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Airbus will lead Spain’s Integrated Combat Training System, converting Hürjet aircraft into the Spanish SAETA II and coordinating a national industrial team across aircraft, simulators, sustainment, and mission systems.
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The Pentagon is studying whether Japanese and South Korean shipyards and designs could help accelerate US frigate and destroyer production as domestic capacity remains under pressure.
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Terra Drone has made a second strategic investment in Ukraine’s interceptor drone sector, adding fixed-wing capability from WinnyLab to its layered counter-drone portfolio.
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Singapore has cut steel for the third and fourth Victory-class Multi-Role Combat Vessels, moving its unmanned-systems mothership programme deeper into serial production at ST Engineering’s Benoi yard.
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Germany is holding off Palantir defence software contracts for now. The decision highlights procurement tension between battlefield AI tools, national military databases, contractor access, and sovereign control of sensitive defence data.
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Poland has started building its third and final Miecznik frigate. Steel cutting for Huragan moves the Polish Navy programme into parallel construction across all three Arrowhead 140-based ships at PGZ Stocznia Wojenna in Gdynia.
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Norway is receiving the first Leopard 2A8NOR tanks from Germany. The 54-vehicle programme combines German production, Norwegian industrial participation through RITEK, and upgraded electronic systems developed with Kongsberg for the latest Leopard 2A8 baseline.
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Airbus has maintained confidence in Eurodrone despite French uncertainty. The company has also removed long-running A400M production-risk language, pointing to a steadier industrial outlook for two major European defence aerospace programmes.
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Ajax acceptance will restart after a new safety investigation concluded. The UK will resume acceptance from General Dynamics under strict controls, with phased trials, separated vehicles, and planned improvements to air filtration, heating, and electrical power generation.
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CISA and the NCSC have warned about Firestarter malware. The backdoor targets Cisco ASA, Firepower, and Secure Firewall infrastructure, creating persistence concerns for government, defence, and critical national infrastructure networks.