BLUF: EU legislators are in Canada this week to learn more about the Defense, Security and Resilience Bank. With enough European support, it could become a source of sovereign-backed Series B scale-up funding for European miltech startups, helping NATO countries become less reliant on the US.
Berlin-based Sapper Intelligence has demonstrated radar systems for drones with Germany’s armed forces. The technology offers detection of threats buried under the soil, such as landmines and improvised explosive devices.
WaiV Robotics in London has developed a docking system for VTOL aerial drones at sea. The mechanism uses an air cushion and a vacuum to guide the drone to land on a ship, to stop it bouncing when it touches down and to hold it in place.
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This year's summit takes place at a moment when Europe's security debate has shifted from defining ambition to implementation. The Arsenal's Tim Mak and Nicholas Wallace will be on stage moderating sessions, diving into lessons from Ukraine and European defense tech.
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Major General Alain Vuitel, head of the Swiss Armed Forces’ Command Support Base, will retire at the end of June. His position will not be refilled “for the time being” due to restructuring, the Swiss federal defense department said in a LinkedIn post.
Alexis Navarro has joined Bulgarian space tech startup EnduroSat as head of product delivery operations in Sofia. He previously worked for Airbus and ArianeGroup in France and Germany.
Software firm Systematic is looking for a defense intelligence specialist to join its sales support team in Farnborough, Hampshire, in southeast England.
Ciaran Conway has joined Nordic Air Defence in Stockholm as a production engineer.
Alexis Mead has been promoted to senior system engineer at Leonardo in Birmingham, in England’s West Midlands.
Matt Gummerson has started a new position as commercial manager at drone company Callen-Lenz, which is based in Wiltshire, southwest England. He previously worked at BAE Systems.
Europe’s drone industry relies heavily on Chinese motors. If that supply is disrupted, European drone manufacturing stalls.
At Ukraine’s current deployment rate, Europe’s entire drone stockpile would be depleted within days.
Midguard Systems is solving this vulnerability by building drone motors in Finland with a secure supply chain.
Our approach is built on decades of expertise from the Finnish power-tool industry.
With our first prototype validated, we are now raising €2 million to launch mass production of motors.
“We are building the critical hardware Europe needs to protect its own airspace,” said co-founders Simon Hästö and Mikael Holmqvist.
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Tobias Cremer, a German Social Democrat in the European Parliament, has written an op-ed for The Parliament Magazine setting out a five-step plan to integrate Europe’s defense market, including “Buy European” procurement and stronger financial support for defense tech.
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Alexus Grynkewich of the US Air Force, has said he does not expect any more US troops to be withdrawn from Europe in the “near term,” Politico reports.
France wants to join a British-German effort to produce long-range missiles under the October 2024 Trinity House Agreement, the Financial Times reports.
The German government is in talks with tank manufacturer KNDS to buy a 40 percent share as the company goes public, the Financial Times reports.
The Royal International Air Tattoo—a large annual military airshow and networking event at RAF Fairford airbase in southwest England—has been canceled because of operations in Iran by the US Air Force, which leases the base, Reutersreports.
