Europe

Well, the UK is (kind of) putting its money where its mouth is? At the very least, they’ve got an all-star on their naming committee. On Friday, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that they’d officially carried out their first-ever “Dragon’s Den” style competition, where ten defense and dual-use startups (per the MoD) pitched […]

Interceptors are so hot right now. Yesterday, Munich-based mini-autonomous-missile company TYTAN Technologies announced that it’s opened up a new facility in Bavaria and inked a partnership with German sensor giant HENSOLDT, all with the aim of producing 3,000 Group 3 interceptor drones a month by the end of 2026. The company—which tests its drones on […]

Once again, the Ukrainians are back to show us a thing or two about drone warfare. Last Friday, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced that all of its drone operations will soon be unified under a single operating system called Mission Control, which will basically act as a giant, data-driven eye-in-the-sky for how drones in […]

Well, our friends in Munich are having quite the week.  This morning—hot on the heels of announcing a joint venture with Frontline Robotics, and two weeks after raising a cool €180M—German drone giant Quantum Systems announced that it’s acquired ground autonomy company FERNRIDE. QS says that this “[expands] its leadership position from air and software […]

In case you missed it, Germany-based drone company Quantum Systems is making some serious money moves.  Just two weeks after raising €180M at a cool €3B, the company announced yesterday that it’s launching a joint initiative with Ukrainian company Frontline Robotics called “Quantum Frontline Industries.”  The mash-up—part of a defense cooperation initiative formally launched during […]

Nothing gets the blood—and innovation—pumping like a little bit of healthy competition to round out the year.  On Wednesday, NATO DIANA, the alliance’s defense tech accelerator, announced the 150 startups from across 24 member states that made the cut for its 2026 Challenge Program, and it was a particularly intense one.  Making the call: Each […]

If anyone thinks M&A isn’t the road to success, someone better tell the defense tech world—and fast. Earlier this week, European defense tech darling STARK announced that it has acquired AeroMass Technologies, a “distributed manufacturing company” that says it builds “scalable, attritable systems for the modern battlefield.” The move comes just a few months after […]

When you think of European defense tech hotspots, Croatia probably isn’t the first country that comes to mind—but maybe it should.  Earlier this week, Orqa FPV announced that it has boosted its annual production capacity to 280,000 NDAA-compliant, Chinese-component-free FPV drones at its headquarters in Osijek, Croatia. That big bump, CEO Srdjan Kovacevic told Tectonic, […]