NEC Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) toward a strategic partnership in the defense sector. Through this partnership, the two companies will strengthen their collaboration in areas such as operation plans, command and control, and unmanned assets, with the aim of reinforcing Japan's industrial base for defense and establishing data and AI sovereignty.

As Europe faces a rapidly evolving security landscape, closer Nordic cooperation in defence and security is essential. Now, five of Europe's most prominent defence and technology companies, Ericsson, Kongsberg, Nokia, Patria and Saab, have joined the Defence Track within Nordic Compass, a pan-regional Round Table for industry. Here, they will work as founding drivers of the track.

The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has entered into an agreement with Terma for the delivery of a new, integrated command-and-control system for counter-drone defense. The system will create a shared drone situational picture for the Danish Armed Forces and other authorities.

Lockheed Martin has been selected for a contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop, evolve, modernize and sustain the agency’s Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Objective Simulation Framework (OSF), a virtual testing environment for the United States’ missile defense system. This contract is called M&S Vistas Framework.

Gilat Satellite Networks has announced the successful demonstration of a breakthrough AI-based interference detection and cancellation technology for satellite communication links. The patent-pending solution leverages advanced AI-based signal processing designed to run on standard AI for edge NPU and has demonstrated exceptional performance across a wide range of non-cooperative and non-static interference scenarios.

ST Engineering's Digital Systems business has secured new deployments in Asia outside Singapore in the last few months for its counter-drone capability, reflecting growing demand for effective counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) solutions as defence and security agencies strengthen protection against evolving drone threats.

On 19 June 2026, the Australian Department of Defence signed a contract with Systematic as the supplier for the first tranche of the country's new BMS. The contract forms part of the ambitious LAND 4140 Program intent to conduct continuous modernisation of the Land Command, Control, Communications and Computing Capability. Systematic's Defence solution, SitaWare Headquarters, will now be rolled out to Army to support their critical command and control (BMS Critical C2) needs.

Contrivian and Big Network have announced the successful completion of their merger. The transaction brings Big Network’s proprietary networking software into Contrivian’s technology portfolio, creating a vertically integrated provider that uniquely combines connectivity, hardware, software, orchestration and managed service delivery within a single solution.

IHI Corporation and Kuva Space have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their cooperation on hyperspectral satellite data and services. Under the agreement, the companies will evaluate Kuva Space’s constellation capacity, define requirements for a Japanese sovereign hyperspectral constellation, and explore business structures to build and operate that capability in Japan, including potential domestic satellite manufacturing.

BT has been selected by Scottish Water to deliver a new fully integrated network and security service transformation, supporting the digital foundations behind water services used every day by millions of people across Scotland. The partnership will help Scottish Water improve visibility across its network, respond more quickly to issues and strengthen the resilience of services relied on by households, businesses and communities nationwide.