Germany

By Robert Wall
Germany says it now expects its umbrella contract for Boeing CH-47F Chinooks to be signed several months later than planned.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
More than half of the alliance’s member nations rallied at the annual summit to commit to harnessing satellite-derived data collection over the next five years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium has pushed back the planned start of manned flight tests with its full-scale electric Lilium Jet to early 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Both the U.S. and European members used the alliance’s latest summit to push new missile initiatives.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
German defense startup Donaustahl says it will supply Ukraine with an unspecified number of Maus loitering munitions.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Defense tech startups raised $9.1 billion in the first half of 2024 compared to $34.9 billion for all of 2023 and $35.8 billion in 2022, a new report says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Tehran’s proxies from the north and south launched 200 or so projectiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Ottobrun near Munich, ERC Systems is seeking to launch services later this decade.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Vivienne Machi
The MOU, signed July 9, is a new milestone for the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are buying 940 Stinger Block 1 missiles from Raytheon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The deployments will include “developmental hypersonic weapons.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Allies of NATO will sign a new defense industrial pledge during its annual summit this week in Washington.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Oslo has plentiful spares available to support the Ukrainian aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The German government says it will meet the NATO target of spending at least 2% on defense in its 2025 budget and following years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed new defense and transport ministers after sweeping aside the Conservative Party in a July 4 general election.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Germany has awarded Airbus a €2.1 billion ($2.3 billion) contract to build the new SatcomBW 3 constellation due to be deployed before the end of the decade.
Space

By Robert Wall
Germany’s Tesat-Spacecom said it has secured a European Space Agency (ESA) project to deliver a cubesat to test 6G telecommunications technology.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Germany’s push to bolster air and missile defense capacity is continuing, as the Bundestag’s budget committee approved funding for four more Patriot systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Several European nations are looking to link arms on the possible development and procurement of long-range, deep-strike weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi, Thierry Dubois, Robert Wall
Forces in Europe are doing more in space, including through an increased focus on situational awareness of the domain to address growing threats.
Farnborough Airshow

By Matthew Fulco
With the integration of High Point’s capabilities, Dzyne’s platform will encompass a range of defense technology solutions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
The region is going shopping to address defense shortfalls, with counter-UAS on most countries’ lists.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is studying a new class of air defense destroyer.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Bundestag budget committee has given the green light to funding the new Supersonic Strike Missile—known as 3SM Tyrfing—and acquiring at least two satcoms.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The critical design review for the Eurodrone project is now scheduled for May 2025, reflecting delays in completing the program’s preliminary design review.
Aircraft & Propulsion