EU and Ukraine Launch €343 Million Program to Boost Dual-Use Defense Technology

Rafael signs huge air defense deal with Romania

The deal for the Spyder system, worth over 2 billion, is the second largest defense sale ever by an Israel company, after IAI’s Arrow 3 deal with Germany for 3.5 billion.

Ukraine Approves Export Mechanism for Drone Deal Partners

Ukraine’s government approved its first transparent mechanism for exporting Ukrainian-made weapons and defense technologies to partners. The system allows manufacturers to sell to Drone Deal partner states, simultaneously guaranteeing that Ukraine’s Defense Forces remain the top priority for supply. Reportedly, applications will be reviewed within 30 days and intellectual property protections remain in place for all exported technology.

Ukraine rewrote the Patriot playbook—but it’s still running out of missiles

Single-shot intercepts. 30,000 decoys. Ukrainian crews training Gulf forces. Ukraine has become an air-defense innovator—and it is still losing the race against Russia's missiles.

Finnish radio firm joins UK’s $10.5B defense comms framework

A Finnish defense communications company has secured a place on the United Kingdom’s largest tactical communications procurement framework, gaining access to a purchasing vehicle valued at approximately 10.5 billion that will govern how British armed forces buy military radio and communications systems for the next eight years. KNL, a defense communications subsidiary of Telenor Group, []

Ukraine building Patriots is in Lockheed's interest, McCaul says

WASHINGTON — U.S. defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corp. have every interest to let Ukraine manufacture Patriot missile interceptors after President Donald Trump pledged the U.S. would grant a license for the weapons system, a ...

FACTBOX - NATO’s defense industry: Who builds the alliance’s military power?

- Defense production across alliance spans everything from US fighter jets and missile systems to Turkish drones and German tanks

Diplomat reveals number of regions attacked by Ukrainian terrorists in April-June

The technical devices and munitions supplied to Kiev by Western sponsors have been most actively used for attacks on civilian facilities and people, Rodion Miroshnik noted

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— The Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) struck two Project 15781 tankers belonging to Russia's shadow fleet, two 5P85SE2 transporter-erector-launchers (TELs) of the S-400 air defense system, the Kerch oil depot, and a 55Zh6U Nebo-U radar across the Sea of Azov, Bryansk Oblast, and Crimea.@IntelSlava

Reuters: Patriot interceptors for Ukraine could be produced in Germany

Patriot interceptor missiles for Ukraine are likely to be manufactured in Germany or another EU country before production is eventually transferred to Ukraine after the war.

How Japan sustains Russia’s missile production

Japanese technology continues to enable Russia’s war against Ukraine in ways that directly affect American security interests. According to Ukraine’s Commissioner for Sanctions Policy, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, electronic components manufactured by Japanese companies appear in approximately 90 of Russian cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles used in the conflict. Internal Ukrainian documents []

Russia launches third air attack on Kyiv in a week, officials say

The recent missile attacks exploit Ukraine's critical shortage of U.S.-made air-defense interceptors.

The West can learn from Ukraine’s AI future vision beyond the battlefield

The US and Europe are already looking to Ukraine for the next generation of defense technologies. As Western countries debate their own AI strategies, they would likewise do well to examine Ukraine as a similar starting point for further innovation, writes Andrew D’Anieri. The post The West can learn from Ukraine’s AI future vision beyond the battlefield appeared first on Atlantic Council.

Trump: Ukraine to Get License to Manufacture Patriot Anti-Ballistic Missile Interceptors

Trump: Ukraine to Get License to Manufacture Patriot Anti-Ballistic Missile Interceptors

Trump says Ukraine will be allowed to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors

President Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. is granting Ukraine the ability to co-produce key air-defense weapons, the Patriot missiles, which are critical to defending against Russian ballistic weapon attacks hammering the country. Trump made the remarks alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from a NATO summit in Turkey following an intensive lobbying campaign by Ukraine...

Israeli secret firm works with Germany to replace American Tomahawk missile - report

As the US focuses on replenishing its Tomahawk arsenal used in the Iran war, Germany considers buying missiles from Israel's Covenant Technologies, a secretive firm founded two years ago.

Defense industrial base kicks into high gear for US, Europe

The United States and Europe made several defense contracting announcements this week at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, totaling approximately 3 billion that will improve the military capabilities of countries on both sides of the Atlantic. While many of the deals will take years to fully complete, the push is a part of the []...Click to read more

BAE-backed Expeditions raises €197M fund for European defence startups

Expeditions, the Warsaw-based venture firm backed by BAE Systems and the NATO Innovation Fund, has closed a 197m (225m) fund to back the next wave of European defence startups. The raise caps a boom that has seen defence prime BAE commit 50M to outside VCs and venture capital pour into the continent’s defence tech at record speed. The [] This story continues at The Next Web

Europe: Can it really ditch U.S. tech?

The continent has the scientists who could rival American innovation

Better Defense Stock to Own in 2026: PLTR vs. LMT

Defense spending is increasingly split between AI software and missile hardware, but for 2026, one defense giant offers a clearer path to shareholder returns.

Von der Leyen announces first payment to Ukraine under €90 billion loan

Ukraine has received 3.2 billion as the first disbursement under the European Union's 90 billion support loan, Ursula von der Leyen has announced. The 3.2 billion will help cover Kyiv's budgetary gaps and guarantee financial stability. A second disbursement dedicated to drone production and worth about 6 billion is expected to be unveiled in the coming days.

Ukraine receives €3.9b under EU defense support program

Ukraine has received 3.9 billion euros from the European Union (EU) as the first loan under a defense support program, the country's finance ministry said Tuesday, reported Xinhua. The financing is part of the initial tranche of the Ukraine Support Loan worth 5.01 billion euros, the ministry said in a statement. These funds will be directed to what is critically important for our resilience today: strengthening Ukrainian drone production, the defense industry, and meeting the needs of the Defense Forces, said Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko. In 2026, Kiev expects to receive 45 billion euros under the Ukraine Support Loan, including 28.3 billion euros for defense.

Ukraine Strikes Electronics Plant in Voronezh

Ukraine’s military claimed the manufacturing plant in southern Russia produces electronic components for the Russian armed forces.

Russian Defense Ministry: Targeting Ukrainian Forces' Positions on Multiple Fronts

Russian Defense Ministry: Targeting Ukrainian Forces' Positions on Multiple Fronts

UK develops long-range weapons for Ukraine without U.S. components

UK develops long-range weapons for Ukraine without U.S. components

Latvia becomes one of Europe’s leading drone hubs, new study finds

More than 200 companies developing defence and dual-use technologies are currently operating in the Baltic states, according to the first landscape of this scale of the Baltic defence innovation ecosystem, prepared by Venture Faculty and the Latvia-developed platform Proposal Peak. The landscape was compiled in cooperation with Dealroom, one of the world’s largest company and [] The post Latvia becomes one of Europe’s leading drone hubs, new study finds appeared first on Baltic News Network.

US in talks on Europe missile co-production, source says

By Sabine SieboldANKARA, July 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. is in talks with Germany and other European nations about establishing co-production of Raytheon's AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles and a maintenance facility for Lockheed's PAC-3 Patriot missiles in Europe, a source told Reuters.If implemented, both projects could free up capacity at Raytheon and Lockheed Martin factories in the United States and enable the U.S. defence giants to ramp up production at home.

Does Ukraine Own Domestically Produced Long-Range Missile?

Ukraine may have used a domestically produced long-range missile in combat against Russia for the first time, Bloomberg reports. Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Russian armed forces had intercepted a long-range operational-tactical missile. The ministry did not disclose additional details regarding the weapon involved. Analysts cited by Bloomberg suggested that Ukraine may have used one of its own missile systems in combat operations for the first time. At the same time, Denis Shtilerman, chief designer and co-owner of the Ukrainian company Fire Point, publicly rejected suggestions that the missile involved was the company's FP-9 system.

Defense pushes millions into A'dam drone software company, with option for golden share

The Ministry of Defense is investing “several tens of millions” of euros in the Amsterdam-based company Intelic, which develops software for controlling drones.

UK Tests Long-Range Missile for Ukraine

The UK tested a missile with a range of 300 miles, with plans to send the munitions to Ukraine. The platform will allow Ukraine to deliver 500-pound warheads to Moscow. The missiles tested by the UK military last week were developed under Project Brakestop. The goal of the project is to design a long-range weapon []

License plate cameras can track your AirPods, smartwatch, and more, disturbing study finds

The new sensors are made by a defense company whose primary customers are U.S. law enforcement agencies

Ukraine's Brave1 signs first major Western defense industry partnership with Airbus

Airbus and Brave1 will collaborate on research, testing of military technologies on Ukraine's front lines, and modernizing equipment.