This issue leads with Wolfram Europa stepping out of stealth and appointing former RKIK chief Magnus-Valdemar Saar as CEO, signalling a push into industrial-scale defence manufacturing including explosives, warheads, and the “bottom layer” capabilities that enable drones and missiles. We also cover how Hanwha’s Estonia investment headlines revealed the reality of prime contractor influence tactics, Patria’s full life-cycle support deal for Latvia’s CAVS 6×6 fleet, and the growing footprint of Germany’s brigade in Lithuania. Plus: a major European leap in counter-UAS with the LEAP joint program, the launch of an “atlas” mapping 420+ European defence tech companies, and a landmark M&A move as Quantum Systems acquires 60% of Estonia’s HEVI Optronics.
