Israel
Elbit Systems has won $150 million in contracts to equip European NATO CV90 infantry fighting vehicles with its Iron Fist Active Protection System, following a landmark European trial intercepting multiple 120 mm kinetic-energy tank rounds.
Poland
Poland’s state-owned defense group PGZ is preparing a potential multi-billion-euro bond issue in 2026 while also analyzing acquisitions outside Poland, as rising profits and strong banking support underpin an ambitious expansion strategy.
Poland
The United States will invest over $500 million to modernise four military bases in Poland, reinforcing NATO’s eastern flank and signalling a long-term commitment to US–Polish defence cooperation.
Opinion
As Europe re-arms and defense capital floods Western hubs, Bosnia and Serbia remain absent from the defense-tech map—pushed into a low-margin subcontractor role despite strong industrial and engineering foundations.
Slovakia
Slovakia is investing €118.7 million in the everyday layer of combat readiness — new uniforms, protective equipment, and small arms— signaling a shift toward more practical soldier systems, resilient sustainment, and locally anchored defense supply chains.
Opinion
Venezuela is often framed in Europe as a moral or political scandal. In reality, it is a strategic energy asset whose prolonged instability reflects a deeper misreading of power, resources, and leverage in global geopolitics.
Croatia
Croatia has committed nearly €14 million to NATO’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), enabling the purchase of US-made weapons for Ukraine while simultaneously advancing its own major defence modernisation programmes.
Poland
Poland has taken a decisive step toward defense industrial independence as a Hanwha–WB consortium moves to establish a domestic factory for Chunmoo-guided rockets under the Homar-K program, strengthening local production, logistics resilience, and long-range strike capability.
Italy
Italy has received its first Rheinmetall Skynex air defence system, becoming the first NATO member to field the cannon-based solution designed to counter drones and low-altitude threats, with the initial battery handed over at the Air Defence Artillery Command in Sabaudia.
Romania
Radu Miruță has been sworn in as Romania’s new defense minister, moving from an interim role to permanent leadership as Bucharest seeks continuity in defense reform and military modernization.
Croatia
Innovation is now a strategic responsibility in Europe’s defense industry, as unmanned systems reshape military and civil protection capabilities. Gordan Pesic of DOK-ING says smaller, agile industries can play a decisive role if innovation is treated as a long-term commitment.
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.