Montenegro
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
Germany’s ARX Robotics plans capacity for 8,000 UGVs annually and wants Europe’s automotive industry to help scale military robot production.
China
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.
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.
CSG will invest €49.7 million in Tatra Defence production at Kopřivnice, adding 14,000 square meters of capacity for military land systems.
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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.
Austria plans to expand its counter-drone forces as repeated unauthorized drone flights over a major military base highlight gaps in low-altitude defense.
Ukrainian troops are sharing battlefield drone tactics with the U.S. Army in Germany as Saber Junction 26 integrates FPV and one-way attack drones.
MBDA and Poland's WITU completed seeker trials for the Counter Mass Interceptor, a supersonic missile designed to defeat mass drone attacks.
The UK is investing £770 million in a joint program with Germany to develop stealth and hypersonic strike weapons with ranges exceeding 2,000 km.
German prosecutors have charged seven alleged Hamas members over a weapons network tied to planned attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets in Austria and Germany.
Poland's PGZ and Türkiye's MKE will cooperate on SHORAD, VSHORAD and non-kinetic air defense technologies under an agreement signed at MSPO 2026.
Poland is moving toward a sovereign military satellite communications network under a new PGZ-ICEYE agreement, with development planned through 2030.
MSPO 2026 wraps in Kielce, Croatia locks in a major rocket-artillery deal, and Austria gets a new armed forces chief. Plus three analyses you won't want to miss.
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.
EU prosecutors will investigate Estonia’s defense contracts with Datasel after authorities found grounds to examine whether a crime may have occurred.
