Aerospace
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AEVEX has secured US Air Force backing for strike drones. The $50m award advances production of a long-range platform built for contested, GPS-denied environments and rapid payload reconfiguration.
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Xiphera will develop high-speed security IP for ESA satellite links. The project targets secure optical satellite links of up to 100Gbit/s, tying space communications resilience to hardware-based cryptography.
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Kongsberg has secured another major order for Joint Strike Missile. The sixth customer adds fresh pressure to a guided-weapons production chain already serving F-35 operators across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the US.
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Airbus has entered Ukraine’s defence innovation ecosystem directly through Brave1. The partnership links European aerospace expertise with combat-tested technology development, including joint task forces and frontline co-testing through Test in Ukraine.
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Britain is reshaping rotary-wing capability under mounting fleet pressure today. Older Chinook Mk6A helicopters will retire as maintenance milestones arrive, while future lift, autonomy, and new medium helicopters compete for funding and industrial attention.
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New Zealand has added surface strike to its Poseidon fleet. The first RNZAF Harpoon firing links maritime patrol, weapons integration, allied stockpile support, and Indo-Pacific sustainment into one aircraft availability challenge.
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Velo3D’s Livermore buildout gives defence additive manufacturing new production scale. The facility targets qualified aerospace and defence components beyond prototype and demonstration work.
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IRYDA+ X1 turns European drone precision into a production test. The Polish-Turkish system now has to prove repeatability, resilience, and manufacturability beyond a live demonstration.
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PGZ’s fighter MRO offer could deepen Poland’s sustainment role further. Support for Ukrainian F-16s and MiG-29s would place depot capacity close to Europe’s most demanding air campaign.
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GCAP funding now gives Britain’s combat-air suppliers clearer industrial runway. A further Edgewing contract would shift more work from programme architecture into engineering execution.