Europe's most valuable defense startup is buying into the Dutch maker of the Ruta cruise missile, and Bloomberg puts its minority stake at a roughly €6 billion valuation.
Aeon says it will license-build Destinus' Hornet Block 2 interceptor in Texas from 2027, and the pair's joint proposal is a Topic 1 finalist in the Army's xTech|Apex Intercept competition.
Ten nations adopted Fire Point's FREYJA as Europe's anti-ballistic program, France licensed Aster and SCALP production inside Ukraine, and five companies signed on to build the layer above it. The air-defense pipeline just reversed direction.
Shield AI says one AI flew a V-BAT and Destinus Hornet drones as a single team in Oklahoma, a milestone arriving days after a Reuters investigation into V-BAT crashes and a whistleblower's claims about its autonomy.