Defence

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.

The UAE Cyber Security Council and QuantumGate have launched a sovereign tool to map and harden cryptographic assets before quantum threats materialise.