defense
Dynamic Front 26 highlights a US-NATO shift toward theatre-scale mass fires and missile defence, plus decoy drones and EW-resilient munitions—capabilities Europe must field at industrial scale to stay operationally relevant.
defense
A POLITICO/Public First poll finds one-third of Germans back AI lethal decisions, widening Europe’s autonomy debate as Berlin’s stance loosens.
defense
Israel’s David’s Sling completed tests validating combat-driven upgrades to engage ballistic and cruise missiles, aircraft and UAVs, highlighting rapid IAMD spiral development with US MDA and Rafael.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
France's army STAT is trialling Parrot ANAFI micro‑drone swarms controlled by EZ‑Chains to boost ISR and tactical awareness from vessels and armoured vehicles.
industry
SkeyDrone has partnered with Airport Intelligence to integrate drone detection and operational workflows for airports to improve situational awareness, speed incident response, and reduce flight disruption.
defense
Germany is drafting laws to expand BND cyber powers abroad and enable “active cyber defense,” accelerating Europe’s shift toward offensive cyber doctrine.
defense
Firestorm Labs and Orqa are teaming to build the NDAA-compliant Firestorm Squall FPV quadcopter, stressing scalable, near-demand manufacturing for US and allied forces.
defense
DLR completed ground roll tests of its HAP alpha solar HAPS aircraft, validating runway handling and advancing toward flight trials relevant to Europe’s stratospheric persistence ambitions.
defense
Germany has contracted the purchase of eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAVs through NATO's NSPA to strengthen intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and maritime domain awareness.
industry
Dassault Aviation led a $200 million Series B in Harmattan AI to accelerate integration of autonomy into aircraft and drones and bolster European defence technology capabilities.
defense
Poland has signed ~€3.6bn in contracts for the San counter-drone system—18 C-UAS batteries and a large deployable force structure—positioned as a new layer in Warsaw’s broader air-defence shield on NATO’s eastern flank.
defense
A Defence Technology study reports an energy-learning hyper-heuristic that improves heterogeneous UAV swarm task assignment under tight timing, payload and obstacle constraints.