Thales and Destinus have signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering counter-UAS systems, long-range strike and ground-based air interception.
The statement followed a meeting with a Raytheon team led by Vice President Joseph DeAntona and comes as Ukraine seeks more reliable access to missiles for its Patriot systems.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List has become a central mechanism for delivering critical U.S.-made weapons and defense equipment.
The contract includes options that would lift the cumulative value to $3.3 billion if exercised.
The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that a contract for additional Sky Sabre air defence components has been signed.
MBDA is using Farnborough International Airshow to present Surface-Launched ASRAAM as a mobile short-range air-defence option.
Destinus has previewed Vorexon, a concept-stage ground-based interceptor for selective point defence. The system is aimed at artillery rockets and selected artillery shells.
The company said the weapon will cost less than half as much as a PAC-3 MSE per unit.
Eos Energy Enterprises said it won a Golden Dome for America contract. The award links its battery technology to U.S. missile defense infrastructure.
TOTE Services and Hanwha Philly Shipyard have been selected to deliver the Missile Defense Agency’s Missile Range Instrumentation Vessels, the companies said in a statement.
Ukraine expects to have the technical capability to produce missiles for the U.S.-made Patriot air defence system by the end of 2026, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The Army’s NGSRI program is intended to field a short-range missile that can be launched from either a vehicle or a shoulder-fired system.
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