Share with your friendsIn mid-July 2025, Finland’s navy was alerted to an unusual visitor: INS Tamal, a newly delivered Indian Navy frigate built in Russia, was transiting northern European waters. Finnish and Swedish maritime authorities confirmed Tamal reported it was
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Share with your friendsDenmark is dramatically boosting its Arctic surveillance capabilities by purchasing four over-the-horizon unmanned drones. Norway has also been studying long-range drones for its High North, eyeing the MQ-9B and other platforms for Arctic surveillance. This is a
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Share with your friendsChancellor Friedrich Merz has secured an exemption for military expenditure from Germany’s strict debt-brake rules, enabling a dramatic boost in the defence budget – and reverberating through Europe’s defence industry. Germany is embarking on its largest military
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Share with your friendsBAE Systems delivered robust financial results in 2024, reflecting strong defence sector momentum. Annual sales reached £28.3 billion, a ~14% year-on-year increase in constant currency terms. Underlying EBIT climbed to £3.0 billion, up 14% in constant currency, and operating
Share with your friendsThailand is modernising its air defences by selecting the Saab Gripen E/F fighter jet as the next cornerstone of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). Thailand’s renewed interest in the Gripen signals a desire for strategic flexibility
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Share with your friendsDefence systems often suffer from a glaring disconnect between mission and logistics. ILIAS Solutions – a leading digital defence platform now under Patria’s wing – is set to close that gap. The acquisition marks Patria’s serious move
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Share with your friendsRheinmetall AG delivered record financial results in 2024, driven by surging demand amid Europe’s “Zeitenwende”, historic shift in security policy. Group sales jumped 36 percent to €9.75 billion, from €7.18 billion in 2023, reaching the company’s target of
Share with your friendsModernising its military and flexing its muscle in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has signed $142 billion worth of arms deals with the U.S. It’s also pledged to pour $600 billion into American investments over the next
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Share with your friendsSaab AB delivered exceptional financial results in 2024, marking another year of accelerated growth as global demand for its defence products soared. Saab’s revenues have roughly grown by more than 50 percent over the past two years.
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Share with your friendsFinland’s Patria Group recorded strong financial growth in 2024, fuelled by defence procurement upticks post-NATO accession. Net sales reached €825.7 million in 2024, a healthy ~12.5 percent increase from €733.8 million in 2023. Patria is expanding globally
