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Brussels Fast-Tracks a Satellite Merger. Ukraine Lost a Network, Not a Factory.

Brussels wants to clear the Airbus-Thales-Leonardo satellite merger fast after the Starshield cap hit Ukraine's drones. The merger combines factories; Ukraine's dependency sits in the network, the terminals and the rockets.

Oct 16, 2026 · 9 min read

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Airbus A400M Atlas

Europe's four-engine military transport aircraft, combining strategic payload-range performance with tactical access to short or unprepared runways and optional tanker, aeromedical and special-mission roles.

Sep 11, 2026

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FCAS / SCAF

FCAS / SCAF was the Franco-German-Spanish sixth-generation air-combat project built around a crewed fighter, remote carriers and a combat cloud; its joint fighter collapsed in 2026, while parts of the wider system continue.

Sep 11, 2026

Europe

A 160-year-old engine maker in Ulm is building Germany's newest battlefield robot

Helsing, Quantum Systems and Stark raised $3.5 billion between them this summer. The deal terms underneath show all three scaling on production capacity they do not own.

Jul 22, 2026

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Airbus Ravenstorm

Airbus's U760 Ravenstorm is an uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft concept — a stealthy loyal wingman for air-to-air combat, strike and jamming unveiled at ILA Berlin 2026 and aimed at Germany's post-FCAS combat-drone race. So far it is a model, not an aircraft.

Jul 10, 2026

Ukraine

Airbus Bought Into a German Drone Unicorn and Ukraine's Front Line on the Same Day

On July 2, Airbus co-led Quantum Systems' $1.2B round and became Brave1's first Western partner. Europe's old primes are buying the defense-tech boom, not fighting it.

Jul 3, 2026

Europe

Quantum Systems raises $1.2 billion, doubling to an $8 billion valuation

The Munich reconnaissance-drone maker more than doubled its valuation in under a year, and its co-CEO says the cash is for acquiring rivals in a crowded European market.

Jul 2, 2026

Ukraine

Airbus signs Ukraine's SkyFall to wire combat-proven drone interceptors into European air defense

SkyFall says its P1-Sun interceptors have downed some 10,000 Russian drones. Now the type is headed into Airbus command-and-control, the third drone startup Airbus has signed at ILA Berlin this week.

Jun 12, 2026

Europe

After FCAS, four combat drones compete for Germany's 2029 wingman order

France and Germany killed the New Generation Fighter on June 8. At ILA Berlin two days later, Boeing, Airbus, General Atomics and Helsing were already selling its replacement, on a 2029 clock.

Jun 10, 2026

Europe

Airbus unveils the U145, an uncrewed H145 built for contested resupply

Airbus is turning its best-selling H145 light twin into a pilotless cargo helicopter for frontline resupply, with a maiden flight due late 2026 and service entry not before the early 2030s.

Jun 8, 2026