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Germany wants Helsing to build the brain of its next air war

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Germany is quietly building its own brain for future air warfare, and it wants Helsing to write the code. Berlin is lining up a €580mn contract for the Munich AI firm. The software would link fighters, drones, satellites and sensors, according to documents seen by Politico. The deal salvages something from the wreckage of Europe’s […]

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China hits back at the Pentagon with curbs on 56 US firms

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China’s new trade curbs target 56 US companies, from rare-earth miners to drone makers. It is direct retaliation for Washington adding Chinese firms to its military blacklist. China has answered the Pentagon’s blacklist with one of its own. On Monday, Beijing aimed trade curbs at 56 American companies. The measures hit drone makers and defence […]

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Canada buys Australian Arctic radar in A$2.5bn defence-export first

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Australia has been refining the same unusual piece of radar for decades, a system that bounces signals off the ionosphere to see thousands of kilometres past the curve of the Earth, and for all that time it kept the technology to itself. On Sunday it sold it abroad for the first time. Canada agreed to […]

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While Helsing and Anduril chase billion-dollar valuations, Comand AI raised €32M for the layer above them

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The defence-tech land grab has a new front, and it sits above the drones and sensors that get the headlines. Comand AI, a Paris startup building AI software for military command, has raised a €32mn Series A led by Blossom Capital, with a strategic investment from Sweden’s Saab and renewed backing from Expeditions. The round […]

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85% of NATO’s defence-tech funding goes to the US. AVP and Earlybird raised €500M to change that.

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Europe is pledging hundreds of billions to defence. Almost none of the venture money funding the technology behind it is European. Since 2019, the US has captured around 85 per cent of all NATO defence-tech venture funding, according to the founders of a new fund out today. Europe accounted for just 6.2 per cent of […]

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Europe’s carmakers are pivoting to defence as EV demand slows and military budgets soar

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Four European automakers announced military vehicle partnerships in the past week. Ineos is bidding for a UK Ministry of Defence contract. Daimler Truck launched a dedicated defence brand. Renault partnered with Thales for armoured vehicles. Mercedes-Benz teamed up with a German startup to build anti-drone platforms. The European car industry is retooling for rearmament. Ineos […]

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A Czech AI startup says it can detect drones by sound for €150 per sensor, and it wants to wire up power grids first

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Czech startup Neuron Soundware has built an AI-powered acoustic detection system called Sound Shield that identifies drones by the sound of their engines using microphone sensors that cost between €100 and €150 each. The system is designed as a passive, low-cost alternative to radar for detecting low-flying drones over cities, infrastructure, and military installations. The […]

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As Europe rearms, the ‘wingman’ drone takes centre stage at the Berlin airshow

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The aircraft drawing crowds at last week’s Berlin airshow was not the one with a pilot in it. The “loyal wingman,” an uncrewed jet built to fly beside a manned fighter and carry the extra sensors, jammers, and weapons the fighter cannot, has become Europe’s defence obsession, and four companies turned up to sell it. […]

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Ukraine gains access to EU emergency cyber response for major attacks

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Ukraine can now draw on emergency European Union cyber support to respond to large-scale incidents, after the Council of the EU approved its inclusion in the EU Cybersecurity Reserve on 15 June. The decision extends a defensive mechanism built for member states to a country whose networks have been under sustained attack since Russia’s full-scale […]

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Mercedes-Benz turns to defence, partnering with startup Tytan to build anti-drone vehicles

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Mercedes-Benz is leaning deeper into defence. The carmaker has signed a memorandum of understanding with TYTAN Technologies, a Munich counter-drone startup, to develop vehicle-based systems that detect and shoot down hostile drones, built on its G-Class SUV and Sprinter van. Mercedes calls the defence sector “a strategic growth field”. The deal, signed at the ILA […]

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