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Arrakis, the AI deployment company helping industrial companies install AI agents for mission-critical operations, today announced a $30 million Series A led by Blossom Capital, with participation from existing investor Accel, which led the company’s $7.5 million seed round. The round brings total funding to around $38 million and includes backing from prominent technology leaders, […]

The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) have placed an order with KNL for CNHF radios, a defense communications company owned by Telenor Group. The value of the order is approximately EUR 6.5 million. Deliveries are scheduled to begin immediately following contract execution. The order supports continued growth in KNL’s defence communications business and further expands the […]

Selecting West Virginia For Its First U.S. Resilience Factory July 14, 2026. Helsing, Europe’s leading defence technology company, has announced that West Virginia will become the company’s first U.S. manufacturing base. The announcement was made alongside the West Virginia Governor, Patrick Morrisey, and extends Helsing’s presence in the U.S. strongly. The new West Virginia facility, designed […]

Munich, July 13, 2026: Helsing, Europe’s leading defence AI company, today announces it has raised $1.8bn in a Series E, valuing the company at US$18bn. New and existing investors participated in the round, including Dragoneer Investment Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Disruptive, Iconiq, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, JPMorganChase, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), General Catalyst, Plural, and Stepstone. Investor […]

13 July 2026. Bridgepoint, one of the world’s leading mid-market investors, today announced that it has agreed to invest in UMag Solutions (“UMag”), a Danish defence technology company specialising in drone-based real-time subsurface threat detection on land and sea. The transaction sees Bridgepoint acquire a majority stake in the company, partnering with its founders, who […]

Patria’s net sales and operating profit (EBIT) improved at an accelerating pace during the first half of the year. Key figures  1-6/2026   1-6/2025   Change   2025   New orders, EUR million 553.4 453.5 22.0% 2,190.5 Order stock, EUR million 3,491.0 2,424.4 44.0% 3,526.1 Net sales, EUR million 610.4 421.0 45.0% 1,086.7 Operating profit, EUR million 71.2 29.3 142.0% 115.9 […]

Tallinn, Estonia, 10 July 2026 – Quantum Systems announced the expansion to Estonia, expanding its permanent presence in Tallinn and further expanding its footprint in the along NATO’s Eastern Flank, where the company is already active in Lithuania.  Quantum Systems also announced the acquisition of SensusQ, an Estonian intelligence software company specialising in advanced data analysis solutions for defence […]

Montreal, Canada – March 18 2026 – Imagine 4D, a Canadian technology company headquartered in Montreal, has signed a Teaming Agreement with TKMS, the world’s most experienced builder of conventional submarines, to deliver advanced digital twin technologies to meet the continuous capability sustainment requirements of the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP). This collaboration aligns with TKMS’s […]

Thales is significantly accelerating production across its key Defence programmes. Over the 2024-2026 period, the Group’s capital expenditure will increase by over 40%, reaching around €830-850 million in 2026. These investments address, among others, seven major domains in the fields of Air Surveillance, Air Defence, Effectors, Sonars & Military communications. Investments are being deployed across […]

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) has selected the consortium formed by Thales and Leonardo as its trusted provider to deliver a next-generation secure deployable communication and information system dedicated to the Allied Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM). This is the first project of a large NATO programme aimed to deliver state-of-the-art communication and […]

Quarterly software release improves detection, tracking and interoperability across the DroneShield ecosystem, delivering greater operational capability to deployed systems. Sydney, Australia – 6 July 2026 – DroneShield (ASX:DRO), a global leader in advanced, AI-powered counter-drone solutions, today announced its Q3 2026 software release, delivering measurable improvements in RF detection performance, tracking responsiveness and operational capability […]

Comment: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s £5 Billion Investment in Autonomous Weapons Supports the Best War: “One We Never Have to Fight”  Bryan Bockmon, CEO of AimLock, said: “The best war is one we never have to fight, because our preparation has convinced our adversaries to hesitate. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s pledge to invest £5 […]

Collaboration with LuxCarta’s AI-driven Mapping Technologies The collaboration supports the rapid generation of high-resolution terrain and object data for situational awareness and future synthetic environment applications. Paris, France, 2nd July 2026 – ST Engineering Antycip (Antycip), a European leader in advanced simulation and training solutions, is expanding access to AI-driven geospatial data solutions through its […]

Partnership brings distributed sensing and effects to Finland and Northern Europe to address ongoing threats of unmanned aerial systems Finnish technology company Insta and U.S.-based defence technology company CHAOS Industries today announced a partnership enabling the integration of CHAOS’s next-generation distributed sensing and effects capabilities into an intelligent data-centric command-and-control system developed by Insta. CHAOS’s […]

AI-powered software stack provides situational awareness and high-precision target tracking for complex ground-based reconnaissance, surveillance, and exploration missions Teledyne FLIR OEM, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), has introduced Prism™ Ground ISR, a ready-to-deploy software stack for ground-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications. Building on the recently announced Prism C-UAS, designed to […]

From Sensor Directly to the Digital Situation Map – M830rc X LRF 1535nm Gains A.T.A.K. integration Steiner-Optik is unveiling the M830rc X LRF 1535nm — a laser rangefinder binocular now featuring seamless connectivity to the A.T.A.K. (Android Tactical Assault Kit) Battle Management System. Through a newly developed interface, targets lased with the M830rc X LRF […]

Berg, Germany, 24 June 2026: Designed around the theme “New Realities Outpace Training – XR Closes the Gap”, the one-day event hosted by REISER Simulation and Training GmbH and Varjo brought together around selected participants from the aerospace, defense, civil aviation and training communities at REISER’s facility south of Munich. The event brought together operators, […]

1 in 10 Have No Plan 29 June 2026 – New research released today finds that unauthorized drone activity has moved well beyond a theoretical threat, according to international airports, aviation authorities, correctional facilities, and port operators across North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. DroneShield, a global leader in advanced counter-drone technology, […]

1 German-Netherlands Corps (1GNC) has decided to deploy Systematic’s SitaWare Headquarters to enhance its digital Command-and-Control capabilities. The software supplies the Corps with a unified Common Operational Picture (COP) for synchronized decision-making across the high-readiness formation. SitaWare Headquarters is specifically designed to support 1GNC’s unique framework nation model: Germany and the Netherlands provide the core […]

The newly created Nokia Defense division of the European telecommunications group has introduced tactical 5G solutions for the modern battlefield. Nokia identifies two main trends driving its entry into the defense business: First, the massive proliferation of unmanned systems on land, at sea, and in the air, which require stable, high-bandwidth, and resilient data connections […]

Bittium Corporation press release on 25 June 2026, at 7.15 p.m. (CEST +1) Finnish defence technology company Bittium and Ukrainian secure communications manufacturer HIMERA have agreed to cooperate on strengthening the defence capabilities of Finland and Ukraine by combining their respective communications technologies and expertise. The two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the […]