‘Bleeding cash’: UK investment plan delay hurting key suppliers, industry groups warn
"We have got SMEs [Small to Medium Enterprises] that have had to exit the sector," Samira Braund, defence director at trade body ADS, told British lawmakers.
Swiss Destinus, Shield AI wrap European drone autonomy test campaign
Despite the absence of customers, the companies are hoping that the demonstration could tempt European air forces looking for cUAS solutions that can reduce reliance on crewed aircraft.
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Germany marks April deadline to rescue FCAS fighter project from collapse: Reports
Amid an intense row between Airbus and Dassault over New Generation Fighter leadership and workshare, it remains to be seen how a compromise could unfold.
Italy’s Leonardo closes on $1.9B Iveco land vehicle acquisition
Leonardo said “available cash resources” will finance the acquisition, which is also planned to leverage “the complementary nature of the two companies’ sales networks."
UK defense official: Boeing has been ‘troubled partner’ in much delayed E-7 program
Despite the UK once committing to field Wedgetail in the “early” 2020s, it was revealed last year that a new timeframe of 2026 had been approved.
Iran conflict shines a light on UK’s ‘stretched’ naval capabilities: Analysts
As France sends armada to aid in defensive operations, Britain opts for a much lighter maritime footprint – by choice or necessity.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
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Leonardo to launch Michelangelo air defense dome test in Ukraine
Leonardo expects its air defense system to draw €21 billion in new business opportunities by 2035, an executive said.
Germany’s Rheinmetall predicts $16.8B annual order boom, will ‘focus entirely’ on defense
The “tense security situation underpins the promising position of the Group," said the European prime.
Europe leads global arms imports market as demand surges: SIPRI report
Ukraine, Poland and the United Kingdom were the three biggest European weapon system importers between 2021 and 2025, said SIPRI.
Swiss cutting F-35 order by six, facing up to five year Patriot delay
By deciding against a request to secure funding for all 36 jets and move ahead with a reduced buy, the Swiss Federal Council accepted that “negative consequences” are to come.
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‘New status quo’: Germany reaches for European conventional military dominance
Analysts noted that after decades of underinvestment, Berlin is flipping the script by moving ahead with a seismic increase in defense spending, set to hit a high mark in 2029 of €150 billion a year.
UK awards Leonardo $1.3B AW149 New Medium Helicopter contract
The new AW149 fleet is desperately needed to plug a rotary capability gap left by retirement of the Puma HC2 fleet in March 2025.
‘SCAF is dead’: Sixth-gen Franco-German fighter is all but over, officials and analysts say
Comments from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz may represent the unofficial pulling of the plug on the effort to produce a sixth-gen fighter for France, Germany and Spain
Estonia pushes for local CV90 fighting vehicle production, defense minister says
"We are ready to step into the supply line … to fill some of the gaps that Hägglunds has," Hanno Pevkur, Estonia's defense minister, told Breaking Defense.