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Turkey’s First Warship Export to an EU and NATO State Signals a Procurement Shift
Turkey's reported warship export deal with Romania is more than an industrial milestone for Ankara. It points to a wider procurement reality in which European rearmament may draw increasingly on non-EU but NATO-linked defence capacity.
France Probes Suspected Russian Sabotage and Espionage Cases
French investigations into suspected sabotage and espionage attempts point to a widening security problem for Europe: Russia-linked operations are increasingly targeting transport infrastructure and defence industry inside EU and NATO states. French authorities are investigating several suspected Russia-linked sabotage and…
UK Missile Project for Ukraine Cuts Out US Components
Britain’s new long-range missile prototypes for Ukraine point to a wider defence-industrial problem: European weapons are increasingly being designed to avoid reliance on US export controls and political approval. The United Kingdom has unveiled three prototype long-range missiles for Ukraine…
Rheinmetall UK Adopts Industrial 3D Printing as Baseline Production Method in Challenger 3 Programme
Finland-based miniFactory’s technology enables production of complex ducting components for one of the United Kingdom’s most important defence modernisation programmes. Rheinmetall UK has confirmed that industrial 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is now the baseline production method for…
To build strategic autonomy, Europe needs to wean itself off foreign technology, By Robert Brull
France’s trial of the AI-powered Arcadia battlefield command system points to a wider European defence challenge: strategic autonomy will depend not only on higher military spending, but on control over the technologies, intellectual property and decision-making systems that underpin modern…
Ukraine-Germany Missile Defence Deal Tests Europe’s Search for Patriot Alternatives
Kyiv’s agreement with Berlin on anti-ballistic capabilities comes as Ukrainian defence manufacturers seek European industrial partners for systems intended to reduce reliance on scarce US-made interceptors. Ukraine and Germany have signed an agreement to develop anti-ballistic capabilities, placing missile defence…
Ukraine Missile Licensing Marks Shift From Aid Packages to Wartime Production
G7 support for licensed production of air-defence and long-range weapons would move Ukraine’s military supply model beyond emergency deliveries. The question is whether Western governments and defence companies can convert political approval into factory output quickly enough. Western support for…
G7 Ukraine Pledge Tests Whether Air-Defence Promises Can Become Deliveries
G7 leaders have pledged additional air-defence systems, interceptors and long-range capabilities for Ukraine. The question is whether the commitment can be converted into weapons before Russia intensifies its winter strike campaign. The G7 summit in Évian has produced a renewed…
Italy Puts NATO Conditions on Leonardo–Baykar Drone Venture
Rome’s conditional approval of the Leonardo–Baykar drone joint venture shows how Europe’s push to expand unmanned-aircraft production is being shaped by national-security controls. Italy has conditionally approved a joint venture between Leonardo and Turkey’s Baykar to produce unmanned aerial vehicles,…
Defence Production Act Deployed as US Seeks Arsenal Expansion
The Trump administration has taken a significant step towards reshaping America’s defence industrial capacity, invoking the Defence Production Act (DPA) to address what it describes as growing vulnerabilities in the country’s munitions supply chains and weapons manufacturing base. The move…