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 "title": "Signal No. 14 · €64bn Backlog and three bids on Europe's IAMD spine · 11 March 2026",
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 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSignal No. 14\n\n\nWednesday · 11 March 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDINDEZ Rheinmetall Reports €63.8bn Backlog — Demand Is Not the Constraint; Integration Capacity Is\n\n\nRheinmetall AG · 11 March 2026\n\n\nRheinmetall reported 2025 sales of €9.935 billion, up 29%, with operating profit of €1.841 billion and an 18.5% margin. Order backlog rose 36% to €63.8 billion. Yet 2026 guidance of €14.0–14.5 billion undershot expectations, implying the near-term limit is no longer order intake but industrial conversion.\n\n\n",
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   "date": "11 Mar 2026",
   "url": "https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/news-watch/news/2026/03/2026-03-11-rheinmetall-presents-annual-report-for-2025",
   "context": "Rheinmetall FY2025 annual results — sales EUR 9.935bn (+29%), backlog EUR 63.8bn (+36%), guidance EUR 14-14.5bn for 2026"
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   "source": "GlobeNewswire",
   "date": "11 Mar 2026",
   "url": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/11/3253911/0/en/CSG-and-Polska-Grupa-Zbrojeniowa-Launch-Multidomain-Industrial-Partnership.html",
   "context": "CSG and PGZ sign multi-domain industrial partnership covering UAS engines, ammunition, land systems"
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   "source": "Breaking Defense",
   "date": "Mar 2026",
   "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/03/new-status-quo-germany-reaches-for-european-conventional-military-dominance/",
   "context": "Germany reaches for European conventional military dominance — EUR 377bn acquisition plan, EUR 150bn target by 2029"
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   "source": "Airforce Technology",
   "date": "11 Mar 2026",
   "url": "https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/thales-skydefender-air-missile-defence/",
   "context": "Thales launches SkyDefender — multi-layer multi-domain IAMD system: ForceShield (counter-drone), SAMP-T NG/Ground Fire (150km), SMART-L MM/UHF (5,000km), SkyView C2, AI via cortAIx, satellite EW via Thales Alenia Space"
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   "source": "defence-industry.eu",
   "date": "11 Mar 2026",
   "url": "https://defence-industry.eu/thales-unveils-skydefender-ai-enabled-integrated-air-and-missile-defence-system-to-counter-evolving-aerial-threats-globally/",
   "context": "Thales SkyDefender: AI-enabled IAMD system, open modular architecture, NATO interoperability, announced at BEDEX eve"
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   "source": "DroneShield",
   "date": "11 Mar 2026",
   "url": "https://www.droneshield.com/media/press-releases/droneshield-establishes-european-manufacturing-footprint-to-advance-sovereign-counter-uas-capability",
   "context": "DroneShield establishes EU counter-UAS manufacturing through unnamed contract manufacturer, delivery mid-2026, capacity scaling $500M (2025) to $2.4bn (end 2026), citing ReArm Europe / Readiness 2030"
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