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First ever in Europe: full-duration upper stage hot-fired at Esrange Space Center by RFA
For the first time in Europe, and second time worldwide, a privately developed staged combustion upper stage has been successfully hot-fired.

PESCO: four EU countries collaborate on Next Generation Medium Helicopter
The project objective of NGMH project is to provide coherent solutions for future EU rotorcraft capabilities among the development of new platforms and the upgrade of existing ones.

European Defence Innovation Days: on a civilian-military technology trajectory
The European Defence Innovation Days event has been organised for the second year running by the European Defence Agency.

Lessons from the war in Ukraine for the future of EU defence
"We need more innovation for our defence industry and our military capabilities," writes Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

thyssenkrupp Marine Systems hands over second frigate for Egyptian Navy
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems handed over a frigate to the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It is the second in a series of four MEKO A-200 EN frigates.

Czech Republic intends to purchase Leopard 2A8 tanks
Prague aims to purchase approximately 70 state of the art Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks and expects the delivery by the end of this decade.

European Defence & Security Summit stressed importance of defence industry in a dramatically changed security environment
"To cope with the new security environment, Europe must have a strong defence industry that provides the technologies and systems our armed forces need,” said ASD Secretary General Jan Pie.