Defence

The US Navy's first OTA-to-production transition signals a structural shift in how autonomous undersea warfare platforms are procured and scaled.

KASI's expanded investment makes South Korea the Giant Magellan Telescope's third-largest partner, privately funding a critical NSF design phase.

A Nasdaq-listed defence roll-up buys into an Israeli UAV maker, bridging US capital markets with Israel's battlefield-proven drone ecosystem.

Cemtrex bolts on a hydraulic-press engineering specialist to chase domestic manufacturing capital flowing into automotive and defence plants.

Israeli defence spinout DFSL brings AI-enhanced laser radar to ISC 2026, targeting the fast-growing global counter-UAS market.

Czech industrial group CSG launches a Michigan subsidiary to sell NATO-proven artillery and tactical vehicles to the US Army.

Firefly's sixth lunar contract signals a commercial cadence shift, compressing mission timelines and raising the stakes for lunar infrastructure investment.

A sixth CLPS award signals a shift from bespoke aerospace to industrial-scale lunar logistics, with civil and defence clients in view.

Precision motion control deliveries to Israeli defence customers signal durable demand for embedded, long-cycle hardware programmes.

Paris, Berlin and Stockholm lead a multi-city European AI funding map where infrastructure and defence tech absorb nearly half of all capital.

Paris, Berlin and Stockholm lead a multi-city European AI funding surge, with infrastructure and defence tech absorbing nearly half of all capital.

Lagos-based Arridex commissions a multi-technology additive manufacturing facility, targeting import dependency across oil, defence and maritime sectors.

Ascent Solar's flexible PV technology records zero power loss after six months of simulated low-Earth-orbit atomic oxygen exposure.

The French ITAR-free supplier secures Europe's largest Czech night-vision procurement, backing EU defence autonomy through 2032.

A strategic investment unites rechargeable lithium-ion tech with integrated soldier systems as military power demands escalate.

Microchip's DSA504RT consolidates spacecraft timing architecture into a single chip, cutting component count and mass for aerospace and defence missions.

Rocket Lab's Electron rocket will carry two climate-sensing and one solar-irradiance mission for NASA, reinforcing small-launch dominance.

Rome summit delegates called on Europe to control chips, compute and defence procurement before rivals move faster and further ahead.

A Franco-German venture alliance targets 20 dual-use deep-tech companies to keep European defence capital, talent and IP on the continent.

Abu Dhabi's Presight selects 12 AI companies from 376 applicants, deepening the UAE's sovereign AI ecosystem strategy.