(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall is moving forward with plans to build a large-scale ammunition disposal plant on Lerchenberg in the Dillingen an der Donau district of Bavaria, with operations scheduled to begin in 2026. The facility will dismantle and destroy both … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged ammunition disposal, artillery shells, Bavaria, Bundeswehr, Dillingen an der Donau, explosive ordnance disposal, legacy munitions, Lerchenberg, NATO, Projects & Services business unit, Rheinmetall, sea mines, Stascheit GmbH, unexploded ordnance, World War II bombs
(IN BRIEF) Evonik has launched the Next Markets Program, a cross-company initiative designed to capture growth opportunities in adjacent sectors, beginning with circular packaging, plastics recycling, and defense and aerospace. Led by Patrick Gloeckner, the program builds on Evonik’s broad … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Chemicals, Defence, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged aerospace, Aviation, BMW, BMWK, circular economy, circular packaging, Defense, Düsseldorf, ESG, Evonik, INNOVATION, K 2025, Lauren Kjeldsen, market expansion, Next Markets Program, Patrick Gloeckner, plastics recycling, pyrolysis, sustainable materials
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall Nordic AS and Andøya Space have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate on civil and military space operations. The partnership will address gaps in Europe’s satellite and launch value chain, offering both regular launch services and … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Andøya Space, Andøya Spaceport, civil space, European security, Germany, launch services, military space, NATO, Norway, partnership, Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall Nordic AS, satellites, Space Operations, strategic autonomy, TacRL, Tactical Responsive Launch, Thomas Berge Nielsen, Troels Sandreid
(IN BRIEF) Saab has signed a SEK 60 million contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to develop a Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (LUUV). Saab will lead the design, construction, and testing of the system, which will integrate its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Autonomous Ocean Core, autonomy, defence innovation, FMV, Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle, LUUV, Maritime Security, Mats Wicksell, partnership, Saab, Saab Kockums, seabed monitoring, Sweden, Swedish Armed Forces, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, uncrewed systems, underwater technology
(IN BRIEF) Saab has appointed Johan Andersson as its new Head of Investor Relations, effective September 15, 2025. Andersson, who brings over 15 years of experience and previously led investor relations at Husqvarna Group, will be based in Stockholm and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology
Tagged appointment, Corporate Communications, Elekta, Husqvarna Group, Investor Relations, Johan Andersson, leadership, leadership change, long-term value creation, M&A team, Merton Kaplan, Saab, SCA, Securitas Systems, Stockholm
(IN BRIEF) KNL, a Telenor subsidiary in Finland, has signed contracts worth €15 million with the Finnish and Swedish Armed Forces for the supply of advanced HF radios. These systems provide secure, encrypted communication even in areas without satellites or … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, News, Norway, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Dan Ouchterlony, Defence Contracts, encrypted communication, Finnish Armed Forces, HF radios, KNL, military communications, national security, NATO, NORDEFCO, Nordic cooperation, resilient connectivity, secure defence technology, Swedish Armed Forces, Telenor, Toni Lindén
(IN BRIEF) KBR and BMT have entered into a strategic partnership to strengthen maritime sustainment for the Royal Australian Navy, combining KBR’s program management and engineering expertise with BMT’s naval engineering, assurance, and asset management capabilities. The collaboration focuses on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Amphibious Combat and Sealift fleet, asset management, BMT, cost efficiency, data-informed sustainment, defence industry, engineering, Graeme Nayler, HMAS Stirling, KBR, maritime sustainment, Naval Engineering, Nic Maan, Osborne Naval Shipyard, partnership, platform availability, Royal Australian Navy, Sarah Kenny OBE, sovereign capability
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall AG will see a leadership change in September 2025 as Dr Ursula Biernert-Kloß steps down from the Executive Board following strategic differences. CEO Armin Papperger will temporarily take over as Labour Director until Dr Vera Saal, a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Armin Papperger, CHRO, corporate governance, Dr Ursula Biernert-Kloß, Dr Vera Saal, Executive Board, Generali Group, human resources, internal promotion, Labour Director, labour relations, leadership change, management transition, Rheinmetall AG, Ulrich Grillo
(IN BRIEF) SEB Asset Management has launched the SEB European Defence & Security Fund, targeting companies in defence, cybersecurity, energy, technology, raw materials, and infrastructure to strengthen Europe’s resilience and self-sufficiency. The actively managed fund will hold 30–50 stocks, with … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Defence, Financial, Investment, Management, Security & Safety, Sweden
Tagged Alexander Winberg, Cybersecurity, defence investment, energy security, European Resilience, Fundamental Equity team, infrastructure, Javiera Ragnartz, Johan Söderström, long-term investment, NATO, OECD, Pavel Lupandin, portfolio management, raw materials, Robert Vicsai, SEB, SEB Asset Management, SEB European Defence & Security Fund, Taiwan, technology, thematic fund, unit-linked insurance
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall has secured a €770 million Bundeswehr contract for over 1,000 logistics vehicles—963 swap-body trucks (some with protected cabins) and 425 UTVs in 4×4 and 8×8 variants—to be delivered by late 2025. This follows a 2024 framework permitting … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged André Barthel, Bundeswehr, HX vehicle family, logistics vehicles, partnership, Rheinmetall, swap-body trucks, transport vehicles, UTV
(IN BRIEF) Following a May 2025 MoU focused on Maritime domain cooperation—including vessel support, strike missiles, surveillance systems, and frigate deliveries—BAE Systems and Kongsberg signed a secondary MoU in July 2025 to extend their partnership into the Air domain. This … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged advanced materials, Air domain, BAE Systems, defence collaboration, KONGSBERG, Maritime domain, maritime surveillance, Memorandum of Understanding, mission support, NATO, Norway, partnership, research and technology, strike missiles, targeting systems, through-life support, training solutions, Type 26 Frigates, UK, uncrewed air systems, Vanguard vessel system
(IN BRIEF) Eviden has been selected by the European Commission to build and run the integration platform for the AtLaS consortium’s HLTP Challenge project, funded by the European Defence Fund. The company will also deploy BARTENDER, its multilingual natural language … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Defence, Education, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged advanced computing, ALP, AtLaS consortium, Atos Group, automatic language processing, BARTENDER, Bernard PAYER, cybersecurity products, defence communications, denoising, European Commission, European Defence Fund, European library of language technologies, Eviden, HLT, HLTP Challenge, human language technology, intelligence gathering, low-quality data, Mission-Critical Systems, multilingual data, natural language processing, NLP, noisy environments, partnership, Systems Integration, vision AI
(IN BRIEF) The Czech Ministry of Defence has ordered Saab’s MSHORAD system in a SEK 1.8 billion deal, with deliveries from 2028 to 2030. The order covers RBS 70 NG-based mobile firing units with Bolide missiles, mounted on Czech-built MARS … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged air defence capability, Bolide missiles, command and control system, Czech Armed Forces, Czech partner, firing units, Görgen Johansson, INNOVATION, integration, MARS S-330 vehicle, Mobile Air Defence, mobile configuration, modular air defence, MSHORAD, partnership, radar units, resilience, Saab, SVOS, third-party radar, troops on the move, turnkey solution
All metal flexible wheels for Lunar rovers (IN BRIEF) HTR, based in Central Greece, is now offering its patented, all‑metal flexible wheels—designed since 2016 to endure the Moon’s extreme temperatures (–180 °C to +130 °C) and radiation—for commercial purchase worldwide via www.htr.gr … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Aviation & Aerospace, Defence, France, Greece, Science, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged all metal flexible wheels, Dr. Anastasios Katelouzos, elastic metal wheels, Engineering Models of all-metal flexible flight wheels, HTR, lunar rovers, Lunar wheel, Metal flexible wheel, NASA, Non pneumatic all metal wheel, planetary exploration vehicles, Research Community, Roboshop, rovers, terrestrial vehicles, vehicle for the moon, wheels for lunar use
(IN BRIEF) The Nagoya City Fire Bureau has ordered an Airbus H160 helicopter to bolster its firefighting, search and rescue and disaster response capabilities, including aerial reconnaissance. Jean‑Luc Alfonsi of Airbus Helicopters Japan praised the aircraft’s advanced safety, performance and … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged aerial firefighting bucket, aerial reconnaissance, Airbus H160, Airbus Helicopters Japan, Alouette III, AS365N3+, belly‑mounted water tank, Disaster Response, emergency services, firefighting, global fleet, Japan aviation, Jean‑Luc Alfonsi, multi‑mission helicopter, Nagoya City Fire Bureau, partnership, rotorcraft safety, search and rescue, technological innovation
(IN BRIEF) BAE Systems conducted the first-ever launch of APKWS-guided munitions from a multi-rotor UAS during trials at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Using the SURVICE TRV‑150 drone, engineers integrated the APKWS laser-guidance kit—traditionally used on manned aircraft—to convert unguided rockets into … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anthony Gregory, APKWS, BAE Systems, battlefield autonomy, counter‑UAS, drone strike, Dugway Proving Ground, FalconWorks, Greg Thompson, laser guidance, Malloy T‑150, military innovation, precision-guided munitions, SURVICE Engineering, TRV‑150, UAS, uncrewed air system
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has signed a €385 million loan with Spanish technology firm Indra to establish a cutting‑edge R&D centre—Indra Technology Hub—in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid. The facility will focus on radar, electronic defence, electro‑optics, command‑and‑control communications, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Defence, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Spain, Technology
Tagged Ángel Escribano, command‑and‑control, defence capabilities, defence R&D, digital transformation, digitalisation, EIB, electronic defence, electro‑optics, EU aerospace supply chain, European Investment Bank, European security, Indra Group, Indra Technology Hub, Nadia Calviño, partnership, radar, Robert de Groot, space sector, strategic autonomy, TechEU, Torrejón de Ardoz, €385 million financing
(IN BRIEF) Salzgitter Group and Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH have obtained WTD 91 certification under TL 2350-0000 for their SECURE 500® steel in 6–16 mm thicknesses, confirming its suitability for military use after extensive weldability and blast-resistance testing. This approval strengthens … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged armor steel, ballistic protection, blast testing, defense applications, German Military Technical Center, Ilsenburger Grobblech, martensitic microstructure, military steel, quenched and tempered, Salzgitter Group, SECURE 500®, steel certification, Thorsten Gintaut, Thorsten Moellmann, TL 2350-0000, weldability testing, WTD 91
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall’s new SSW40 is the first automatic, magazine-fed grenade launcher firing 40 mm MV rounds, combining assault-rifle ergonomics with extended range and airburst capability up to 900 meters. The lightweight, ambidextrous design accepts both MV and existing LV … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Government, Industrial, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged 40 mm MV ammunition, Aimpoint sight, airburst capability, ambidextrous controls, automatic grenade launcher, customer verification, ergonomic design, hydropneumatic recoil damping, live‐fire demonstration, low velocity, medium velocity, Rheinmetall, Squad Support Weapon 40, SSW40, TPM-T ammunition, Unterlüß test range
(IN BRIEF) American Rheinmetall Systems has rebranded simply as American Rheinmetall to unify its U.S. defense operations, integrating the Biddeford, Maine team into the broader company. Existing contracts and services remain unaffected, ensuring ongoing customer support at scale. CEO Matt … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Government, Industrial, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged airburst ammunition, American manufacturing, American Rheinmetall, Army modernization, ARS, Biddeford Maine, counter-UAS, electronic mission systems, EO/IR systems, Jason Atkinson, Matt Warnick, OEM, Operational Efficiency, Rebranding, remote weapon stations, Tier 1 supplier, U.S. defense
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