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Italian Army SAMP/T launchers being reloaded at a coastal site, the European air-defence platform Ukraine will combat-test against Russian ballistic missiles.

Military Technology & Innovation

The Patriot Runs Out: Ukraine's Air-Defence Pivot to Europe

Operation Epic Fury drained US Patriot stockpiles by 86 per cent across Gulf partners. Lockheed Martin's 2030 scale-up does not bend forward. Ukraine's air-defence stack is being rebuilt mid-war around SAMP/T NG combat testing, the COMLOG GEM-T volume bet, Diehl Defence's IRIS-T, and 100,000 interceptor drones a year.

Two Romanian Air Force F-16 fighter jets in formation over the Baltic Sea on NATO Baltic Air Policing patrol, the type of mission now scrambled against Ukrainian drones drifting into NATO airspace after Russian electronic warfare severs their navigation links.

European Security

The Baltic Drone Spillover and the Drone Wall

A Hungarian Lynx KF-41 infantry fighting vehicle on a grass field with a clear sky, the platform Rheinmetall has contracted to assemble for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Military Technology & Innovation

Rheinmetall in Ukraine: Four Factories, One Missing Plant

Ukrainian and European Union flags waving together, the visual symbol of the institutional partnership financing SAFE and the €60 billion Ukraine Support Loan.

Defence Reforms

Capital Pledged, Capital Delivered: SAFE and the Ukraine Support Loan, One Year On

An MQ-9 Reaper drone parked head-on in a sunlit hangar, four AGM-114 Hellfire missiles mounted under its wings.

Military Technology & Innovation

Why Ukraine Doesn't Fly the Reaper: The Western MALE UAV Gap

European Security

Inside the €60 Billion: What the EU's Ukraine Support Loan Means for Defence Procurement and Ukrainian Industrial Access

Two-thirds of the EU's new €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan is earmarked for military procurement, collateralised against windfall profits on frozen Russian sovereign reserves. What it buys, why Hungary nearly killed it, and what it means for Ukrainian defence companies.

Russian rouble banknotes frozen inside a block of ice, illustrating the immobilised Russian sovereign reserves now used to collateralise European defence financing for Ukraine.

A Milrem THeMIS 5th-generation tracked unmanned ground vehicle kicks up dust on a forest test track, illustrating the Western UGV platform that Ukrainian forces have adapted with domestic weapon modules under a Dutch-financed manufacturing expansion.

Military Technology & Innovation

Unmanned Ground Vehicles on Ukraine's Eastern Front

European Security

How Hungary's Election Reshapes EU Defence Support for Ukraine

A US Army soldier holds a Teledyne FLIR Black Hornet nano-drone between his fingers during a training exercise, showing the 33-gram helicopter actual size against a human hand.

Military Technology & Innovation

Black Hornet and the Micro-UAV Revolution in Ukrainian Urban Combat

A map of Russia marking the five strategic air bases (Olenya, Belaya, Ukrainka, Ivanovo, Dyagilevo) that Ukrainian SBU drones struck during Operation Spiderweb in June 2025, with symbols showing damage to Russian aircraft.

Military Technology & Innovation

The Technological and Operational Mastery Behind Operation Spiderweb

August 27, 2025

A Practical Guide to Ukraine's Defence Procurement System

Defence Reforms

A Practical Guide to Ukraine's Defence Procurement System

August 20, 2025

A Ukrainian soldier in military uniform releases a quadcopter FPV drone mid-air during a winter operation in forested terrain, illustrating the commercially-derived strike platform now central to Ukrainian battlefield tactics.

Military Technology & Innovation

The Swarm and the Scythe: How FPV Drones Forged a New Reality in the Russo-Ukrainian War

The Eloquence of Absence: Analysing Ukraine's Strategic Shift at RIAT 2025

European Security

The Eloquence of Absence: Analysing Ukraine's Strategic Shift at RIAT 2025

A row of fixed-wing interceptor drones made by Ukrainian manufacturer Vinnytski Bdzholy lined up on a grass field, awaiting deployment to counter incoming Russian Shahed loitering munitions.

Military Technology & Innovation

Interceptor Drones in Ukraine: A Revolution in Air Defence

The Phoenix Protocol: How Ukraine is Revolutionising Battlefield Medicine and Soldier Recovery

Military Technology & Innovation

The Phoenix Protocol: How Ukraine is Revolutionising Battlefield Medicine and Soldier Recovery

From Trench to Tech: How Combat Veterans are Fuelling Ukraine's Defence Innovation Boom

Military Technology & Innovation

From Trench to Tech: How Combat Veterans are Fuelling Ukraine's Defence Innovation Boom

The Drone Deal: An Analysis of the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Technology Partnership

The Drone Deal: An Analysis of the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Technology Partnership

Mission-Driven Innovation: How Collaborative Platforms are Accelerating Defence Tech for Ukraine

Military Technology & Innovation

Mission-Driven Innovation: How Collaborative Platforms are Accelerating Defence Tech for Ukraine

Europe's Defence Investment Boom: Analyzing the New Landscape for Ukrainian Innovators

Military Technology & Innovation

Europe's Defence Investment Boom: Analyzing the New Landscape for Ukrainian Innovators

Norway's Kongsberg and Ukraine Launch Landmark Defence Production Partnership

Military Technology & Innovation

Norway's Kongsberg and Ukraine Launch Landmark Defence Production Partnership

An Analysis of Ukraine-Germany Defence Industrial Cooperation

European Security

An Analysis of Ukraine-Germany Defence Industrial Cooperation

Paris Air Show 2025: Trends, Technologies, and What They Mean for Ukraine

Military Technology & Innovation

Paris Air Show 2025: Trends, Technologies, and What They Mean for Ukraine

Partiet Fred og Rettferdighet (FOR) – Anatomy of a Russian-Linked Influence Operation in Norway

European Security

Partiet Fred og Rettferdighet (FOR) – Anatomy of a Russian-Linked Influence Operation in Norway

Demining Ukraine Remains a Staggering Challenge for National Safety and Recovery

National Security & Recovery

Demining Ukraine Remains a Staggering Challenge for National Safety and Recovery

A Ukrainian operator assembles a fibre-optic-controlled FPV drone in the field, fitting the payload and fibre-spool module that makes the platform immune to Russian electronic warfare and radio jamming.

New Legislation Poised to Boost Ukraine's Production of Jam-Resistant Fibre-Optic Drones

Key Defence & Security Events in the 2nd Half of 2025

Key Defence & Security Events in the 2nd Half of 2025

A Ukrainian Sea Baby unmanned surface vessel at high speed on the Black Sea, one of the Security Service of Ukraine's naval drones that reshaped maritime warfare against the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Military Technology & Innovation

The Naval Drone: How Ukraine Reinvented Maritime Warfare

Ukrainian soldiers stand over a downed Iranian-designed Shahed loitering munition in a field, one of hundreds of Russian one-way attack drones neutralised during the defence of Ukrainian cities.

Military Technology & Innovation

The Electronic Battlefield: How Ukraine is Innovating to Counter Russia's Evolving Drone Threats

Ukraine's Defence Procurement Overhaul: A Deep Dive into Transparency, Domestic Innovation, and Wartime Efficiency

Defence Reforms

Ukraine's Defence Procurement Overhaul: A Deep Dive into Transparency, Domestic Innovation, and Wartime Efficiency

Global Military Spending Surges to Record $2.7 Trillion in 2024, SIPRI Reports

Global Military Spending Surges to Record $2.7 Trillion in 2024, SIPRI Reports

A soldier launches a quadcopter carrying an explosive payload at dusk on a prairie, illustrating the class of reconnaissance and strike drones NATO's planned Eastern Flank Drone Wall would detect and neutralise.

European Security

NATO Advances Plans for 3,000km "Drone Wall" on Eastern Flank to Counter Russian Threats

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