France wants Ukraine to spend more of a €90 billion EU loan on weapons and military equipment produced in Europe, Euronews reported on 25 August.
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky has selected Česká letecká servisní, or ČLS, as its first authorized distribution center in the European Union.
The European Commission has approved €6.1 billion in new defence procurement for Ukraine.
Indra Group has demonstrated artificial intelligence that can interpret complex ground scenes, identify potential threats and recalculate safe routes during military operations.
Estonia has received €351.6 million in its first payment under the European Union’s Security Action for Europe, or SAFE, defence instrument.
Eutelsat will invest €3.39 billion in Europe’s IRIS² programme as it takes the lead role in developing and operating the project’s low-Earth-orbit constellation.
The European Commission and the SpaceRISE consortium have signed an implementation agreement to move the IRIS² secure-connectivity programme into full-scale deployment.
ICEYE has secured the first investment from the European Commission-backed Scaleup Europe Fund, which co-led its €1 billion Series F financing.
Defence spending by the European Union’s 27 member states rose 20% to €418 billion in 2025, according to the European Defence Agency.
The European Commission disbursed €3.47 billion to Ukraine on 30 July under the defence window of its €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan.
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Destinus has been selected among the five highest-ranked applicants in the first stage of the European Defence Agency’s Sentinel Strike Challenge.
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