Germany
Rheinmetall Plans €270M Kassel Tank, Drone and Logistics Hub
Rheinmetall plans to invest about €270 million in Kassel, expanding armored vehicle production and adding logistics and drone testing facilities.
Weekly Briefing
This week: Romania scrambles F-16s over a drone alert, Poland signs a $2.2B Piorun deal and receives its first new K2 tanks, Ukraine opens wartime arms exports, and Bulgaria triples its minehunter fleet. Plus three deep-dive analyses.
Austria
Austria plans a €2.5 billion medium-range air defense purchase. IRIS-T has an early advantage, but at least six suppliers may fit the requirement.
Lithuania
Lithuania’s Giraitė Armament Plant is investing €33.6 million in a second small-caliber ammunition line, with production planned for Q3 2027.
This week: Romania scrambles F-16s over a drone alert, Poland signs a $2.2B Piorun deal and receives its first new K2 tanks, Ukraine opens wartime arms exports, and Bulgaria triples its minehunter fleet. Plus three deep-dive analyses.
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Daily defense news, analysis and industry intelligence from Central and Southeast Europe.
Polish defense technology company Defence.Hub completed a PLN 8.01 million share issue to accelerate development of its MACS counter-drone system.
Bulgaria ratified agreements to acquire seven minehunters from Belgium and the Netherlands, expanding its Black Sea mine warfare fleet from three to ten ships.
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Wolfram Europa plans a €200 million explosives and warhead complex near Jēkabpils, with RDX, HMX, mines and warhead production from 2027.
Slovenian remote weapon station maker Valhalla Turrets is hiring across software, electrical, and DevOps engineering, plus a Technical Director, at its Komenda facility.
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Austria is seeking 40 million 5.56mm rounds for its StG 77 rifles, alongside a separate tender for 300,000 .338 Lapua Magnum sniper rounds.
Romania and the Baltic states face rising drone incursions as the Ukraine war increasingly tests NATO air defenses from the Black Sea to the Baltic.
The Pentagon will prepare at least four options for the future of US troops in Europe by November 6 as NATO allies assess the risk of further reductions.
Czechoslovak Group secured contracts worth over $50 million for dozens of AM-70 and AM-50 bridge-laying vehicles for five international customers.
Bulgarian Navy teams recovered or destroyed multiple drones along the Black Sea coast as Sofia linked the incidents to fighting near Odesa and Izmail.
Erik Prince’s Vectus is testing whether critical infrastructure can buy air defense as a managed service. Europe could become a key test for the model.