Bosnia and Herzegovina
Regulus Global has begun accelerated execution of a $25 million modernization investment at Pretis, moving a key phase of its Bosnia and Herzegovina defense-industry program into 2025 and strengthening core manufacturing capabilities.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s defense industry recorded its first export slowdown in years, as external trade barriers and internal production challenges disrupted a sector long driven by strong global demand.
Germany
Germany has unveiled a €130 billion public-private investment initiative aimed at accelerating innovation, modernising industry and strengthening defence capabilities, as Berlin moves to reverse years of underinvestment and boost economic competitiveness.
Germany
Quantum Systems and Ukraine’s Frontline Robotics have launched a joint venture to produce Ukrainian-designed, combat-proven drones in Germany at industrial scale for delivery to Ukraine’s armed forces.
Italy
KNDS and Leonardo have agreed to jointly develop a new mobile artillery system, combining KNDS artillery technology with Leonardo’s protected wheeled platform for Italy’s upcoming army procurement programme.
Finland
Rheinmetall showcased its Skyspotter-based counter-UAS capabilities at Finland’s GBAD Demo Days in Lohtaja, demonstrating mobile, integrated solutions for detecting and defeating small unmanned aerial threats under realistic conditions.
Slovakia
Czechoslovak Group has launched Europe’s most advanced large-calibre ammunition filling line at ZVS Holding in Slovakia, significantly boosting production capacity and reinforcing the country’s role as a key European ammunition manufacturing hub.
Poland
Poland’s defence holding PGZ is considering a multi-billion-złoty issuance of retail and institutional bonds in 2026, alongside potential acquisitions of defence companies abroad, as the group projects record revenues and profits driven by ammunition, air-defence, and armoured vehicle programs.
Belgium
Belgium has approved a €140.8 million program to acquire hundreds of mini-drones for its forces deployed in Romania and Lithuania, strengthening NATO reconnaissance and situational awareness on the Alliance’s eastern flank.
United Kingdom
The UK-based Janus Allies accelerator has selected eight companies for the 2026 NATO DIANA programme, following a highly competitive call focused on contested electromagnetic environments and dual-use defence technologies.
Germany
Estonia and Germany are reporting growing momentum in defence-industry cooperation, with strong interest from German companies in Estonian solutions. A Berlin seminar bringing together more than 60 firms highlighted Estonia’s export ambitions and expanding bilateral industrial ties.
Slovenia
Guardiaris has won a contract from the Dutch Ministry of Defence to supply a mobile small-arms training simulator for JKC Schieten facilities. The container-based Mobile Training Center will deliver highly realistic, deployable soldier training using Guardiaris’ in-house GUARD® simulation engine.