Romania
Romanian defense technology company BlueSpace Technology has signed a €2.33 million contract with US-based RavenTek to supply TEMPEST-secured IT equipment, expanding its presence in the American defense and cybersecurity market.
Romania
Romania’s Uzina Mecanică Cugir has signed a €54 million contract for new equipment to produce 12.7×99 mm NATO ammunition, part of the plant’s largest modernization program in three decades.
Defense Industry
CDT has disclosed an investment in Shield AI’s $1.5 billion Series G, adding the $12.7 billion defense autonomy company to its growing national security technology portfolio
Germany plans to expand its next-generation maritime intelligence fleet from three to four Class 424 vessels, boosting the Bundeswehr’s SIGINT and electromagnetic surveillance capabilities.
Starlink moved from consumer broadband to the backbone of modern military communications in under a decade. Here is why LEO beats GEO on physics alone, and what the race for alternatives means for defense planners.
Europe is racing to build a new generation of affordable deep-strike weapons, as startups and established defence groups compete to turn limited missile inventories into production measured in thousands.
How much do defense engineers, program managers, and cyber specialists actually earn across Europe in 2026? Adria Defense breaks down pay by country and role, plus the security clearance premium reshaping salaries.
Covenant plans to produce Anthem cruise missiles in Germany from 2027, targeting 5,000 annually as Europe expands long-range strike capacity.
Latvia’s ORIGIN and Poland’s WITU unveiled a new BLAZE interceptor configuration with a 700-gram directional fragmentation warhead at MSPO 2026.
Daily defense news, analysis and industry intelligence from Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe.
ARX Robotics has appointed Florian Taitsch as Senior Director Marketing & Communications, effective September 1, 2026, after four years at Eurofighter.
Patria will deliver its MUSCL passive radar system to an undisclosed European NATO member, adding a low-signature air-surveillance and counter-UAS capability that operates without transmitting its own radar signal.
EU ambassadors extended Russia sanctions for only seven days after failing to agree on a longer renewal, with France and Slovakia pushing to remove billionaire Alisher Usmanov from the sanctions list.
Polish forces recovered a suspected new variant of Russia’s Gerbera military drone from the Baltic Sea near Jarosławiec, with investigators now examining the aircraft’s systems and configuration.
Germany plans to expand its next-generation maritime intelligence fleet from three to four Class 424 vessels, boosting the Bundeswehr’s SIGINT and electromagnetic surveillance capabilities.
Northrop Grumman expands defense partnerships in Poland and Estonia around IBCS, Bushmaster cannons and the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.
European governments are increasing scrutiny of foreign acquisitions in defense and dual-use technology as several fast-growing drone and counter-drone companies explore potential sales, testing how far Europe is prepared to protect strategic technologies from foreign control.
Montenegro has launched Petar I Njegoš, the first of two Kership OPV 60M patrol vessels being acquired under a €120 million program that will substantially expand the NATO member’s naval capabilities.
Germany’s ARX Robotics plans capacity for 8,000 UGVs annually and wants Europe’s automotive industry to help scale military robot production.
China’s Ministry of State Security has warned that artificial intelligence could pose growing risks to political stability, critical infrastructure and sensitive data, as Beijing increasingly treats AI as a national-security and counterintelligence issue.
Serbia publicly demonstrated armed robot dogs, PULS and Vampire rocket launchers and eight drone types during the Victor 2026 live-fire exercise.
Quantum Systems is integrating XTEND XOS into MOSAIC UXS to connect sensing, swarming and strike systems, with a European NATO program already underway.
