Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia's Border Police seeks candidates by October 29 for a KM 8.369 million uniform tender. Earlier awards and canceled procedures frame the contest.
Bulgaria
Poland’s WB Group and Bulgaria’s Optix will prepare a plan for local assembly and support of TOPAZ, FONET and COMP@N systems for artillery.
Startups
Estonian-Ukrainian DoD Solution raised $2.1 million to scale AURA AI, its onboard drone autonomy platform, with Draganfly joining as a strategic investor.
The EU Council approved five joint defense projects covering drones, air defense, maritime security, space and the eastern flank. A €325 million funding pool is available under EDIP.
Estonian defense firms are advancing interceptors, drones, counter-UAS sensors, battlefield software and portable power. Seven companies to watch in 2026.
German investment firm DTCP has secured €455 million in commitments for its defense technology fund, with investments already made in Norway and the UK.
Seven Czech defense tech firms working on drone detection, autonomous flight, pilot training, satellite intelligence, and military supply chains in 2026.
Sanctions, opaque ownership and tighter investment screening are reshaping how European companies assess business partners. As commercial risk and national security overlap, knowing the legal entity behind a deal may no longer be enough.
German ports warn that cyberattacks, espionage and sabotage increasingly threaten infrastructure central to NATO military movements across Europe.
Daily defense news, analysis and industry intelligence from Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe.
Bosnian TRB plans a factory in Serbia and expects an armored vehicle order. Separately, it reports €20M–€30M in US-market fuze contracts.
Austria is testing a new model allowing military pilots to split the year between the Bundesheer and Austrian Airlines, with the first two aviators now beginning Airbus A320 training.
Turkish-owned Pobjeda-Rudet has entered the permitting stage for a new initiating compositions facility in Goražde as Bosnia expands its domestic defense-industrial supply chain.
The October 25 event will bring Israeli defense firms, startups and investors together in Tel Aviv to discuss procurement, dual-use technology and autonomous systems.
Estonian defense firms are advancing interceptors, drones, counter-UAS sensors, battlefield software and portable power. Seven companies to watch in 2026.
Helsing, Destinus, Slovenia’s C-Astral, UAVision and Spirit Aeronautical Systems are moving into operational field testing as Europe seeks faster ways to evaluate emerging strike-drone capabilities.
Romanian authorities tracked an unidentified aerial target inside national airspace near the Ukrainian border overnight, prompting Spanish F-18 fighters and a Romanian military helicopter to scramble.
FAZ reports that German investigators suspect a GRU connection to an arson attempt near Helsing and Rohde & Schwarz in Munich. The link remains unconfirmed.
Former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov invites robotics firms and engineers to join Army of Robots, presented in Lviv on September 26.
Nigeria is seeking Czech support for a new DICON ammunition production line and UAV technology transfer as the two countries deepen defense-industrial cooperation.
German naval defense group TKMS and the UAE’s EDGE Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the joint development of underwater surveillance and protection capabilities.
TEKEVER and Estonia-based Threod Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore deeper cooperation in autonomous systems, defense technology and future joint programs.