Jan 2026
Sweden activates civil conscription
Nordic Defence SectorPeople in energy, telecom and cyber now have wartime placements. The state has become a competitor for the engineers industry is trying to hire.
04/Signals
What moved European defence this year
Eight of them, newest first, each with the source behind it.
2026
European defence cannot hire fast enough
ASD Europe, citing the European Defence AgencyASD Europe speaks for the primes, and it is the primes now saying they cannot hire.
2026
A prime saying it needs outside capability is a change of posture. One tier down the same is true, with less money behind it.
2026
Specialist funds joined 34 percent of European rounds in 2025. Capital is no longer the scarce input.
Sep 2025
Sweden adds SEK 26.6 billion to defence for 2026
Government of SwedenUp 18 percent in one budget, across air defence, artillery, ammunition, vehicles and vessels. All of it people-intensive.
Jul 2025
Three founders out of Palantir, FOI and Saab, bringing the pre-seed to USD 4.4 million.
Jun 2025
NATO commits to 5 percent of GDP by 2035
NATO, The Hague Summit DeclarationThe first alliance-wide target with a date on it since Wales in 2014. Review in 2029.
Mar 2025
Readiness 2030 opens EUR 150 billion of lending
European Commission and EEASSAFE lends against national plans for common procurement. The design assumes suppliers can scale on demand.
From the chamber
What the defence committee has in front of it
No defence bill reaches a vote without passing this committee first.
- Fetching from the Swedish Parliament.
Sveriges riksdag, open data. Titles are the official Swedish ones.
Behind it