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Automatically collected developments — investments, acquisitions, contract awards, expansion, production, partnerships, products, leadership, and regulatory or legal matters — concerning companies held in the PMCDB tracker. Every item is linked to the tracked company record it concerns; selecting a company name opens its PMCDB profile.

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Featured Developments

Contracts / Procurement· Germany
German drone maker Quantum Systems secures $1.2 billion funding

German defence technology company Quantum Systems said on Thursday it had raised $1.2 billion in fresh funding, valuing ​the drone maker at about $8 billion and marking one of the ‌largest private investment rounds to date in a European defence technology company.

Reuters· 02 Jul 2026· Collected 30 Sept 2026· Automatically collected — not independently verified
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Investment / Funding· Portugal
Tekever raises $580 million as investors back Ukraine-honed defence tech firm

European autonomous systems developer Tekever said on Wednesday ​it had raised $580 million in the first close ‌of a Series D funding round led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford, valuing the defence technology company ​at $6.4 billion.

Reuters· 23 Sept 2026· Collected 27 Sept 2026· Automatically collected — not independently verified
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Latest Developments

Contracts / Procurement· United States
Lockheed Martin to build British hypersonic targets

The Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to deliver Project Bowline, a hypersonic target programme supporting the development and testing of missile defence systems against advanced threats. The post Lockheed Martin to build British hypersonic targets first appeared on UK Defence Journal .

UK Defence Journal· 20 Oct 2026· Collected 20 Oct 2026· Automatically collected — not independently verified
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Products / Technology· United Kingdom
BAE Systems Unveils MDACS 155mm Air Defense Cannon

BAE Systems has unveiled MDACS (Multi-Domain Artillery Cannon System). MDACS is built to fire guided Hypervelocity Projectiles (HVP) at drones, cruise missiles and aircraft. The system sits on a mobile,

Overt Defense· 20 Oct 2026· Collected 20 Oct 2026· Automatically collected — not independently verified
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Products / Technology· United States
General Dynamics to develop fire control for U.S. Navy’s future nuclear cruise missile on Virginia-class submarines

General Dynamics Mission Systems has received a $194 million contract modification for work on the fire control subsystem that will support the U.S. Navy’s future nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile.

Defence Industry Europe· 19 Oct 2026· Collected 19 Oct 2026· Automatically collected — not independently verified
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Products / Technology· Norway
Denmark orders additional NSM missiles worth about $42m

Denmark has ordered additional Naval Strike Missile (NSM) missiles from Norwegian company Kongsberg worth around 400 million Norwegian kroner, or

EUROPE SAYS· 19 Oct 2026· Collected 20 Oct 2026· Automatically collected — not independently verified
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Products / Technology· United States
Zelensky meets Lockheed Martin team to discuss Patriot missiles, F-16 repairs in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with a team from U.S. defense company Lockheed Martin in Kyiv to discuss expanding supplies of ballistic missile interceptors and the possibility of servicing and repairing F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

Ukrinform· 19 Oct 2026· Collected 20 Oct 2026· Automatically collected — not independently verified
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Partnerships / Joint Ventures· United States
Palantir Rises 5% on Knox Partnership for Federal Cloud Software; Leidos Edges Higher, Booz Allen Hamilton Slips

A new federal cloud alliance is putting Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) well ahead of the government contractors it competes with for agency software work. Palantir stock is up 5% to $195.36 in early trade, a rebound fueled by a new partnership with Knox Systems. Meanwhile, Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) stock is up 1% to $126.38, a gain that

Aol· 19 Oct 2026· Collected 20 Oct 2026· Automatically collected — not independently verified
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