Warsight

Warsight is a European news organisation providing in-depth coverage of the most important stories in the world of defence.

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North European defence-industrial collaboration received a further boost at the Nordic Compass Summit on 5 November, with the leaders from Saab, Erickson, Kongsberg, Nokia, Patria and Terma announcing new shared development work on defence technology.
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During live-fire and driving trials conducted on 28 and 29 October 2026 at the Brazilian Army Evaluation Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Ambipar Robotics unveiled APOLLO, its new electrically-powered heavy unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) prototype. @Trotes936897

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Lithuania has opted to deploy Sky Fortress, a Ukrainian acoustic drone detection system. Here, parabolic acoustic mirrors – a pre-radar technology – have found a second life as a low-cost distributed sensor for the era of massed drones.

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The Euroatlas/EvoLogics Greyshark AUV supports multiple underwater warfare missions. The first series-production example was displayed at Euronaval 2026.
https://t.co/PGlwtimhus

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A number of upcoming Dutch small arms requirements have prompted Israel Weapon Industries to announce that, in conjunction with Dutch company AIA, it is planning to establish manufacturing and assembly of IWI weapons and systems in the Netherlands.
https://t.co/XbZqCGVvn6

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News outlet Handelsblatt reported on 5 November that the German government has signed an agreement to acquire the 50% stake in KNDS owned by Wegmann Holding, bringing the ownership of the company under equal state ownership between France and Germany.
https://t.co/K9gzIQdATo

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How is revenue from defence contracts recorded by companies? Growth in sales, profit, and programme revenue are not always the straightforward reflections of production and deliveries that they seem to be.

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NATO just launched an entirely new procurement mechanism designed to get counter-drone tech into the hands of allied armed forces as quickly as possible.

Yet this is just one piece of a larger puzzle that aims to radically accelerate NATO procurement.

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The Greek, Cypriot and Israeli MoDs have deepened their defence ties while voicing opposition to the MoU agreed between Türkiye and the Government of National Accord-State of Libya on Delimitation of Maritime Jurisdiction Areas in the Mediterranean.
https://t.co/LmzNRDVIpG

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Saab has received a contract from France’s Naval Group to deliver and integrate fire control systems, sensors and weapons for the four FDI frigates being built by Naval Group for the Swedish Navy, Saab announced on 6 November 2026.
https://t.co/blSu6g8pHO

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Team LionStrike confirmed on 5 November 2026 that it has delivered the three vehicles required by the UK MoD as part of the next stage of the UK’s LMV competition. The consortium also released a first picture of its Battlefield Ambulance variant.
https://t.co/yQLODWF6YU

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UK and French forces are about to lead Exercise ‘Koalicja’, the first major exercise run by the Multinational Force-Ukraine (MNF-U), to rehearse how to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine following any meaningful end to the conflict there.
https://t.co/WhkHv95aiZ

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The US Mid-Terms delivered a comprehensive rebuke of US President Donald Trump’s last two years in office, but while Trump still has two years left to serve as a ‘lame duck’, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth could be in an even more precarious position.
https://t.co/fK3c0Wr70m

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The British government aims to leverage defence procurement for economic growth with an offset policy, following similar patterns in Europe and beyond, but the potential results of its implementation remain far from clear.
https://t.co/lvTAhJ48gG

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Sweden’s Saab has officially unveiled its Artificial Intelligence Fighter Pilot Academy (AIFPA) and announced that its own in-house, AI agents have been flown on the Gripen E fighter since 2025.
https://t.co/t6KvA0OURv

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Saab is introducing a new version of its Combat Boat 90 military assault craft called the CB90 CX, the Swedish company announced on 2 November 2026. The new craft comes in three crewed configurations – ISR, anti-ship warfare, and SHORAD.
https://t.co/ENe5bX6LUT

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GA-ASI held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 30 October to announce the opening of a new Remote Split Operation facility. GA-ASI will use the site to continue executing the contractor-owned, contractor-operated lease of MQ-9As supporting US Africa Command.
https://t.co/auxcUObYpB

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OCCAR has commissioned ARTEC to deliver further Schakal (German for ‘Jackal’) wheeled infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), based on the Boxer 8×8 multi-role armoured vehicle, to the German and Dutch armed forces, Rheinmetall announced on 29 October 2026.
https://t.co/Wm6vGsFO4Y

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The UK has signed a new defence agreement with Poland, the Warsaw Defence Plan, designed to deter Russian Russian aggression in Europe.
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Underscoring growing NATO needs to enhance sensing capabilities more rapidly to counter underwater threats, Saab has developed a new, layered sub-surface sensor network. The company has already tested it in an OPEX environment at ‘REPMUS’.
https://t.co/MbBeY4wSnc