A European defense-tech decade, now a category in its own right.
We back founders building the sensors, autonomy, situation pictures, secure comms and dual-use software that European forces, NATO operators and critical-infrastructure bodies will procure this decade.
Three focal points in this sector.
Sensors & autonomy
UAV, counter-UAV and maritime autonomy platforms — built on European compute and European ground stations.
Situation pictures & OSINT
Operational views fusing sensor data, satellite imagery and open-source intelligence for defense and critical-infrastructure operators.
Dual-use software
Cyber, secure comms and AI-infrastructure plays that serve defense, critical-infrastructure and commercial buyers from the same stack.
Defence-tech and sovereign-security signal.
Latest from NATO, European Defence Fund, defense-tech funding and dual-use deployments.
NATO fund targets drone defence technologies as Ukraine reshapes priorities - Reuters
NATO Innovation Fund sets up a branch in Warsaw - Resilience Media
Rearmament turns Central Europe into a defence tech test bed - IntelliNews
Enabling NATO’s technological transformation - Atlantic Council
EU Defence Series: The Neo-Prime Time. Scaling Up Europe’s Defence AI Industry - International Centre for Defence and Security
EU Commissioner for Defence and Space:'A record-breaking year for EU defence innovation. 612 project proposals, incl. initiatives with Ukraine, have been submitted for the European Defence Fund (#EDF), competing for a €1bn envelope.Strategic collaborati - CGTN
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