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The EU's Arctic Strategy: an Arctic Cable Hub and Icebreaker Pooling — EUR 260 Million Is Ten Existing Defence Fund Projects post image

[DPL] Policy [ARC] Arctic & Nordics [INT] NATO & EU

The EU's Arctic Strategy: an Arctic Cable Hub and Icebreaker Pooling — EUR 260 Million Is Ten Existing Defence Fund Projects

Greece Closes 56 Units and 126 Sites, Adds an Unmanned Systems Brigade at Litochoro and a Space Command post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [UXS] Uncrewed & Autonomy [SPC] Space

Greece Closes 56 Units and 126 Sites, Adds an Unmanned Systems Brigade at Litochoro and a Space Command

Signal No. 170 · Kyiv says Pentagon holds allied-paid Patriot rounds post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 170 · Kyiv says Pentagon holds allied-paid Patriot rounds

Signal No. 172 · Bundeswehr raises sabotage risk rating after Wunstorf post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 172 · Bundeswehr raises sabotage risk rating after Wunstorf

An internal Bundeswehr analysis rates the risk of Russian sabotage against German forces as considerable, the second-highest level, after the Wunstorf drone proved to have carried explosives.

Signal No. 171 · Black Sea: NATO assets and a US P-8A at Varna post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 171 · Black Sea: NATO assets and a US P-8A at Varna

Spain Takes Its Last Ex-Iberia A330 MRTT at Getafe, Completing the EUR 675 Million Contract of 2021 — MRTT+ Undated post image

[DIN] Industry [AIR] Air

Spain Takes Its Last Ex-Iberia A330 MRTT at Getafe, Completing the EUR 675 Million Contract of 2021 — MRTT+ Undated

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Signal No. 172 · Bundeswehr raises sabotage risk rating after Wunstorf post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 172 · Bundeswehr raises sabotage risk rating after Wunstorf

Signal No. 171 · Black Sea: NATO assets and a US P-8A at Varna post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 171 · Black Sea: NATO assets and a US P-8A at Varna

Spain Takes Its Last Ex-Iberia A330 MRTT at Getafe, Completing the EUR 675 Million Contract of 2021 — MRTT+ Undated post image

[DIN] Industry [AIR] Air

Spain Takes Its Last Ex-Iberia A330 MRTT at Getafe, Completing the EUR 675 Million Contract of 2021 — MRTT+ Undated

The EU's Arctic Strategy: an Arctic Cable Hub and Icebreaker Pooling — EUR 260 Million Is Ten Existing Defence Fund Projects post image

[DPL] Policy [ARC] Arctic & Nordics [INT] NATO & EU

The EU's Arctic Strategy: an Arctic Cable Hub and Icebreaker Pooling — EUR 260 Million Is Ten Existing Defence Fund Projects

Greece Closes 56 Units and 126 Sites, Adds an Unmanned Systems Brigade at Litochoro and a Space Command post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [UXS] Uncrewed & Autonomy [SPC] Space

Greece Closes 56 Units and 126 Sites, Adds an Unmanned Systems Brigade at Litochoro and a Space Command

Signal No. 170 · Kyiv says Pentagon holds allied-paid Patriot rounds post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 170 · Kyiv says Pentagon holds allied-paid Patriot rounds

[DIN] Industry

[IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

Budget Committee Clears Two Replacement Patriot Fire Units via FMS — About EUR 650 Million, EUR 560 Million Prepaid for an Earlier Slot post image

[DPL] Policy [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [DEZ] Germany

Budget Committee Clears Two Replacement Patriot Fire Units via FMS — About EUR 650 Million, EUR 560 Million Prepaid for an Earlier Slot

IRIS-T SLM Passes Bundeswehr System Certification on Crete — Heeresflugabwehrregiment 1 Stands Up on 7 December post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [DEZ] Germany

IRIS-T SLM Passes Bundeswehr System Certification on Crete — Heeresflugabwehrregiment 1 Stands Up on 7 December

Bulgaria Moves to Buy Five More IRIS-T SLM Under SAFE — EUR 1.1 Billion, Contracted Through Germany's MoD post image

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Bulgaria Moves to Buy Five More IRIS-T SLM Under SAFE — EUR 1.1 Billion, Contracted Through Germany's MoD

Sweden Sends a Patriot Unit to NATO's Rzeszów Logistics Hub From December — About 100 Soldiers, Taking Over From the Netherlands post image

[OPS] Operations [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [ARC] Arctic & Nordics

Sweden Sends a Patriot Unit to NATO's Rzeszów Logistics Hub From December — About 100 Soldiers, Taking Over From the Netherlands

[DIN] Industry [SEA] Sea [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

BAAINBw Contracts Diehl to Adapt IRIS-T SLM for Four F125 Frigates — Prototypes, Test Firings, Class Integration

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [PLB] Poland–Lithuania–Belarus

Poland's Positive-Identification Rule Takes Effect on 1 October — Shoot-Downs on Radar and Intelligence Data, Without Visual Confirmation

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

Kongsberg Signs NOK 10 Billion of NASAMS for Belgium — the Dutch Procurement Authority Buys on Belgium's Behalf

[DIN] Industry [INT] NATO & EU [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

EC Identifies Five Defence Projects of Common Interest: Drones, Maritime and Seabed, Space, Air and Missile Defence, Eastern Flank Watch

[DIN] Industry [SEA] Sea [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

Orizzonte Sistemi Navali Signs EUR 3.7 Billion With OCCAR for Two DDX Destroyers for the Italian Navy — Fincantieri and Leonardo Sub-Contracts to Follow

[DPL] Policy [DEZ] Germany [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

Bundestag Approves Twelve 25M Submissions — AMRAAM and Meteor, IRIS-T SLM for the F125 Frigates, Fennek D-LBO Radios, Secunet SINA

[MDF] Doctrine & Force

Greece Closes 56 Units and 126 Sites, Adds an Unmanned Systems Brigade at Litochoro and a Space Command post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [UXS] Uncrewed & Autonomy [SPC] Space

Greece Closes 56 Units and 126 Sites, Adds an Unmanned Systems Brigade at Litochoro and a Space Command

IRIS-T SLM Passes Bundeswehr System Certification on Crete — Heeresflugabwehrregiment 1 Stands Up on 7 December post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [DEZ] Germany

IRIS-T SLM Passes Bundeswehr System Certification on Crete — Heeresflugabwehrregiment 1 Stands Up on 7 December

SACEUR Grynkewich Sets Out NATO's Theory of Victory in Warsaw — Block, Blunt, Break, and No Strategic Defeat of the Adversary Sought post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [INT] NATO & EU [ATL] Transatlantic

SACEUR Grynkewich Sets Out NATO's Theory of Victory in Warsaw — Block, Blunt, Break, and No Strategic Defeat of the Adversary Sought

[CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Rheinmetall and MSC Will Buy the Mangalia Yard Jointly — a Dual-Use Site for Romania's Four Naval Ships post image

[DIN] Industry [SEA] Sea [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Rheinmetall and MSC Will Buy the Mangalia Yard Jointly — a Dual-Use Site for Romania's Four Naval Ships

Rheinmetall Buys the Mangalia Shipyard for EUR 138 Million — 75 Per Cent of Valuation After Four Failed Sales; Damen's Appeal Is Heard on 4 November post image

[DIN] Industry [SEA] Sea [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Rheinmetall Buys the Mangalia Shipyard for EUR 138 Million — 75 Per Cent of Valuation After Four Failed Sales; Damen's Appeal Is Heard on 4 November

Bulgaria Moves to Buy Five More IRIS-T SLM Under SAFE — EUR 1.1 Billion, Contracted Through Germany's MoD post image

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Bulgaria Moves to Buy Five More IRIS-T SLM Under SAFE — EUR 1.1 Billion, Contracted Through Germany's MoD

[DIN] Industry [GRD] Land [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Latvia Takes Delivery of Its First ASCOD-Based Hunter Infantry Fighting Vehicle — 84 by 2029, Final Assembly at Valmiera

[DIN] Industry [PLB] Poland–Lithuania–Belarus [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Poland Hands PLN 350 Million in Homeland Defence Act Grants to 86 Firms and Institutes to Hold Wartime Production and Repair Capacity

[GRZ] Grey Zone [AIR] Air [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Russian Mi-8 Crosses the Polish Border North of Braniewo, 300 Metres Deep for 42 Seconds — Fighters Scrambled, Sikorski Names an Apology as the Price

[DIN] Industry [GRD] Land [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Latvia Drops the Swedish Archer for Excalibur Army's Morana 155 mm Howitzer — First Deliveries 2027, BAE Disputes the Timeline

[STK] Deep Strike

France's 2027 Defence Budget Assigns EUR 1.5 Billion of Commitments to a Ground-Launched Ballistic Missile post image

[DPL] Policy [STK] Deep Strike

France's 2027 Defence Budget Assigns EUR 1.5 Billion of Commitments to a Ground-Launched Ballistic Missile

FMV Confirms Sweden's SEK 7 Billion HIMARS Buy With First Delivery in 2027 — Selection Turned on Time to Operational Capability post image

[DIN] Industry [STK] Deep Strike [ARC] Arctic & Nordics

FMV Confirms Sweden's SEK 7 Billion HIMARS Buy With First Delivery in 2027 — Selection Turned on Time to Operational Capability