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Defence News Europe - The BEAST (Boosting European Advanced Missile System Technologie) is a European missile system that is being developed with an EU investment of 34,940,299.21 euros and includes a consortium of 12 countries as per the list of companies below:

https://www.portugalbusinessesnews.com/post/the-eu-is-developing-the-beast-missile-system-with-an-investment-of-34-940-299-21-euros

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How Europe's new weapons are already 50 years old

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[Duarte]

German startup develops scalable last-line counter-drone defense

https://defence-blog.com/german-startup-develops-scalable-last-line-counter-drone-defense/

[Duarte]

THE POCKET ROCKET Watch the cheap tiny missile the size of a baguette that will be Europe’s first line of defence against Putin’s drones

Its manufacturer claims the price comes comes in at roughly a tenth of existing rocket and air-defence missiles

https://www.thesun.ie/news/16084135/mini-missile-baguette-europe-defence-putin-russia-drones-war/

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Naval Group and LASIGE sign MoU to advance naval R&D collaboration


France’s Naval Group and the Portuguese research unit LASIGE, from the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon University, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore future collaboration in the field of naval research and development (R&D), Naval Group announced on 7 November 2025.

https://euro-sd.com/2025/11/major-news/47589/naval-group-lasige-sign-mou

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[Duarte]

Europe’s R&D defence spending surges amid Ukraine war. Which EU country splurges the most?

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/11/19/europes-rd-defence-spending-surges-amid-ukraine-war-which-eu-country-splurges-the-most

[Duarte]

The French defence market: The factors shaping investments
France’s defence budget is projected to grow within the next five years, driven by supportive policies, rising from $66.7bn in 2025 to $91.8bn in 2030. We explore the trends shaping decision-making and the importance of supply chain finance.

https://www.army-technology.com/sponsored/the-french-defence-market-the-factors-shaping-investments/