Aerospace & Defense

Berlin – September 13, 2026 -- Germany's armed forces will receive approximately €139.7 billion in 2027, combining €109.75 billion from the core defense budget (Einzelplan 14) with nearly €30 billion drawn from the country's special defense fund.

Procurement spending rises to €31.3 billion for military equipment

The 2027 budget increases military procurement outlays to €31.3 billion, alongside a significant boost to research and development investment, according to SPD Bundestag faction representatives Andreas Schwarz, the budget rapporteur, and Falko Droßmann, defense policy spokesperson.

The funding is earmarked to ensure ammunition supplies, vehicle and aircraft readiness, and functional digitalization across the Bundeswehr. Officials stated that new technologies including drones, artificial intelligence, cyber capabilities and unmanned systems must reach troops faster.

Rochester, N.Y. – September 13, 2026 -- Owl Autonomous Imaging, Inc. (Owl AI) has been selected for an award supporting the Pentagon-led Delivering Unmatched Thermal Capability–Hastened (DUTCH) initiative, backed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Critical Technologies and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) C5ISR Center.

Owl AI will apply uncooled LWIR semiconductor technology to next-generation defense thermal systems

As a fabless semiconductor company, Owl develops technology across the full thermal imaging chain, from focal plane arrays and digital readout electronics to camera cores and complete thermal camera systems. Under the award, the company will focus on developing and demonstrating next-generation uncooled long-wave infrared (LWIR) thermal capabilities.

United States – September 13, 2026 -- Natilus has promoted Nolan Giblin to Chief Operating Officer, elevating the executive who helped build the blended-wing-body aircraft maker's order book to more than 570 pre-orders valued at $24 billion.

Giblin secured reservation deals with Ameriflight and Nolinor Aviation since 2022

Giblin joined Natilus in 2022 as Head of Business Development and negotiated reservation agreements with operators including Ameriflight and Nolinor Aviation, expanding the company's commercial order book for its KONA and HORIZON EVO aircraft programs.

San Bruno, Calif. – September 13, 2026 -- Chariot Defense, a maker of software-defined power distribution systems for the battlefield, has appointed four defense and venture capital veterans to its Board of Advisors, following a $34 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz and a $7.4 million contract with the Pentagon's Department of War Innovation Unit (DIU).

Los Angeles – September 13, 2026 -- Hermeus is developing Ramjet-X, an expendable, ramjet-powered test vehicle designed to be launched from its reusable Quarterhorse aircraft, aiming to make high-Mach airbreathing flight testing cheaper and more repeatable.

Quarterhorse aircraft eliminates need for costly disposable boosters

Ramjet engines require substantial initial speed before they can operate, historically forcing test programs to rely on large, expensive, single-use boosters. Hermeus instead uses its reusable Quarterhorse aircraft to accelerate Ramjet-X to the required speed and altitude before release, after which the vehicle enters ramjet-powered flight while Quarterhorse returns for subsequent missions.

Arlington, Va. – September 11, 2026 -- Air, the Enterprise Readiness company, has appointed Andrej Danko as Chief Product and Technology Officer to lead engineering and product strategy for its AI-native platform serving the national security enterprise.

Danko joins from ServiceNow after leading global public sector AI deployments

Danko previously served as Vice President and General Manager of Global Public Sector Product Management at ServiceNow, where he directed agentic AI deployments across the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and international allies including NATO members, Australia, and Singapore. He brings three decades of software industry experience spanning product management, design, engineering, and corporate strategy, with prior roles at Productboard, Merlon Intelligence, and SAP. Danko holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, plus a Ph.D. and M.S. in Applied Computer Science.

Chatsworth, Calif. – September 12, 2026 -- Aitech has unveiled the 3U VPX C530 and SOSA-aligned U-C5300 GPGPU boards, delivering up to 9,728 CUDA cores, 304 Tensor Cores and 76 ray-tracing cores for defense and aerospace platforms. The rugged AI accelerators produce up to 35.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute performance and 576 GB/s of memory bandwidth, targeting real-time AI inference at the tactical edge.

New boards replace prior-generation GPGPU configurations without increasing size, weight or power

The C530 and U-C5300 succeed Aitech's previous rugged GPU line, giving system integrators and mission computer manufacturers higher AI inference throughput and enhanced graphics performance within the same SWaP envelope. Both boards support PCIe Gen4 connectivity, CUDA software tools, and Windows and Linux operating systems.

New York – September 12, 2026 -- Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to acquire a substantial part of the Mechanical Engineering Division of Goodwin plc for a headline cash consideration of up to approximately £1.1 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

Deal covers five businesses serving global defense and nuclear markets

The transaction includes Goodwin Steel Castings Limited, Goodwin International Limited, Noreva GmbH, Easat Group, and the Pump Division. These units supply proprietary design, advanced manufacturing, and technical expertise to aerospace and defence, nuclear, power, and mining customers worldwide.

Kielce – September 12, 2026 -- Blighter Surveillance Systems is targeting expanded sales of its low-power, long-range surveillance radars across Central and Eastern Europe, showcasing its 2D, 3D and 4D electronic-scanning array systems this week at the MSPO International Defence Exhibition in Kielce, Poland, running September 8-11, 2026.

The Cambridge, UK-based radar maker is presenting its full portfolio on stand 2-D05, including dedicated ground, coastal and air surveillance radars, multi-mode systems for simultaneous land, sea and air monitoring, and its AI-assisted BlighterNexus control software.

Stockholm – September 9, 2026 -- GomSpace A/S has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) to jointly develop a dual 8U Earth Observation satellite mission and explore broader cooperation in Saudi Arabia's space sector.

Deal covers full satellite lifecycle from design to testing

The agreement spans conceptual design, mission engineering, system architecture, and Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) activities for the satellite mission. It also includes exploration of advanced Earth Observation and optical communication technologies, combining GomSpace's small satellite systems expertise with KFUPM's academic and engineering capabilities.