U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Washington to discuss reviving peace talks with Russia and arrangements for Ukraine to produce Patriot missile interceptors, according to official reports. The private Oval Office meeting preceded a memorial service for Senator Lindsey Graham, who had served as one of Kyiv’s most vocal advocates … Read more
Romania has finalized a deal to acquire Spyder air defense systems from Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for approximately €2 billion ($2.3 billion). The agreement, announced June 28, includes launchers, interceptors, radar, and local manufacturing capabilities, marking the largest contract in Rafael’s history as the nation seeks to bolster its defenses against regional drone threats. … Read more
Alpine Eagle and Origin Robotics have entered a memorandum of understanding to integrate the BLAZE autonomous interceptor into the Sentinel counter-drone architecture. This partnership aims to create a unified, layered defense system capable of detecting, tracking, and neutralizing aerial threats. According to the companies, the collaboration addresses the growing need for scalable, sensor-to-effector networks in … Read more
The New Frontier of Hybrid Warfare: Why Europe’s Eastern Flank is on High Alert The skies over the Baltic states are becoming the latest theater for a high-stakes game of cat, and mouse. As stray drones increasingly drift across borders—from Belarus into Lithuania, and over Latvian and Estonian territory—the security architecture of Eastern Europe is … Read more