Berlin launches crisis response after Rhysida dumps 5.79TB of allegedly stolen government data
Berlin has launched an emergency review of data stolen from its administration after ransomware gang Rhysida published what it claims is a 5.79-terabyte haul containing sensitive government information, credentials, and critical infrastructure documents. The German capital said the leaked files are being analysed “with utmost urgency,” with forensic specialists examining...
German police apprehend Bulgarian citizens in alleged arson in Munich
German police are investigating an apparent arson attempt outside a building used by defense companies in Munich. The incident happened...
Read moreDetailsThe Weekend Read | 6 September 2026
Welcome to The Weekend Read, which will be delivered to your inboxes on Sunday mornings London time. In February 2025,...
Read moreDetailsThis Week in Defence Tech | 3 September 2026
Welcome to This Week in Defence Tech, a summary of the top news in the sector written by Editor at...
Read moreDetailsAirlogix and Auterion bag $300M AI-guided heavy strike drone deal
Back in February, during the Munich Security Conference, we wrote about how German/Swiss/US startup Auterion and Ukrainian startup Airlogix were...
Read moreDetailsStark buys Raydiant RF because electronic warfare is not going away
Some more consolidation is afoot in the defence startup world, this time taking aim at one of the more pernicious...
Read moreDetailsEstonia’s defence minister resigns over botched Ukraine procurement deal
The most senior member of Estonia's ministry of defence has resigned over a procurement controversy involving buying ammunition for Ukraine....
Read moreDetailsOut of the Ministry and into the VC hotseat
Mykhailo Fedorov, the 36-year-old who was abruptly fired from his role as Ukraine’s defence secretary after just six months on...
Read moreDetailsThe Resilience Conference London 2026 Agenda is live
Welcome back from summer. We have been working hard to pull together the agenda for Resilience Conference London on 5-6...
Read moreDetailsHyImpulse fuels up with €50M+ to build its breakthrough rocket launchers
HyImpulse Technologies, a startup out of Germany building a new approach to launching and travelling in space using paraffin-based hybrid...
Read moreDetailsUkraine is putting Kalashnikov assault rifles on uncrewed ground vehicles
An unnamed company backed by Ukraine's BRAVE1 defence technology program has developed a robotic turret designed around one of the...
Read moreDetailsInLeap raises €20M for counter-drone laser effectors
Drone interceptors are the name of the game right now in Europe, and today one of the companies building systems...
Read moreDetailsTekever acquires Flowcopter to do some heavy lifting
Tekever, the autonomous air systems startup out of Portugal that is rumoured to be raising a big round of funding,...
Read moreDetailsOn the ground at Copenhagen’s TechBBQ, where defence tech was the rising star
This week, representatives of the Nordic defence tech sector and beyond gathered in Copenhagen, at the TechBBQ conference, to discuss...
Read moreDetailsEstonia’s Wolfram Europa invests €200 million into Latvian munitions site
Tallinn, Estonia energetic materials supplier Wolfram Europa said it will invest €200 million to build a vertically integrated energetics complex...
Read moreDetailsRegent Craft raises $240M to put the wind in its Seaglider sails
More funding is pouring into startups building technology to navigate better in water. Regent Craft, a company out of Rhode...
Read moreDetailsSmartCap names Patrik Louko as its new CEO
Patrik Louko has been appointed as the CEO of SmartCap, Estonia’s state-owned fund manager and a big name in defence...
Read moreDetailsUkraine’s Uforce unveils a heavy-duty unmanned surface vessel for naval logistics
Ukraine's Uforce has unveiled the MV11, a large ocean-going unmanned surface vessel in its MAGURA family, during Ukraine’s Independence Day...
Read moreDetailsUK gets its hands on Ukraine’s Avengers AI data
The UK and Ukraine are taking a big step forward in how they collaborate when it comes to developing military...
Read moreDetailsGermany’s STARK delivers Germany its first unmanned reconnaissance vehicle, the Seetaube
German defence company STARK, which recently raised $500 million from various funders, has delivered the first Seetaube unmanned surface vessel...
Read moreDetailsSmaller satellites are getting sharper eyes
Belgium-based Simera Sense is pushing further into the space market with the xScape200 Dual-Use, a new version of its compact...
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