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Portugal's defense sector is experiencing significant growth, driven by increased NATO integration and a strategic focus on economic development within the arms industry.
Defense needs, above all, companies capable of transforming specialized knowledge into reliable solutions. And this is where many Portuguese SMEs can make a difference, stated the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Sérgio Pereira, during the 'Portugal–Finland on Defense and Innovation' dinner-debate promoted by AEMinho and Sterling Prime Consulting, which took place...
The value of the contract has not been disclosed
While there is no decision yet on the largest defence deal in Portugal's history, the American candidate for replacing the F-16s is outlining an industrial cooperation plan and stating that 'the sooner, the better'.
Defence industry executives, including manufacturers of drones and military components, have become potential targets of Russian hybrid operations. The information was reported to the Financial Times by five European intelligence agencies.
Over three days, I visited several companies and research centres that make up the Portuguese space and defence industry, travelling between Paço de Arcos, Caldas da Rainha, Coimbra, and Porto. I saw unmanned aircraft coming off a production line, companies that design and operate satellites, and laboratories for composite materials for military vehicles.
The Portuguese government has formalised a deal with Belgium to establish a new ammunition production facility, in which the state will hold a minority interest.
It was a morning spent discussing the challenges of the Defence and Space industry in Portugal during the new eRadar talk, “Portugal in the Defence Era”, which took place on Monday at the ECO Studio in Lisbon. With the first acquisitions via SAFE loans already known, it was time to hear from the national industry about what they were anticipating...
More than just the share allocated to the national defence industry in military equipment acquisitions via SAFE, the sector is concerned with securing a role in shaping future requirements. “The ecosystem must prepare so that, by 2030, we have a strong national defence cluster that responds to permanent needs, not...
The two companies have entered into a partnership to produce unmanned aerial vehicles within Portuguese territory.
The eRadar initiative brings together industry leaders to discuss Portugal's role and strategy within the modern defence landscape.
Following Lockheed Martin, SAAB, and the Eurofighter consortium, it is now the French company Dassault Aviation that is moving forward with a memorandum of understanding with the AED Cluster to explore potential areas of cooperation between the Rafale fighter partners and the Portuguese industry, with the renewal of the aging F-16 fighters of the Air Force in sight.
Portugal will have the capacity to produce satellites as early as this year in Alverca, with export potential, and is “positioning itself as an example in Europe” in the aerospace sector, stated the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
The Portuguese government aims to increase its participation in the European Union's 281 billion euro defence funding initiative.
Rolando Santos spoke about the Tekever AR3, the drone that impressed Russian forces. The CNN Portugal journalist considers this interest in the Portuguese drone, which is widely used by Ukrainian forces, to be “strange”.
A Portuguese company will supply drones to the British Army.
Russian military researchers are to dismantle and study a Portuguese-made reconnaissance drone after it was intercepted largely intact near the Ukrainian border. The Tekever AR3 was brought down over Russia’s The post Russia sends captured ‘Made in Portugal’ drone for military analysis appeared first on Portugal Resident.
A drone produced in Portugal was intercepted and destroyed by Russian forces.
Russia shot down a Portuguese drone and its military personnel were surprised by the device's technology.
Russian forces intercepted and destroyed a “rare” Portuguese drone in the Bryansk region. The Tekever AR3 is manufactured by the Portuguese company of the same name and is used for reconnaissance missions.
Russian forces destroyed a “rare Portuguese reconnaissance drone” from the company Tekever, which supplies these devices to Ukraine, a military official told the official Russian news agency Tass on Monday. The news agency indicated that the Tekever AR3 device, which was intercepted in the border region of Bryansk by an anti-drone battalion, was “transferred to...
The Tekever device, which was intercepted in Bryansk, was “transferred to a research institute, where experts will study its design, technical specifications, and engineering solutions,” says Tass.
The Portuguese company UAVision has been selected by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to join a group of five companies that will test loitering munitions in an operational environment at the Santa Margarida Military Camp in Portugal during the EU's OPEX26 exercise. Portugal was chosen to serve as an EDA 'field laboratory'.
The war in Ukraine has taught us many things, but the most uncomfortable is also the simplest: drones have not only changed the weapons of war, but also who can afford to wage it. With low-cost devices forcing adversaries to spend millions on countermeasures, the conflict has become a war of attrition decided by industrial capacity rather than technological superiority. The author argues that Europe must learn to produce low-cost, mass-integrated systems to maintain its defence, and highlights that Portugal has the engineering talent and emerging drone industry to build sovereign capacity through public-private partnerships, particularly for maritime surveillance.
European missile manufacturer MBDA is developing a new interceptor system to combat mass drone attacks and other low-cost munitions, at a time when current geopolitical conflicts are accelerating the development of more economical and effective air defence systems. The Counter Mass Interceptor, which is expected to be unveiled...
When discussing defence, the debate tends to focus on platforms, weapon systems, or digital technologies. However, before any capability exists on the ground, at sea, in the air, or in space, there is an essential question: what materials is it made of? The answer determines the weight, resistance, autonomy, and...
NATO is gathering entrepreneurs and partners who want to invest in the defence industry at a special forum in Ankara this Tuesday.
The Portuguese defence industry is growing in the areas of drones, artificial intelligence, and new technologies, but still has room to gain more weight internationally. At the CNN Portugal Summit, representatives from OGMA, TEKEVER, Beyond Vision, and the Air Force highlighted the potential of national companies and the impact that new forms of warfare are having on technological development and air defence.
The Portuguese Army is deploying domestically developed drones for a NATO mission for the first time.
Two drone prototypes developed with the Portuguese industry will head to Slovakia in June, where they will be tested in an operational context within the NATO Battlegroup led by Spain.
