CSG
CSG Wins $50 Million in Military Bridge Vehicle Contracts
Czechoslovak Group secured contracts worth over $50 million for dozens of AM-70 and AM-50 bridge-laying vehicles for five international customers.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria Finds Multiple Military Drones Along Black Sea Coast
Bulgarian Navy teams recovered or destroyed multiple drones along the Black Sea coast as Sofia linked the incidents to fighting near Odesa and Izmail.
Analysis
The Next Air Defense Operator May Be a Private Company
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.
Ukraine
Ukraine Opens Wartime Arms Exports to Foreign Defense Buyers
Ukraine is opening controlled wartime arms exports, giving approved foreign partners access to weapons and technologies from its expanding defense industry.
Austria
Austria Returns Modernized Leopard 2 and Ulan Vehicles
Austria has begun returning modernized Leopard 2A4 tanks and Ulan IFVs under a €561 million program covering 170 armored vehicles.
Poland
Poland Leads €1.9 Billion Piorun Air Defense Procurement
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Norway plan to procure thousands of Piorun missiles under a SAFE-backed framework exceeding PLN 8 billion.
Latvia
BlackTalon Counter-UAS System Tested at NATO BATT26 in Latvia
SPX Communication Technologies deployed BlackTalon at NATO’s BATT26 exercise in Latvia, where Allied operators tested multi-sensor counter-UAS integration.
Poland Rules Out F-15EX Despite Inclusion in US Contract
Poland says it does not plan to buy F-15EX fighters despite appearing among potential FMS customers in a new $131.23 billion US F-15 framework.
Lithuania
Rheinmetall Wins €250M Contract for Lithuania Military Camp
Rheinmetall will build a €250 million modular military camp in Lithuania for up to 2,000 soldiers and operate it for €40 million annually.
Poland
Poland Receives First 28 K2 Tanks Under Second Contract
Poland received 28 additional K2 Black Panther tanks on August 25, raising its K2GF fleet to 208 as the $6.5 billion second contract begins deliveries.
Analysis
Europe Hardens Critical Infrastructure Against Drone Threats
Europe is strengthening critical infrastructure security as explosive drones expose vulnerabilities at energy sites, airports and strategic facilities.
Jobs
CSG Poaches Top Executives From Rheinmetall, Raytheon, BAE
CSG, the Prague-based defense group that listed in Amsterdam in January 2026, has hired senior executives from Rheinmetall, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, BAE Systems and Kongsberg as it builds out its North American and global leadership team.