NATO

Terma’s Summer Deal Spree Pushes It Deeper into Europe’s Defence Architecture

Analysis, Business, Technology

A nationwide Danish counter-drone system, an acquisition in encrypted communications and new contracts in satellites and naval self-protection have materially changed the Terma story since the summer. The Danish group is increasingly selling integrated defence architecture rather than individual pieces of hardware, while radar, space and lifecycle services are becoming more important growth engines. Terma

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Adapt or Fall Behind: What Ukraine Is Forcing Western Defence to Relearn

Analysis, Strategy, Technology

The war in Ukraine has collapsed the distance between theory and practice. For Western defence industry and armed forces, it has become a continuous stress test of doctrine, technology and industrial capacity. For Patria, the central lesson is not to imitate, but to understand, adapt and build systems that endure beyond the current cycle of

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Traces of Patriot SAM system missiles in the sky over Kyiv after a Russian combined missile strike in July 8th, 2024 (Image: Shutterstock)

Europe’s Bid for an Independent Missile Defence

Analysis, Diplomacy

Europe has launched its first dedicated anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine at its centre, marking the continent’s most ambitious attempt yet to build a sovereign shield against Russia’s growing missile threat. Turning declarations into production lines, interoperable systems and credible deterrence will prove the coalition’s defining challenge. On 13 July 2026, Ukraine and nine European

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From Notre-Dame to Battlefields – French Robots Are Saving First Responders’ Lives in Ukraine

Technology

A French robotics company best known for helping firefighters battle the 2019 blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral is now emerging as part of Europe’s broader effort to strengthen civil security and resilience in an era of war and hybrid threats. If Europe really wants to build its own self-reliant defence industry with innovative startups, it needs

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The Future Battlefield Cannot Run on Foreign Permission

Analysis, Technology

Control of AI models, software and battlefield networks is becoming a central determinant of military power. As access to advanced AI becomes subject to export controls and political decisions, sovereign digital capabilities are acquiring the same strategic importance as ammunition, air defence and artillery. Europe already has much of the technology needed to achieve them.

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“What has happened since we became members of the NATO Alliance, and the same goes for Finland, is that it’s easier to access business opportunities via NSPA,” Saab’s NSPA specialist Magnus Larsson described at the BEDEX 2026 event in Brussels.

Inside NATO’s Quiet Buying Machine: NSPA Framework Deals Are Opening the Market for Saab

News, Strategy

The meeting rooms at NATO Support and Procurement Agency headquarters in Luxembourg rarely make headlines. Yet decisions taken there shape how NATO countries buy weapons, spare parts and ammunition. This is where a quiet logistics revolution is underway. And the door to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) market has now been opened to

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Bringing the War to NATO’s Northern Edge: Ukraine strikes Russia’s Baltic Oil Hub

News, Strategy

Ukraine’s drone strike on Russia’s Primorsk and Ust-Luga oil terminals has pushed the war into the narrow waters of the Gulf of Finland, less than 50 kilometres from NATO territory, and exposed a critical vulnerability in Moscow’s Baltic export system. One drone already crossed from Russian airspace and struck a chimney at the Auvere power

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Who Will Defend Europe

Bunker Books: Who Will Defend Europe? An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent by Keir Giles (2025)

Book Review

Keir Giles’s Who Will Defend Europe? An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent argues that Europe has spent three decades behaving as if history had ended, while Russia did the opposite. The Sleeping Continent is a verdict on political leadership, procurement culture, and the strategic habit of assuming the United States will keep turning up

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After Khamenei: Escalation Scenarios and the New Missile-Centric Gulf

Analysis, News

The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, in a joint US–Israeli strike has pushed the region out of the long shadow war and into open, state-to-state coercion. Tehran’s response, ballistic missiles, drones, and sustained pressure against Israel and US-linked targets across the Gulf, signals a new baseline. Now, it is about regime survival, alliance

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