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• UK prepares multibillion-pound boost for Japan-Italy stealth jet project

  18-05-2026 18:30 via ft.com
  Estimated £6bn funding would allow Britain, Italy and Japan to agree long-term contract for programme
  
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• Defence companies climb FT ranking of top European employers

  04-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Appeal burnished by newfound purpose: ‘Our employees know why they get up in the morning’
  
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• UK Treasury set to take control of fighter jet spending after defence ministry mishaps

  03-06-2026 22:00 via ft.com
  Move comes as Keir Starmer prepares to announce £15bn increase in military expenditure
  
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• Jamming-resistant radio maker seeks $3bn-plus sale

  31-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Ukraine war has underlined importance of long-range data links that cannot be disrupted or intercepted
  
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• Defence group CSG still pursuing stake in Franco-German tank maker

  31-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Czech ammunition manufacturer in discussions with KNDS stakeholders, chief executive says
  
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• Belgian gunmaker FN Browning to buy UK sniper producer

  28-05-2026 09:00 via ft.com
  Acquisition comes as state-owned group looks to compete in British government rifle tender
  
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• European tank maker vows to guard against political meddling as it readies IPO

  28-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Avoiding power struggles between France and Germany is seen to be key to the success of the group
  
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• Aircraft owners lease out engines rather than whole planes as prices soar

  28-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Industry-wide shortage has driven surge in value of power units
  
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• EU defence chief urges states to stop making ‘haute couture’ missiles

  27-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Andrius Kubilius pushes for governments to open weapons stockpiles to Ukraine
  
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• Bezos’s Blue Origin secures $468mn in Nasa Moon Base contracts

  27-05-2026 01:15 via ft.com
  SpaceX absent from first round of commercial agreements for US space agency’s $20bn project
  
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• Iran’s Guards used UAE company to buy military satellite equipment

  24-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Records seen by FT show Tehran used procurement network in Gulf state that it later hit with missiles and drones
  
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• US warns Japan of severe delays in Tomahawk deliveries due to Iran war

  23-05-2026 21:00 via ft.com
  Missiles could come two years late as Pentagon works to replenish stocks depleted in Middle East military campaign
  
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• SpaceX launches redesigned Starship in successful pre-IPO test

  23-05-2026 02:30 via ft.com
  Elon Musk’s company demonstrates the technology at the heart of the biggest initial public offering in history
  
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• France seeks to join UK-German long-range missile plan

  22-05-2026 14:39 via ft.com
  Paris warms to joint project aimed at closing conventional capability gap with Russia
  
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• Air France and Airbus found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2009 Rio-Paris crash

  21-05-2026 18:29 via ft.com
  Both groups to appeal against ruling after court finds the companies responsible for negligence that led to accident
  
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• Air France, Airbus found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2009 Rio-Paris crash

  21-05-2026 18:29 via ft.com
  Both groups to appeal ruling after Paris court finds the companies responsible for negligence that led to accident
  
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• Germany to overhaul sprawling arms procurement agency

  20-05-2026 17:05 via ft.com
  Move aims to speed up spending of country’s expanded defence budget
  
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• Airbus open to two-fighter jet solution amid impasse with France’s Dassault

  20-05-2026 15:48 via ft.com
  France and Germany remain locked in talks to salvage €100bn project plagued by power struggles between the two groups
  
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• The Russian-born entrepreneur shaking up European rearmament

  20-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Mikhail Kokorich’s Destinus has risen rapidly to challenge incumbent defence groups with its cheaper missile systems
  
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• Nato allies press US for clarity on troop cuts in Europe

  20-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Washington must co-ordinate with European capitals to avoid Nato deterrence gap against Russia, says Estonian minister
  
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• Shapps broke rules on ministerial appointments with role at military tech start-up

  19-05-2026 20:44 via ft.com
  Former Tory defence secretary rebuked for ‘failing to uphold standards’ over chairmanship of Cambridge Aerospace
  
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• Sweden selects French navy frigates in €3.7bn deal in blow to UK’s Babcock

  19-05-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Two countries deepen defence co-operation as Europe boosts military spending to deter Russia
  
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• Drone start-up Helsing set to mount joint bid for military satellite project

  19-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  German group to join up with OHB to build satellite constellation with AI to provide surveillance and reconnaissance
  
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• UK prepares multibillion-pound boost for joint stealth jet project

  18-05-2026 18:30 via ft.com
  The estimated £6bn funding would allow Britain, Italy and Japan to agree a long-term contract for the programme
  
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• Tank maker KNDS comes late to the European defence boom

  18-05-2026 13:40 via ft.com
  The Franco-German group might fare better reviving a previously rejected alliance with Rheinmetall
  
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• Tank maker KNDS comes late to European defence boom

  18-05-2026 13:40 via ft.com
  Franco-German group might fare better reviving a previously rejected alliance with Rheinmetall
  
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• Sweeping the strait: the companies gearing up to clear the Gulf of mines

  18-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  New generation of uncrewed vessels could help restore traffic in vital shipping route
  
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• Defence groups clamour to delay US ban on Chinese rare earth magnets

  18-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Military contractors want more time to comply with prohibition years in the making and now just months away
  
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• The future of America’s military industrial complex

  17-05-2026 14:00 via ft.com
  In an age of disruption, defence is undergoing seismic and lucrative change
  
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• Nato to press Europe’s arms makers to boost investment and production

  16-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Alliance chief Mark Rutte set to meet defence groups at meeting in Brussels next week
  
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