Nicholas Wallace

Defense Reporter based in Belgium

EUR: Iranian drone attacks drive Gulf demand for European interceptors

Mar 17, 2026

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17 min read

EUR: Iranian drone attacks drive Gulf demand for European interceptors

As Iran targets its neighbors with kamikaze drones, European interceptor startups are getting calls from the Middle East—but say Ukraine remains their priority

Nicholas Wallace

EUR: Watching Iran, Swiss miltech demands reforms

Mar 10, 2026

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19 min read

EUR: Watching Iran, Swiss miltech demands reforms

Neutral Switzerland is slowly re-arming, but as U.S. stockpiles dwindle amid war with Iran, its neutrality makes it a low priority customer. Swiss miltech leaders say they’re constrained by low investment and strict export controls.

Nicholas Wallace

EUR: Europe’s navies seek drones to safeguard aircraft carriers

Mar 3, 2026

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19 min read

EUR: Europe’s navies seek drones to safeguard aircraft carriers

The largest warships in advanced navies will have aerial, sea-surface and underwater drones for both reconnaissance and combat operations. Here’s how they’ll work.

Nicholas Wallace

EUR: European miltech rethinking links to US and China

Feb 10, 2026

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19 min read

EUR: European miltech rethinking links to US and China

‘ITAR-free’ is becoming more attractive to Europe. As the US and China use trade policy more aggressively, defense and space companies in Europe are taking a cautious look at their supply chains.

Nicholas Wallace

EUR: Exclusive: Europe’s plan for military space surveillance

Feb 3, 2026

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18 min read

EUR: Exclusive: Europe’s plan for military space surveillance

The Arsenal sits down with Europe’s space chief to discuss how his agency is getting ahead of the EU’s plans for military-grade earth observation. While Brussels hasn’t even agreed on a budget, the independent European Space Agency is getting ready to open the first tenders.

Nicholas Wallace

EUR: EU, gun makers clash on carcinogenic chrome

Jan 27, 2026

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17 min read

EUR: EU, gun makers clash on carcinogenic chrome

Chromium VI helps protect barrels from extreme heat, but poses a cancer risk to workers. In other defense/environmental news, we dive into lead bullets and TNT manufacturing.

Nicholas Wallace

EUR: How Finland’s decentralized innovation centers thrive

Jan 20, 2026

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21 min read

EUR: How Finland’s decentralized innovation centers thrive

Local innovation hubs in towns like Riihimäki and Espoo are driving a defense tech renaissance in Finland.

Nicholas Wallace

EUR: Europe’s space defense technology ambitions

Jan 13, 2026

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18 min read

EUR: Europe’s space defense technology ambitions

The EU has broad plans to upgrade and protect satellites it uses for secure communications, navigation and tactical surveillance.

Nicholas Wallace

EUR: Solving Europe’s air superiority deficiencies

Jan 6, 2026

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15 min read

EUR: Solving Europe’s air superiority deficiencies

European defense depends on air superiority, which is underpinned by hard-to-replace American technology and intelligence. Here’s a pathway through.

Nicholas Wallace

Arsenal Europe

EUR: Keeping defense procurement in the EU

Dec 16, 2025

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19 min read

EUR: Keeping defense procurement in the EU

The European Commission will propose new measures next year to push EU countries to buy more from each other, and less from the United States.

Nicholas Wallace

Arsenal Europe

EUR: How Europe’s responding to Russian drone threats

Dec 9, 2025

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19 min read

EUR: How Europe’s responding to Russian drone threats

Europe has been slow to adapt to the Russian drone threat, but is starting to test technologies used in Ukraine — and building drone-detection infrastructure.

Nicholas Wallace

Arsenal Europe

EUR: Defense tech’s critical minerals war

Dec 2, 2025

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16 min read

EUR: Defense tech’s critical minerals war

Neodymium magnets for drone motors, germanium for night vision and gallium for GPU chips are vital for the military technologies Europe needs—and China controls them.

Nicholas Wallace

Arsenal Europe

Nov 26, 2025

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18 min read

EUR: Why Europe wants its own tank

Tanks have proven vulnerable to drones on the Ukrainian battlefield, but the EU is still confident in their need for one. Here’s how the bloc is pressing ahead with its ambitions to design a next-generation battle tank.

Nicholas Wallace

Arsenal Europe

EUR: The EU’s DARPA-esque miltech investment plan

Nov 18, 2025

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17 min read

EUR: The EU’s DARPA-esque miltech investment plan

Defense tech startups in the EU and Ukraine will be able to get equity investments of up to €30 million each, with larger firms invited to co-invest, under plans to be spelled out on Wednesday.

Nicholas Wallace

Nicholas Wallace

EUR: Iranian drone attacks drive Gulf demand for European interceptors

EUR: Watching Iran, Swiss miltech demands reforms

EUR: Europe’s navies seek drones to safeguard aircraft carriers

EUR: European miltech rethinking links to US and China

EUR: Exclusive: Europe’s plan for military space surveillance

EUR: EU, gun makers clash on carcinogenic chrome

EUR: How Finland’s decentralized innovation centers thrive

EUR: Europe’s space defense technology ambitions

EUR: Solving Europe’s air superiority deficiencies

EUR: Keeping defense procurement in the EU

EUR: How Europe’s responding to Russian drone threats

EUR: Defense tech’s critical minerals war

EUR: Why Europe wants its own tank

EUR: The EU’s DARPA-esque miltech investment plan

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