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Jane's Information Group (often referred to as Jane's) is a British publishing company specialising in military, aerospace and transportation topics. It was acquired in 2007 by IHS Inc., and its open-source intelligence databases and publications continue to be produced under the IHS Jane's and IHS brands. Source
Germany plans to procure the Typhon ground-based launcher (pictured) and Tomahawk cruise missile. (US Army) The US agreed on the fringes of the 7-8 July 2026 NATO summit in Ankara to the German procurement and stationing of Tomahawk cruise missiles in Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, on 9 July. He said this would close a major strategic gap in Germany's defences as the country works on the development of European systems to be based on the continent.
A Perennial Autonomy Bumblebee prepares to take off during a JIATF 401 operational assessment at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Janes/Meredith Roaten) The Pentagon's counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) agency is weighing whether it will send a Perennial Autonomy quadcopter to the next level of evaluation before production, an acquisition officer said on 8 July.
The Moldovan MoD and the ECDI have signed a framework agreement and contract with Roshel for over 100 armoured vehicles. (ECDI) The Moldovan Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) signed a framework agreement and contract with Roshel on 30 June 2026 for over 100 armoured vehicles for Moldova.
A French navy at-sea demonstration of Exail's DriX USV. (DGA) On 6 July 2026 Thales announced it had signed an agreement with the Gorgé family for the acquisition of their combined 35.51% stake in fellow French company Exail Technologies. The closing of the acquisition of the Gorgé family's stake is expected by the third quarter of 2027. The acquisition is to be made with a view to acquiring 100% of Exail, with closing expected at the beginning of 2028 at the latest, said Thales.
An image capture using Teledyne FLIR's Prism ground-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance software stack (Teledyne FLIR ) Programme officials at Teledyne FLIR have released a new artificial intelligence (AI) enabled software stack for ground-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.
A Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) is fired from a Derringer trailer-mounted Expeditionary Launch System during ‘Taipan Strike 26' at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia.
US manufacturer Dracoe's ISR unmanned aerial vehicle is being used as an target for counter-unmanned aerial systems testing with JIATF 401 (Janes/Meredith Roaten) Dracoe, a US-based defence company, is producing an unmanned aerial system (UAS) that the Pentagon's counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) organization wants to use as targets for test and experimentation.
Rheinmetall Expal Munitions in Spain is producing ER02A1 BB 155 mm shells for Ukraine. (Janes/Jayesh Dhingra) Rheinmetall received two artillery ammunition orders for Ukraine during the second quarter of 2026. On 7 July, the company announced in a press release that a NATO member state had commissioned Rheinmetall to supply several thousand 155 mm artillery shells and propellant charges valued in the mid-double-digit million euro range.
Ceremony held in Boden, Sweden, on 6 June to stand up NATO's FLF Finland. (Swedish Armed Forces/Mats Carlsson) Rotations of French ground forces, including a combat unit, will be integrated into NATO's Forward Land Forces (FLF) Finland and deployed to its area of operations, France, Sweden, and Finland announced in joint statements on 7-8 July 2026 during the NATO summit held in Ankara.
At the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Berlin on 15 April 2026, Germany announced that it would provide Ukraine with several hundred PAC-2 GEM-T missiles. (Raytheon) Allied leaders meeting during the NATO summit in Ankara on 8 July 2026 pledged EUR70 billion (USD80 billion) in aid to Ukraine in both 2026 and 2027. In his press conference after the summit ended, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said, “As Russia continues its war, we will continue to ensure Ukraine gets what it needs.