VAMPIRE production is moving into a more scalable factory phase. L3Harris has opened a Huntsville line built for flexible assembly, testing, and installation as counter-drone demand grows.
Honeywell is expanding component capacity for America’s munitions production base. The investment targets navigation systems, missile actuators, and electronic warfare hardware used across defence programmes.
Javelin output growth is forcing suppliers to expand industrial capacity. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are pushing tooling, testing, and second-source work deeper into the missile supply chain.
T2S has secured a major defence cyber infrastructure contract. The award underlines how zero trust, AI security tooling, and C5ISR hardening are now being bought as long-cycle capability programmes.
MARTE has moved into Europe’s next tank architecture phase. The programme now turns collaborative ambition into subsystem decisions, interface rules, and the industrial logic needed for a buildable land platform.
Osnabrück could yet become an air-defence production node. Talks with Rafael point to support equipment manufacturing that sits between automotive restructuring and Europe’s wider missile-defence expansion.
MS&D 2026 will deepen Hamburg’s naval industry focus further. The expanded format ties conference debate directly to shipyards, suppliers, dual-use technology companies, and procurement audiences attending SMM.
Cyber resilience increasingly defines industrial readiness across defence supply chains. Infosecurity Europe’s 2026 agenda reflects how production continuity now sits inside the security conversation.
Defence electrification increasingly turns on packaging, cooling, and assembly. RML Group’s DPRTE line-up shows how batteries and harnesses are moving into the military engineering mainstream.
Mobile counter-drone systems increasingly hinge on manufacturable integration architectures. Leonidas AGV blends microwaves, autonomy, and vehicle engineering into a package aimed at scalable defence deployment.