Analysis
Europe’s Private Security Market Shifts to High-Risk Protection
Europe’s private security market is moving toward executive protection, critical infrastructure security and technology as threats and competition intensify.
Analysis
Defense analysis, guides, and explainers on procurement, funding, capabilities, and industry trends across CEE and SEE, context beyond the daily headlines.
Analysis
Undersea Cable Sabotage: Why the Seabed Is the New Front Line
From the Baltic Sea to the Taiwan Strait, ships keep dragging anchors across the cables carrying 99 percent of the world's data. Here is how the sabotage playbook works, and why almost nobody gets caught.
Analysis
Germany Tests New G2G Defense Export Model with Montenegro
Germany is testing its first government-to-government defense sales model with Montenegro, using four H145M helicopters as a potential blueprint for wider European procurement.
Analysis
7 Free Tools to Track Defense Company Ownership, Contracts and Stock Moves
From SEC insider filings to the EU's own procurement portal, these seven free tools let you verify who owns a defense company, who won a contract, and when executives are buying or selling stock.
Analysis
Wagner's Successor Force Is Losing the War It Was Sent to Win
He organized Wagner's deployment to Mali and paid for it with his life. Eighteen months after Russia rebranded its mercenaries as a "cleaner" state force, the war it promised to win is the one killing it.
Analysis
NATO's Baltic Drone Wall: What Is Actually Being Built
A Latvian government collapsed over a single stray drone in May 2026. Here is what the Baltic Drone Wall actually is, why at least five overlapping programs share that name, and where the industrial opportunities sit.
Analysis
8 Free Databases Every Defense Industry Analyst Should Bookmark
From SIPRI's arms transfer records to NATO's own spending reports, these eight free databases give defense industry analysts the raw data behind every procurement story, without a subscription.
Analysis
Poland's Military Buildup: Inside NATO's Largest Land Force Modernization
Poland is building toward 900 tanks, 290 rocket launchers, and a multi-layered air defense shield by 2030, backed by a record 4.8 percent of GDP. Here is what is actually being bought, and where the industrial opportunities sit.
Serbia
Serbia and Israel Build a Strategic Partnership Beyond the Headlines
Israel and Serbia have quietly built one of Europe's fastest-growing strategic partnerships through defense cooperation, industrial projects, and shared geopolitical interests. The relationship reflects broader changes in European security and the emerging balance of power across the Balkans.
Ukraine
120 mm Ammunition in Europe: Tanks, Mortars and War
Europe relies on two distinct 120 mm ammunition families for tanks and mortars. Ukraine has reinforced demand, while new 130 mm and 140 mm guns remain developmental.
Analysis
7 Open Categories in Defense-Tech Investment for 2026
Drones and counter-drones are fully funded. Missiles, subsea, space, propulsion, and biodefense are the seven defense-tech investment categories still open in 2026, several map directly onto Western Balkans capability.
Analysis
Defense Executives Face Growing Risk From Identity-Based Cyberattacks
Recent phishing, impersonation, and repeated login approval attempts against a European defense investor highlight the growing identity risks facing defense companies, executives, and suppliers.