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Signal No. 185 · Abu Dhabi talks: the EU sends a team post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 185 · Abu Dhabi talks: the EU sends a team

The EU sends a joint team to the US–Ukraine–Russia talks in Abu Dhabi, alongside the E3, Italy and NATO. The Ukraine force of the Coalition of the Willing begins its first exercise in Poland. Pistorius says Germany cannot give Ukraine more Patriot systems for now.

Signal No. 184 · Kushner lists five goals for European security post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 184 · Kushner lists five goals for European security

Trump's envoys list five goals for a broader European security framework; Berlin says the war must end before a European security order is discussed, and Europeans must be in the peace talks.

Saab Wins SEK 2 Billion From Naval Group to Equip Sweden's Four FDI Frigates — Weapon Control, Ceros, Sea Giraffe 1X, RBS15 and Lightweight Torpedo post image

[DIN] Industry [SEA] Sea [ARC] Arctic & Nordics

Saab Wins SEK 2 Billion From Naval Group to Equip Sweden's Four FDI Frigates — Weapon Control, Ceros, Sea Giraffe 1X, RBS15 and Lightweight Torpedo

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Signal No. 185 · Abu Dhabi talks: the EU sends a team post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 185 · Abu Dhabi talks: the EU sends a team

Signal No. 184 · Kushner lists five goals for European security post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 184 · Kushner lists five goals for European security

Saab Wins SEK 2 Billion From Naval Group to Equip Sweden's Four FDI Frigates — Weapon Control, Ceros, Sea Giraffe 1X, RBS15 and Lightweight Torpedo post image

[DIN] Industry [SEA] Sea [ARC] Arctic & Nordics

Saab Wins SEK 2 Billion From Naval Group to Equip Sweden's Four FDI Frigates — Weapon Control, Ceros, Sea Giraffe 1X, RBS15 and Lightweight Torpedo

France Will Order MdCN Mk2 Naval Cruise Missiles From MBDA Instead of a Mid-Life Upgrade — Deliveries From 2030 post image

[DIN] Industry [STK] Deep Strike [SEA] Sea

France Will Order MdCN Mk2 Naval Cruise Missiles From MBDA Instead of a Mid-Life Upgrade — Deliveries From 2030

Signal No. 183 · Rheinmetall cuts 2026 forecast to EUR 13.2 billion post image

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 183 · Rheinmetall cuts 2026 forecast to EUR 13.2 billion

Rheinmetall Cuts Its 2026 Sales Guidance to EUR 13.2 Billion as the Bundeswehr's Boxer Arminius Order Slips to 2027 post image

[DIN] Industry [DEZ] Germany [GRD] Land

Rheinmetall Cuts Its 2026 Sales Guidance to EUR 13.2 Billion as the Bundeswehr's Boxer Arminius Order Slips to 2027

[DIN] Industry

[IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

Poland to Host Europe's PAC-3 Missile Maintenance Facility — Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden Lead the Supply Chain post image

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [PLB] Poland–Lithuania–Belarus [ATL] Transatlantic

Poland to Host Europe's PAC-3 Missile Maintenance Facility — Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden Lead the Supply Chain

France Orders Four More SAMP/T NG Sections Through OCCAR — Twelve for the Air and Space Force, Ten Due by End-2030 post image

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

France Orders Four More SAMP/T NG Sections Through OCCAR — Twelve for the Air and Space Force, Ten Due by End-2030

Budget Committee Clears Two Replacement Patriot Fire Units via FMS — About EUR 650 Million, EUR 560 Million Prepaid for an Earlier Slot post image

[DPL] Policy [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [DEZ] Germany

Budget Committee Clears Two Replacement Patriot Fire Units via FMS — About EUR 650 Million, EUR 560 Million Prepaid for an Earlier Slot

IRIS-T SLM Passes Bundeswehr System Certification on Crete — Heeresflugabwehrregiment 1 Stands Up on 7 December post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [DEZ] Germany

IRIS-T SLM Passes Bundeswehr System Certification on Crete — Heeresflugabwehrregiment 1 Stands Up on 7 December

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Bulgaria Moves to Buy Five More IRIS-T SLM Under SAFE — EUR 1.1 Billion, Contracted Through Germany's MoD

[OPS] Operations [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [ARC] Arctic & Nordics

Sweden Sends a Patriot Unit to NATO's Rzeszów Logistics Hub From December — About 100 Soldiers, Taking Over From the Netherlands

[DIN] Industry [SEA] Sea [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

BAAINBw Contracts Diehl to Adapt IRIS-T SLM for Four F125 Frigates — Prototypes, Test Firings, Class Integration

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [PLB] Poland–Lithuania–Belarus

Poland's Positive-Identification Rule Takes Effect on 1 October — Shoot-Downs on Radar and Intelligence Data, Without Visual Confirmation

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

Kongsberg Signs NOK 10 Billion of NASAMS for Belgium — the Dutch Procurement Authority Buys on Belgium's Behalf

[DIN] Industry [INT] NATO & EU [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

EC Identifies Five Defence Projects of Common Interest: Drones, Maritime and Seabed, Space, Air and Missile Defence, Eastern Flank Watch

[MDF] Doctrine & Force

Pistorius Names Lt Gen Christian Freuding as the Next Generalinspekteur of the Bundeswehr From February 2027, Succeeding Breuer post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [DEZ] Germany [STK] Deep Strike

Pistorius Names Lt Gen Christian Freuding as the Next Generalinspekteur of the Bundeswehr From February 2027, Succeeding Breuer

HX-2 and Virtus Loitering Munitions Weeks From Qualification — Pistorius Wants Drone Regiment to Support Panzerbrigade 45 post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [UXS] Uncrewed & Autonomy [PLB] Poland–Lithuania–Belarus

HX-2 and Virtus Loitering Munitions Weeks From Qualification — Pistorius Wants Drone Regiment to Support Panzerbrigade 45

Greece Closes 56 Units and 126 Sites, Adds an Unmanned Systems Brigade at Litochoro and a Space Command post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [UXS] Uncrewed & Autonomy [SPC] Space

Greece Closes 56 Units and 126 Sites, Adds an Unmanned Systems Brigade at Litochoro and a Space Command

[CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Romania's SRI Ties Carfil Fire in Brașov to a Russia-Coordinated Sabotage Network — Suspects Held in Germany and Poland post image

[GRZ] Grey Zone [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe [DIN] Industry

Romania's SRI Ties Carfil Fire in Brașov to a Russia-Coordinated Sabotage Network — Suspects Held in Germany and Poland

Rheinmetall and MSC Will Buy the Mangalia Yard Jointly — a Dual-Use Site for Romania's Four Naval Ships post image

[DIN] Industry [SEA] Sea [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Rheinmetall and MSC Will Buy the Mangalia Yard Jointly — a Dual-Use Site for Romania's Four Naval Ships

Rheinmetall Buys the Mangalia Shipyard for EUR 138 Million — 75 Per Cent of Valuation After Four Failed Sales; Damen's Appeal Is Heard on 4 November post image

[DIN] Industry [SEA] Sea [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Rheinmetall Buys the Mangalia Shipyard for EUR 138 Million — 75 Per Cent of Valuation After Four Failed Sales; Damen's Appeal Is Heard on 4 November

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Bulgaria Moves to Buy Five More IRIS-T SLM Under SAFE — EUR 1.1 Billion, Contracted Through Germany's MoD

[DIN] Industry [GRD] Land [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Latvia Takes Delivery of Its First ASCOD-Based Hunter Infantry Fighting Vehicle — 84 by 2029, Final Assembly at Valmiera

[OPS] Operations [SEA] Sea [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

CONTSHIP JET Sinks After Three Sea-Drone Hits — Bulgaria: Drones Outside Territorial Waters Could Not Be Engaged

[DIN] Industry [PLB] Poland–Lithuania–Belarus [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Poland Hands PLN 350 Million in Homeland Defence Act Grants to 86 Firms and Institutes to Hold Wartime Production and Repair Capacity

[STK] Deep Strike

France Will Order MdCN Mk2 Naval Cruise Missiles From MBDA Instead of a Mid-Life Upgrade — Deliveries From 2030 post image

[DIN] Industry [STK] Deep Strike [SEA] Sea

France Will Order MdCN Mk2 Naval Cruise Missiles From MBDA Instead of a Mid-Life Upgrade — Deliveries From 2030

Pistorius Names Lt Gen Christian Freuding as the Next Generalinspekteur of the Bundeswehr From February 2027, Succeeding Breuer post image

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [DEZ] Germany [STK] Deep Strike

Pistorius Names Lt Gen Christian Freuding as the Next Generalinspekteur of the Bundeswehr From February 2027, Succeeding Breuer