News
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OHB will build eighteen IRIS² MEO satellite platforms for SES. The nearly €1 billion contract puts a major element of Europe’s secure communications constellation into serial spacecraft development and manufacture.
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Navantia faces pressure to accelerate Britain’s Fleet Solid Support programme. The three-ship build is already split across Appledore, Cádiz, and Belfast, while RFA Resurgent remains officially expected in 2031.
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Fire Point is expanding solid rocket propellant production into Denmark. The Vojens plant is expected to begin operations by late 2027, creating an overseas production node for several Ukrainian missile programmes.
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Sweden has contracted Naval Group for four new FDI frigates. The SEK47 billion acquisition combines a serial-production design with Swedish weapons and sensors, with deliveries scheduled between 2030 and 2034.
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Greece and Israel have signed the €3.035 billion Achilles Shield. The programme combines layered air defence with more than €750 million of Greek industrial participation and a domestic production base.
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Hanwha has signed a Spanish export contract for K9 howitzers. The undisclosed agreement advances Indra’s wider plan for a domestically manufactured and integrated tracked-artillery family.
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India has commissioned its second indigenous Nistar-class diving support vessel. INS Nipun adds saturation diving, underwater intervention, remotely operated vehicle, and submarine-rescue support to the Navy’s specialist fleet.
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Terra Drone is developing integrated counter-UAS protection for critical infrastructure. The planned architecture combines multisensor detection, command and control, electronic disruption, autonomous interceptors, and airspace management.
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Tata and Javelin partners will explore missile co-production in India. The proposed model would combine Indian final assembly and component work with established US subassembly and guidance-electronics production.
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TurbineOne has opened a new defence technology facility in Maine. T1 MachineWorks combines edge-AI development, autonomous-system integration, rapid prototyping, and 3D manufacturing alongside access to aerial and maritime test environments.