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Remote (Warsaw), PolandEurope's counter-drone industry is being built from scratch
Belgium had no counter-drone systems. Now a new European industry is racing from prototypes to thousands of interceptors per month, and the field is wide open.
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The six cities shaping European defence tech careers
Where you build a defence tech career matters as much as what you build. Six European cities are pulling the industry into distinct, specialised clusters.
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Europe's ground robots move from test to factory floor
Ukraine proved unmanned ground vehicles work at scale. Now European companies are racing to build production lines and the software to connect them.
•Apr 8
Why engineers are joining European defence startups
Europe needs 250,000 more defence engineers and a quarter of the workforce is near retirement. The market has never tilted this far toward candidates.
•Apr 2
What does Helsing actually build?
Europe's most valuable defence startup builds AI for fighter jets, strike drones and underwater gliders. A product-by-product breakdown of what Helsing makes.
•Mar 31
The engineering problems defence tech solves that Big Tech doesn't
Defence tech engineering means building systems that work when GPS is jammed, comms are down and someone smart is trying to make them fail.
•Mar 29
Country showcase
Inside Estonian defence tech (2026)
What a country of 1.3 million builds for NATO. 40+ companies profiled across ground robotics, drones, cyber, sensors and more. 5.4 per cent of GDP committed to defence through 2029.
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