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.
Recent conflicts have accelerated the development and battlefield use of loitering munitions
Greece received its first €118.2 million payment under the European Union’s SAFE defence financing programme on July 23.
Honeywell Aerospace said demand is growing across its international defense business, led by Civitanavi Systems inertial navigation products now supporting customers in Ukraine, Poland, Italy, the United Kingdom and the wider European defense industrial base.
Romania signed a €1 billion defence procurement agreement with France. The package covers Airbus H225M helicopters and Thales Ground Master 200 radars.
The European Commission has launched the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance at the third EU-Ukraine Defence Industry Forum in Kyiv.
The European Commission and Ukraine have signed a new defence industrial partnership aimed at integrating Ukrainian and European defence industries more closely.
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