defense
Anthropic alleges China-, Russia- and Iran-linked actors bypassed Claude access controls to support cyber, surveillance and weapons design—highlighting immediate implications for European security.
defense
Ukraine is reportedly downing Shahed drones over Odesa using Yak-52 prop aircraft with rifle-armed gunners, a low-cost stopgap with lessons for Europe’s counter-UAS planning.
defense
Dan Driscoll resigned as U.S. Army secretary amid reported clashes over AI-, drone- and counter-UAS-focused transformation and the removal of aligned generals—raising questions for Europe about continuity in US modernisation priorities and Army Europe leadership.
defense
Greece’s €3.035bn “Achilles Shield” will integrate David’s Sling, BARAK MX and SPYDER with Israeli radars and national C2, signalling an EU shift toward multi-layer IAMD stacks plus local industrial workshare.
defense
A deadly drone strike near Kyiv that triggered apparent ammo detonations underscores the Shahed-driven air threat and the urgent European lesson on storage dispersion and scalable counter-UAS interceptors.
defense
Russia is tightening reserve tracking, e-summons enforcement and Rosgvardiya readiness—signals of higher force-generation pressure with direct implications for Europe’s long-war planning.
defense
Drone-linked incidents, sabotage and reported assassination plotting are intensifying Europe’s argument that Russia’s “hybrid” campaign is edging toward open conflict dynamics.
defense
France’s CHOD warns low-cost drone saturation can outpace French/NATO defensive stockpiles and make current cost-per-kill economics untenable.
defense
Denmark’s DALO has issued a tender for Remote ID sensors, underpinning plans for a nationwide drone detection network and a national counter-drone C2 layer.
defense
France’s DGSI says the Leipzig airport device near a Ukrainian cargo plane warns of more violent hybrid actions targeting European soil and logistics.
defense
A second drone with suspected RDX traces was found near Leipzig/Halle Airport, reinforcing investigators’ view that multiple drones may have been used in a failed attack on a Ukrainian cargo aircraft.
defense
Two explosive-carrying drones found near Leipzig airport are driving a German counterterrorism probe and bolstering Berlin’s push for expanded counter-hybrid and counter-UAS measures.