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PBS Aerospace won a multi-year Zone5 turbojet subcontract in Georgia. The deal, valued at several tens of millions of dollars, backs Roswell engine production for Zone 5’s missile and unmanned systems programmes.
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Rheinmetall has completed its NVL acquisition, effective 1 March 2026. The takeover brings four German shipyards into a new Naval Systems division, covering surface combatants, coastguard vessels, and maritime autonomous surface systems.
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RÁBA will build up to 2,000 Tatra 8×8 trucks domestically. A wider framework with 4iG, CSG, Nurol Makina, and Lockheed Martin spans more than 10,000 vehicles, plus a HUF 100bn plant modernisation plan.
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Neros is investing £10m to build drones in Swindon locally. The company has incorporated Neros Technologies UK Ltd and plans onshore production of FPV uncrewed aerial systems for UK forces and European allies.
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General Atomics is expanding Do228 NXT production through European partners. At Oelsnitz, GA PrecisionTech Europe makes about 450 machined parts for the airframe and landing gear, backed by metrology and material testing. Composite suppliers and in-house wing work in Oberpfaffenhofen are shaping the ramp to series build.
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The UK has placed a £1bn AW149 order with Leonardo. Yeovil will build 23 New Medium Helicopters, supporting 3,300 jobs and a supply chain of nearly 70 UK companies. The deal also backs Proteus, Leonardo’s autonomous demonstrator, as government looks at optionally crewed rotorcraft.
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DARPA has awarded RTX BBN a XENA program contract. The work targets kilometre-range transmission X-ray analysis, using new mathematical modelling and image-processing methods to infer the hidden geometry of man-made objects when close access is unsafe, impractical, or denied.
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NATO Innovation Fund co-led TYTAN’s €30m Series A financing round. The Munich company will scale AI-guided interceptor drones and an integration software layer across Germany, Ukraine, and other allied markets as demand grows for mass-producible, cost-controlled air-defence effects.
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Germany has taken delivery of the BlueWhale autonomous underwater vehicle. TKMS and Israel Aerospace Industries handed over the large AUV at Eckernförde, integrating a towed sonar package aimed at unmanned anti-submarine warfare, reconnaissance, and mine detection missions.
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EDGE and Safran signed an MoU on smart weapons development. The partners will explore joint development, production, and commercialisation of long-range air-to-ground weapons, with scope to expand into surface-to-air missile work and broader next-generation guidance-focused systems.