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The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) announced on 15 December 2025 another unique special operation against Russian forces carried out that day, this time using for the first time a bomb-laden Sub Sea Baby unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to attack the Russian Project 636 Improved ‘Kilo’-class submarine Varshavianka in the naval base at Novorossiysk. Video footage […]

MBDA has conducted two successful tests firings of its SAMP/T New Generation (SAMP/T NG) long-range air defence system at separate events in France and Italy, the company announced on 16 December 2025. The first event took place at the Poligono Interforze del Salto di Quirra (PISQ) test range in Sardinia on 3 December using a […]

Airbus Helicopters, as part of the joint venture NHIndustries, handed over the first NH90 Sea Tiger to the German Navy during a delivery ceremony at the navy’s base in Nordholz, on the country’s North Sea coast, on 16 December 2025. Germany’s Bundeswehr ordered 31 NH90 Sea Tigers – the latest version of the NH90 NATO […]

Rheinmetall has recently demonstrated its capabilities in countering small unmanned aerial systems (c-sUAS) to the Finnish Defence Forces, the company announced on 16 December 2025. The demonstration took place at the Ground-based Air Defence (GBAD) Demo Days, held at the firing range in Lohtaja on the west coast of Finland from 25-27 November 2025, in […]

KNDS Deutschland (KNDS) and Italy’s Leonardo are to jointly develop a mobile artillery system for an upcoming Italian Army programme, the two companies announced on 16 December 2025. A corresponding letter of intent (LOI) was signed in Amsterdam, the headquarters of KNDS, by Florian Hohenwarter, incoming CEO of KNDS Deutschland, and Roberto Cingolani, CEO and […]

Germany has decided to exercise an option for 20 more H145M light combat helicopters (Leichter Kampfhubschrauber – LKH) that were part of a contract signed in December 2023, bringing the total number of helicopters ordered to 82, Airbus announced on 15 December 2025. The first H145M LKH helicopter was delivered to Germany, less than a […]

BAE Systems has received a USD 11 million (EUR 9.35 million) contract from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to integrate its AN/APX-127(V)1 Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT) onto KAI’s KF-21 Boramae 4.5/fifth-generation fighter. The latest identification friend or foe (IFF) system enables enhanced decision-making capabilities to distinguish between allied forces and potential threats in contested scenarios. Made […]

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research, development and production organisation a USD 16 million (EUR 13.6 million) Phase 2 contract for the Oversight programme, BAE Systems announced on 10 December 2025. The Oversight effort is focused on creating an autonomous system that keeps track – or […]

NH Industries and the Greek Ministry of Defence (MoD) have signed a follow-on support contract for the Hellenic Army’s fleet of NH90 helicopters, NHIndustries announced on 12 December 2025. The new contract, valued at EUR 50 million, establishes a comprehensive support framework for the Hellenic Army’s NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) variants, covering spare parts […]

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has been awarded a USD 240.9 million (EUR 205 million) firm-fixed-price contract by the US government for Lot Two production of Joint Strike Missiles (JSMs) for the US Air Force (USAF), the US Department of War announced on 12 December 2025. The contract provides for the purchase of all-up rounds with […]

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned allies during a speech in Berlin on 11 December 2025 that “We are Russia’s next target, and we are already in harm’s way.” While the NATO allies, spurred for multiple years by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, made a commitment at the 2025 NATO Summit in The […]

Skyeton Prevail Solutions (SPS), the Anglo-Ukrainian joint venture set up to fast-track the volume manufacture and supply of ‘ready now’ drones for the UK military, validated its multi-role Raybird Class 1 unmanned aerial system (UAS) with its deployment as part of the British Army’s recent ‘Iron Titan’ exercise, the company announced on 11 December 2025. “The system […]

The Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) has contracted Rheinmetall Air Defence to supply a two-digit number of Skyranger air defence systems for the Dutch armed forces, Rheinmetall announced on 12 December 2025. The order value, Rheinmetall stated, is in the “triple-digit-million-euro” range. The first Skyranger Weapon Platforms are to be delivered at the end of […]

The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a new five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guidance kits to equip US armed forces with tens of thousands of additional low-cost precision munitions, BAE Systems announced on 10 December 2025. The contract has a maximum value of USD 1.7 billion (EUR 1.45 […]

Saab has received an order from BAE Systems Hägglunds for more Universal Tank and Anti-Aircraft System (UTAAS) sight and fire control systems for installation in its CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), Saab announced on 11 December 2025. The order is valued at approximately SEK 314 million (EUR million), with deliveries to take place in the […]

The US 2025 National Security Strategy, published on 4 December 2025, will have left all but a few pro-Russian European political and military leaders in little doubt of the disdain with which they are now held by the administration of US President Donald J Trump. If Trump is known for his unconcealed narcissism and lack […]

Rheinmetall Electronics UK has been awarded a contract by the NATO Support & Procurement Agency (NSPA) to provide the Trailblazer driver vision and local situation awareness system for the British Army’s M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Rheinmetall announced on 10 December 2025. The initial contract will see prototypes delivered in early 2026, with the […]

UK firm Avon Protection, the respiratory and integrated protection business unit of Avon Technologies, has received a new European order for FM50 respirators and FM61EU filters via the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), the company announced on 11 December 2025. The European nation that placed the order was not named, but the value of […]

Germany’s Diehl Defence announced on 11 December 2025 that it has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for more launchers for the IRIS-T SLS short-range ground-based air defence system. In addition to the SLS launchers, the contract also covers a comprehensive logistics package, including spare parts. Sweden is a long-standing IRIS-T […]

Rheinmetall announced on 10 December 2025 its takeover of Muni Berka: a Germany company specialising in the field of ammunition disassembly and storage. The aim of the now contractually agreed takeover is to significantly increase the Rheinmetall’s own storage capacities, which have become necessary due to the considerable growth in the group’s production of ammunition […]

Saab announced on 10 December 2025 that it has created the world’s first software-defined aircraft fuselage. In a project led by The Rainforest – the company’s internal start-up focused on transformative innovation – Saab has worked with California-based digital manufacturing specialist Divergent Technologies to design and manufacture the 5 m fuselage of an unmanned aerial […]