Space
ITAR-Free Defence Products Gain European Momentum
Honeywell Aerospace is expanding ITAR-free defence product development for Europe, assigning 1,000 engineers in Poland and the Czech Republic to non-ITAR techno…
Articles by Muzaffer Ünsaldı
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Space
SATCOMBw4 Satellite Project Faces Delay Warning in Germany
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius warned against delays to the €10 billion SATCOMBw4 satellite project, as Berlin moves toward a sovereign military commun…
Aerospace
Low-Cost Air Defence Interceptors Get UK Contracts
The UK MOD has awarded £3.16 million to three suppliers to develop low-cost air defence interceptors under LCADE, a national programme linked to Europe’s five-n…
Industry
Deep Precision Strike Initiative Gets $50bn European Boost
The UK is leading a European deep precision strike initiative expected to mobilize $50 billion over ten years for long-range weapons, including stealth, hyperso…
Aerospace
Bliksem EXO Interceptor Targets Europe’s Missile Shield Gap
European defence groups have launched the Bliksem EXO interceptor consortium to develop a sovereign exo-atmospheric system against medium- and intermediate-rang…
Industry
European Defence Cooperation: Macron Rejects Go-It-Alone Strategies
French President Emmanuel Macron warned that go-it-alone defence strategies in Europe are an “absurdity,” arguing that rearmament must rely on cooperation, indu…
Aerospace
Ukraine French Missiles Production Deal Expands Airpower
France will allow Ukraine to produce AASM precision-guided bombs, Aster air-defence interceptors and SCALP cruise missiles as Kyiv orders Rafale fighter jets an…
Aerospace
Freyja Interceptor System Gains European Backing
Ukraine and nine European countries have launched an anti-ballistic missile coalition to accelerate the Freyja interceptor system, a proposed European alternati…
Aerospace
Bayraktar KIZILELMA Hits Target With JET-230 Missile
Bayraktar KIZILELMA has completed a new live-fire test with Roketsan’s JET-230 supersonic air-to-ground missile, hitting a sea target from more than 120 km.
Aerospace
Wingman Aircraft Take Centre Stage in Europe’s Rearmament
Wingman aircraft are gaining strategic relevance in Europe as defence companies present AI-enabled unmanned systems designed to support crewed fighters with sen…
Industry
Defence-as-a-Service: Europe’s New Military Procurement Model
Defence-as-a-Service is moving from a technology analogy to a defence procurement model, as Ukraine and allied forces test service-based approaches for air defe…
Aerospace
Shield AI, UAV Navigation Expand Hivemind Autonomy in Europe
Shield AI and UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía have signed a strategic integration partnership to bring Shield AI Hivemind autonomy software to European unmanned airc…
Land
FNSS and CSG Defence Form Slovak Joint Venture to Build KARPAT for Europe
FNSS and Slovakia-based CSG Defence have agreed to establish a new European land systems joint venture, Danube Defence Systems, to manufacture and market modern…
Aerospace
MKE TOLGA Integrated on European UGV for the First Time
The MKE TOLGA air defence system has entered its first European platform integration through the installation of a 20 mm weapon system on HT Division’s KATICA 6…
Industry
NATO Pushes Defence Industry to Deliver More Firepower Faster
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has called for faster defence production and innovation across the Alliance, framing industrial scale as a core pillar of dete…