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26 Mar 2025: UK's Babcock secures $1.3 billion defence contract extension

26 Mar 2025: Rachel Reeves sets out new UK defence growth board

17 mar 2025: European Defense Depends on Tech

17 mar 2025: Defense giants want von der Leyen to boost made-in-Europe tech

12 mar 2025: Estonia’s Startups See Opportunity in Europe’s Rush to Rearm

14 feb 2025: Guns and Growth: The Economic Consequences of Surging Defense Spending

13 feb 2025: Could a German startup disrupt Europe’s arms industry?

12 feb 2025: European defense tech start-ups: In it for the long run?

12 feb 2025: VC funding in European defence and security tech surges to record $5.2bn

12 feb 2025: With war on their doorstep, European defense tech startups are gunning for a slice of growing military budgets

30 jan 2025: Ready for Combat? The Future of the European Defense Industry

23 jan 2025: Meeting China’s Trade and Tech Challenge: How the US and Europe Can Come Together

15 jan 2025: Will Europe ramp up defence research? War prompts major rethink

10 dec 2024: Europe and the United States need to revolutionize their defense industrial bases—and how they cooperate

04 dec 2024: How the Ukraine-Russia war is reshaping the tech sector in Eastern Europe

04 dec 2024: EU Defense Spending Expected to Hit $342.6 Billion in Boon to Arms Makers

04 dec 2024: Europe’s Newest Startup Trend: Making AI-Powered Weapons

25 nov 2024: European Defense: Close the Finance Gap

20 nov 2024: Conflict is driving investment in European defence firms

19 nov 2024: Europe’s Defense Spending May Need to Nearly Double

11 nov 2024: AI vs drones: Europe’s top defence tech rounds of 2024

06 nov 2024: Trump’s in. Here’s what it means for Europe.

21 oct 2024: Europe’s tech gap is a major security problem, Ischinger says

18 oct 2024: Defense-tech boom spawns wave of new European GPs

12 oct 2024: Defence technologies - Time to Think Big Again

07 oct 2024: US funding drives investment for European military tech start-ups

03 oct 2024: Ukrainian Lessons: Civilian Tech Transforms the Battlefield

02 oct 2024: The Draghi Report: A Strategy to Reform the European Economic Model

26 sep 2024: Global Tensions Feed VC Interest In European Defense Startups

24 sep 2024: Towards European Defence Union: Time for Another Big Bazooka

17 sep 2024: Von der Leyen names new European Commission with focus on security, competitiveness

09 sep 2024: Defense Technology and Innovation in Germany

29 aug 2024: Germany and Europe Can Boost Security by Reforming Capital Markets

27 aug 2024: Patriot games: How America is outgunning Europe on air defense

22 aug 2024: Trump anxiety spurs investment in European defence startups

13 aug 2024: Appetite wanes for VC defense-tech deals

31 Jul 2024: All eyes on Germany's burgeoning defence sector

18 jul 2024: What to expect from Ursula von der Leyen’s second term

17 jul 2024: Governing Military AI Amid a Geopolitical Minefield

15 jul 2024: Coming to Ukraine’s Defense: Leveraging the European Investment Bank for Ukrainian Drone Manufacturers

12 jul 2024: Helsing raises €450M Series C for AI defence tech

27 jun 2024: China’s military is tapping into EU-funded research

24 jun 2024: Russia started Berlin factory fire as part of hybrid war on Europe, report says

18 jun 2024: Europe spurs investment in defence tech start-ups

11 jun 2024: Central Europe defense conference aligns Allies, strengthens relationships

10 jun 2024: ARX Robotics bags €9M to develop unmanned military vehicles

05 jun 2024: Airbus and Helsing to collaborate on artificial intelligence for the teaming of manned and unmanned military aircraft

23 may 2024: Von der Leyen backs Polish, Greek calls for EU air defense shield

21 may 2024: Your Turn, Berlin: A German Strategy for Europe

20 may 2024: Europe Wants to Build a Stronger Defense Industry, but Can’t Decide How

02 may 2024: Making European Defense an Imperative

26 apr 2024: Priorities for the Next EU Commission (2024–2029)

23 apr 2024: The EU’s space strategy for security and defence

21 apr 2024: Germany targets air defense ramp-up as Berlin corrals allies behind Ukraine

10 apr 2024: EU unleashes arsenal of defense acronyms to fight Putin

18 mar 2024: Turning point or turning back: German defence policy after Zeitenwende

08 mar 2024: The European Union Charts Its Own Path for European Rearmament

05 mar 2024: More ideas than cash: 5 takeaways from the EU’s defense push

28 feb 2024: Innovation and efficiency: Increasing Europe’s defense capabilities

26 feb 2024: What We Need is a European Armament Commissioner

15 feb 2024: Ursula von der Leyen calls on EU to subsidise defence production

13 feb 2024: France and Germany can’t agree on how to fight Europe’s wars

31 jan 2024: EU shifts spending focus from climate to defence

23 Jan 2024: European Defence Fund project EUROGUARD kicks-off in Estonia

19 Jan 2024: Putin could attack NATO in ‘5 to 8 years,’ German defense minister warns

10 Jan 2024: Political push would unlock EU defence M&A spree

09 Jan 2024: Breton aims for ‘huge’ €100B defense fund

15 Dec 2023: Will Europe stop sitting on defence?

14 Dec 2023: Our First Defence Investment and Why We Chose Levato

14 DEC 2023: US Defense Tech Start-Ups Are Being Shut Out of Europe's Defense Market

07 Dec 2023: European Dynamism and defense

07 Dec 2023: Italy’s veto on French deal shows EU defence consolidation is a distant dream

05 Dec 2023: When Missions Fail: lessons in ‘high technology’ from post-war Britain [PDF]

07 Nov 2023: Israel signs landmark deal to sell David’s Sling air defense system to Finland

25 Oct 2023: The Nordics and Baltics Need a Strategy for Defence Technologies

24 OCt 2023: New frontiers in defense tech

18 Oct 2023: Why we believe in defense

22 sept 2023: Budget Drones Prove Their Value in a Billion-Dollar War

20 Sept 2023: Cost of UK’s new fleet of armed drones jumps 40%

19 Sept 2023: ARX Landsysteme raises €1.15M pre-seed round led by project a

18 Sept 2023: Former GCHQ chief joins security investment group Gallos as chair

17 Sept 2023: Thales chief on the lookout for acquisitions

14 SEPT 2023: Defense AI startup Helsing breaks the record for European AI, raising a $223M Series B

02 aug 2023: A Quick Rollup of YTD 2023 VC Investment

01 AUg 2023: DefTech and Dual Use: Whats the Difference?

29 jul 2023: We really should think about spending more on defense

26 Jul 2023: Ukraine tech sector goes to war

18 Jul 2023: Defence Command Paper 2023

12 Jul 2023: AWS European Defence Accelerator

06 jul 2023: A new era of high-tech war has begun

20 Jun 2023: Europe’s Real Test Is Yet to Come