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AI-enabled ‘computer-vision’ cameras can help protect ships and offshore energy platforms from the rise in dangerous sea drones. Optical and thermal sensors can detect stealthy surface vessels that radar can miss, while RF sensors can pick up remotely-operated threats and jamming attacks.
Czech startup Tacforges is developing automated, containerized 3D-printing factories that could enable European militaries to manufacture drone and interceptor components closer to the battlefield, reducing reliance on large stockpiles that can quickly become obsolete.
Tallinn-based startup Ark Robotics is developing autonomous swarming software systems for robots, which would allow small unmanned ground vehicles to lay ‘smart minefields’ remotely.
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Damien Galano has been appointed upstream manager for Earth observation in the European Resilience from Space program at the European Space Agency.
Beatrice Sabbatinelli has been appointed leader of the deployment team for the EU’s IRIS2 secure communications satellite program at the European Commission.
Colonel Frédéric Chamaud of the French Army’s marine infantry has been appointed commanding officer of the French side of the Franco-German Brigade, a joint military unit between the two countries.
Following a round of merger-related layoffs, Daniel Porras has left his position as head of legal and government affairs at US startup Rogue Space Systems. Based in Rome, he is looking for a new role in the space and defense sector.
Charlie O’Neill has been appointed head of sales-navy in Hampshire, England, at Wärtsilä Shaft Line Solutions, a Finnish manufacturer of marine propulsion systems.
German miltech SME ARX Robotics is looking for a senior government relations manager in Berlin.
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The British Army has been ordered to stop major training exercises to save money, The Times reports.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas, under mounting pressure from EU national governments, has canceled a planned defense advisory group made up of former political and military leaders, Politico reports.
Volkswagen has struck a preliminary deal to convert one of its German factories to defense production, Reuters reports.
German startup Isar Aerospace has become the first commercial business to launch a rocket into space from continental Europe, the Financial Times reports.
European missile manufacturer MBDA has opened its first industrial facility in Poland, in Czosnów near Warsaw, the company announced in a statement.
