pegasus Charge.¹