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.
defense
Sweden will spend $437m on drones for all services—recon, EW, loitering munitions and maritime UxS—with deliveries targeted within two years, alongside funding for ~10 military satellites to boost unmanned systems and cruise missiles.
defense
Ukraine says Starlink verification deactivated unregistered terminals, disrupting Russian ‘grey’ kits and reportedly slowing assaults in some sectors.
eu
The European Commission has approved the first wave of SAFE defence funding by endorsing national defence plans from eight Member States.
eu
Azur Drones deployed its Skeyetech autonomous drone system across three field campaigns for the EU MISO project to map methane and CO2 in wetlands and the Arctic.
defense
Ukraine’s “steel porcupine” plan bets on an 800,000-strong force, mass drone procurement and scalable domestic production as a substitute for uncertain postwar guarantees.
defense
Avy has unveiled an upgraded Avy Dock for its Aera fixed-wing VTOL, aiming to enable autonomous launch, landing and charging for fully remote, standby missions.
defense
EPP leaders want the EU to operationalise Article 42.7 mutual assistance, a move that could shift European capability priorities toward drones, space and missile defence amid US-NATO uncertainty.