Published by LiveUP Media | Defence Video Production | London, UK There is a peculiar asymmetry at the heart of modern conflict that is making the largest defence organisations in the world genuinely uncomfortable. A $2,000 commercial drone assembled from off-the-shelf components, printed airframe parts, and open-source firmware can destroy a $2 million missile system. A nineteen-year-old with a laptop, a consumer FPV controller, and a 3D printer sourced from an e-commerce platform can...

Published by LiveUP Media | Defence Video Production | London, UK Defence tech investment hit a record $49.1 billion in 2025 — nearly double the year before. UAV and autonomous systems companies led that surge, driven by battlefield validation in Ukraine, rising NATO budgets, and a fundamental shift in how venture capital views the sector. European defence tech deal count grew 67% in 2025 alone. That capital is moving fast. And it is moving toward founders who can communicate not just what...

Published by LiveUP Media | London, UK LiveUP Media — 3D animation for advanced manufacturing and defence technology — has extended its presence to San Francisco and the Bay Area. This is the story of how that happened, and what it says about where the market is going. We planned to work with the best engineering founders we could find — the ones building things that didn't exist before, in sectors that most studios don't have the technical background to understand. Advanced manufacturing....