EU's EUR 5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund in talks to back ElevenLabs' USD 500 million round
The EU backed EUR 5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund, run by EQT with EUR 1 billion from the European Commission, is in talks to join ElevenLabs' round targeting over USD 500 million, Bloomberg reports.
ESA signs EUR 20 million Low-LEO contracts with 80 firms feeding IRIS2
ESA signed 18 consolidation contracts worth EUR 20 million with nearly 80 companies to develop secure broadband, maritime and aviation services that could feed the next stage of the EU's IRIS2 constellation.
ESA awards ICEYE and Leonardo rival study contracts for EU's EOGS architecture
ESA signed contracts with ICEYE and Leonardo to lead two rival consortia studying the end to end architecture for EOGS, the EU's governmental Earth observation service due to start in 2028.
CCIA Europe warns EU Kids Act age checks force unavoidable privacy trade-offs
CCIA Europe's Daniel Friedlaender warns the EU Kids Act's age verification duties force privacy trade-offs, requiring mass collection of children's, adults' and family data that undermines data minimisation and invites cybercriminal targeting.
Spain's SETT invests EUR 680,000 in Nearby Computing edge orchestration round
Spain's state investor SETT put EUR 680,000 into Barcelona edge orchestration firm Nearby Computing's EUR 1.4 million round via the EU recovery plan funded Next Tech facility, to accelerate its NearbyOne cloud to edge platform.
EU and South Korea sign Administrative Arrangement on IRIS2 cooperation
Commissioner Kubilius signed an Administrative Arrangement, an MoU, with the Republic of Korea in Brussels, opening secure space infrastructure cooperation on IRIS2, following earlier deals with Norway and Iceland and one still to come with Ukraine.
Arianespace and Aerospacelab sign MoU on future Ariane 64 launch needs
Arianespace and Belgian satellite maker Aerospacelab signed an MoU at World Space Business Week to explore Ariane 64 launch scenarios for Aerospacelab's satellite fleets, a non binding step with no guaranteed launch orders yet.
Alice and Bob and CEA partner to integrate quantum computing with HPC
Alice & Bob agreed with France's CEA to integrate its fault tolerant quantum software stack with CEA's Bull built Qaptiva platform, linking quantum systems to French HPC infrastructure and opening a joint programme on algorithms for machines expected around 2030.
ESA and Mistral AI sign Letter of Intent to deepen AI cooperation for space work
ESA and Mistral AI signed a Letter of Intent in Paris on 16 September to deepen cooperation on AI for space engineering and Earth observation. The framework covers mission design and deploying Mistral's models on European infrastructure, but names no funding or system.
Infineon sells NOR Flash and F-RAM business to Taiwan's Winbond for USD 1.12 billion
Germany's Infineon agreed to sell its NOR Flash and F-RAM memory business to Taiwan's Winbond Electronics for USD 1.12 billion in cash, ceding the line as it redirects capital towards AI power chips; closing is expected in the second half of 2027.
Ukraine's parliament ratifies EU defence industry financing agreement
On 16 September 2026 Ukraine's Rada ratified Bill No. 0391, the financing agreement with the EU for measures under the European Defence Industry Programme, opening EU grants to rebuild Ukraine's defence industrial base, under an accord signed in Kyiv on 13 July 2026.
Von der Leyen: unused SAFE funds to seed new EU-Ukraine joint defence projects
In her State of the Union address on 16 September, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged to use remaining SAFE loan funds, an amount Commissioner Kubilius put at EUR 10 billion to EUR 20 billion, for a new programme of joint defence projects with Ukrainian companies.
Germany commits EUR 100 million to Canadian AI safety lab LawZero's Berlin office
Germany pledged EUR 100 million to LawZero, Yoshua Bengio's Montreal based safe AI non-profit, to fund R&D at its new Berlin office and embed European AI standards, alongside CAD 150 million from Canada.
Ukraine's parliament ratifies deal to join the EU's European Defence Fund
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada ratified, by 312 votes, the 13 July 2026 agreement letting Ukrainian firms join the EU's European Defence Fund for joint defence research, development and production.
Babcock and Ark Robotics sign MoU to explore UK made uncrewed ground vehicles
Babcock and Ark Robotics signed an MoU to explore UK manufacture of Ark's Ukraine proven A1 uncrewed ground vehicle, covering systems integration, payload work and support for UK and allied forces.
CEPA warns Chinese connected devices give Beijing leverage over Europe's infrastructure
CEPA's Đuro Lubura argues Chinese connected devices (cranes, cameras, solar inverters, vehicles) give Beijing remote digital leverage over European infrastructure, and proposes a Digital Strategic Exposure methodology plus NATO wide standards to screen risky imports.
Langdock returns parent company to Germany as an EU law entity
Berlin AI platform Langdock completed converting its US parent holding company into a Societas Europaea registered in Germany, citing US Cloud Act exposure, and plans a German data centre to run open source models for customers.
Galileo achieves first civil authenticated position fix under active spoofing
During Norway's Jammertest, ESA, the European Commission and EUSPA recorded Galileo's first civil position fix authenticated under active spoofing, using five satellites' encrypted signals received at Andoya and ESA's ESTEC lab, hardening EU satnav against jamming.
Commission adopts EU KIDS Act, restricting under 15 access to social media, AI chatbots
The European Commission adopted its EU KIDS Act proposal, requiring social media, video sharing and AI chatbot providers to bar autonomous accounts for children under 15, verify age, curb addictive design and face fines up to 6% of global turnover; it now goes to Parliament and Council.
EnduroSat raises USD 205 million led by US investors for EU space hub
Bulgaria's EnduroSat closed a USD 205 million (EUR 178 million) round led by US firms Riot Ventures and Atreides Management, with the EIC Fund among backers, to build a new US plant and what it calls the EU's largest space and defence hub.
EXA Infrastructure contracts Xtera to build EXA Meridian cable to UK
EXA Infrastructure reached Contract in Force with Xtera to build EXA Meridian, a 6,552 km, over 500 Tbps transatlantic cable linking New Jersey to a new landing station at Brean, UK, targeting service by 2029.
Commission welcomes design of first AI focused EU joint interest project
The European Commission welcomed the design of the first Important Project of Common European Interest in Artificial Intelligence, submitted by 19 member states and coordinated by Germany to build a shared full stack of European AI services.
EU ambassadors endorse five joint defence projects, EUR 300 million tranche
EU member state ambassadors endorsed the Council decision establishing five European Defence Projects of Common Interest on 16 September, backing an initial EUR 60 million tranche each, EUR 300 million in total, for air defence, maritime, space, drones and the eastern flank.
Cohere and Aleph Alpha sign deal to combine under the Cohere name
Cohere and Aleph Alpha signed a definitive agreement to combine under the Cohere name, with dual headquarters in Berlin and Toronto and Heidelberg kept as a research site; the deal needs regulatory clearance and should close later this year.
Atos receives SAP Sovereign Cloud Partner designation across Europe
SAP granted Atos its Sovereign Cloud Partner designation, certifying Atos to run SAP systems under EU control for regulated sector clients in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the UK, with further countries under validation.
Von der Leyen proposes EU associate member status for Canada in her SOTEU
In her State of the Union address in Strasbourg, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed a new associate member status for Canada, spanning technology, AI, quantum computing and critical raw materials, with Prime Minister Mark Carney present.
European Parliament adopts Defence Readiness Omnibus to fast-track EU arms projects
The European Parliament voted on the Defence Readiness Omnibus, capping defence project permit decisions at 42 working days, extending EU defence framework agreements from seven to ten years and easing cross-border transfers of defence goods between member states.
ESA backs neXat led CableShield to automate satellite backup for subsea cables
ESA awarded neXat, with Telesat and Colt Technology Services Belgium, EUR 1.5 million to build CableShield, an 18 month project to reroute traffic to satellite links automatically when submarine cables fail. Commercial launch is targeted for 2028.
Dutch cabinet earmarks EUR 120 million for national share of IPCEI-AI programme
The Dutch cabinet earmarked EUR 120 million in its 2027 budget, presented on Prinsjesdag, for national participation in the EU's IPCEI AI industrial AI programme, pending parliamentary approval and the Commission's ratification of the wider project.
CISPE marks Broadcom "Red" and SAP "Amber" on cloud licensing harm
CISPE rates Broadcom "Red" for excluding most European cloud providers from reselling VMware and ending Bring Your Own Licence rights, rates SAP "Amber" for steering customers to its own cloud, and urges the Commission to act.
CEPA column: Europe's car crisis is a defence conversion opportunity
Andreas Urbanski, deepi.ai founder and former Google Cloud and Airbus Defence and Space executive, argues in CEPA that Europe should convert car plants to defence output, citing VW Osnabrueck's Rafael Iron Dome deal, as EU defence spending nears 3.5 percent of GDP by 2035.
CEPA warns Starlink's 'switch power' threatens European defence autonomy
CEPA analyst Nikola Lunic argues private firms such as SpaceX's Starlink hold "switch power" over European military and space operations, citing IRIS2 and France's Space Summit as Europe's answer to that dependence.
Numspot and Mistral AI launch joint sovereign managed AI offer
Numspot and Mistral AI launched a joint managed AI offer on Numspot's SecNumCloud qualified cloud; Caisse des Depots plans 10,000 seats and Banque des Territoires takes Mistral Vibe and Studio licences, though SecNumCloud audit of the joint service continues.
HawkEye 360 and Leonardo sign MoU for sovereign European RF intelligence
HawkEye 360 and Leonardo signed an MoU to build a sovereign, multi sensor RF intelligence offer for European defence customers, with HawkEye 360 reserving dedicated satellite RF capacity delivered through Italian ground stations and EU based cloud infrastructure.
TotalEnergies and Mistral launch EUR 100 million plus frontier AI programme
TotalEnergies and Mistral AI launched a three year joint programme worth more than EUR 100 million to build frontier AI models for reservoir exploration, pairing TotalEnergies' subsurface data with a new joint scientific laboratory.
Von der Leyen unveils EU Kids Act in State of the Union address
Von der Leyen used her State of the Union address to unveil the EU Kids Act, a proposed law barring under 3s from social media, limiting under 13s to child versions, and requiring parental consent and safe design up to age 18.
Spain's CNMC warns of Amazon and Microsoft dominance in cloud market
Spain's CNMC found Amazon and Microsoft hold 60 to 70 percent of several cloud segments, well ahead of Google, in a market worth about EUR 1.9 billion a year, and urged reinforced DMA oversight and portability rather than sovereignty quotas.
Germany and US sign statement of intent on defence industrial cooperation
Pistorius and Hegseth signed a statement of intent to let German firms build US-designed defence goods under licence when American capacity falls short, alongside discussion of a German purchase of Tomahawk missiles and Typhon launchers.
European Parliament drafts plan to sanctions-proof its IT operations
The European Parliament is drafting a plan to sanctions-proof its IT operations, aiming to keep critical functions running through external disruption, months after 38 MEPs urged it to drop Microsoft and other US suppliers.
UGAP picks Atos, Open and Thales consortium for French public sector cloud framework
UGAP, France's central public purchasing body, selected the Atos, Open and Thales consortium for four year PEC cloud and EIR IT/network framework contracts covering French ministries, local authorities and health bodies, citing digital sovereignty and trust.
UK Ministry of Defence and Alloyed fly sovereign turbojet engine in under seven months
The UK Ministry of Defence and start-up Alloyed complete a family of digitally manufactured turbojet engines built wholly in Britain; a 300N engine has flight tested and a 1100N engine is flight ready, backed by MOD investment matched by Alloyed and over 40 UK suppliers.
Italy's Exein raises EUR 234 million, becomes Europe's top cybersecurity unicorn
Rome's Exein raises EUR 234 million (USD 270 million) led by US fund Headline, with EIB Group and KfW Capital joining, reaching a USD 1.7 billion valuation as Europe's most valuable cybersecurity scale-up.
EUCLYD raises over EUR 200 million Series A to build efficient AI chips
Eindhoven's EUCLYD raises over EUR 200 million Series A from Samsung, EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, Innovation Industries, EIFO and imec.xpand to build efficient AI chips and datacentre systems, naming ex-ASML chief Peter Wennink chairman.
FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched on Europe's Vega-C rocket from French Guiana
ESA's Vega-C rocket lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana carrying the FLEX vegetation fluorescence Explorer and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite, both ESA/EU owned Earth observation missions.
Twelve EU states call for stronger EU Arctic role at Rovaniemi summit
Twelve EU states, joined by Italy the next day, issued a joint statement at Finland's European Arctic Summit in Rovaniemi calling for stronger EU Arctic capability: satellite launch sites, military mobility and joint icebreaker ownership. No funding or contract was agreed.
Microsoft adds EU in-country data storage toggle to Microsoft 365 admin centre
Microsoft added a Microsoft 365 admin centre setting letting tenants in France, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland keep core-service data in-country. It is off by default; from 14 December 2026 data may instead move within the wider EU boundary.
ESMC tops out EUR 10 billion Dresden chip fab, on track for 2027
ESMC, the TSMC led joint venture with Bosch, Infineon and NXP, held a topping out ceremony at its EUR 10 billion Dresden fab on 14 September 2026, with construction on schedule for chip production to start in 2027.
SWP Berlin says Turkey's Africa arms exports complicate EU defence ties
SWP Berlin's Nebahat Tanriverdi Yasar and Baris Alp Ozden warn Turkey's growing defence exports to Africa complicate EU-Turkey industrial cooperation, urging Germany and the EU to set supply-chain and export-control safeguards.
Open Cosmos raises EUR 300 million to expand European satellite manufacturing
Open Cosmos, headquartered in the UK and Spain, secured EUR 300 million led by Lightrock and ETF Partners, with Catalonia's ICF among backers, to expand satellite manufacturing and its intelligence and connectivity services across the UK, Spain, Portugal and Greece.
Canadian tech associations join DigitalEurope's AI and Tech Declaration
DigitalEurope said Canadian bodies TECHNATION, CEUTIA and Qorsa became the first non European signatories of its AI and Tech Declaration, backing a new EU Canada alliance on AI, cloud, quantum and cybersecurity investment.
Lagarde warns Europe must build sovereign AI or face foreign leverage over its economy
ECB President Christine Lagarde told Vienna's Hofburg im Dialog that Europe cannot rely on imported AI, warning a foreign supplier's withdrawal of access "would reach every sector at once"; she cited US control of 75% of global AI computing capacity against Europe's 5%.
An expert council including Vestager and Acemoglu urges the EU to triple its share of global AI compute
A Senior Expert Council convened by Monika Schnitzer published a strategy arguing the EU hosts around 5% of global AI compute against 75% in the US, and should reach 15% by 2030. It sets five immediate objectives. No EU body has adopted it.
SEMI joins EU funded ReSiLient consortium to cut Europe's silicon and SiC import reliance
SEMI Europe joined the EUR 9.57 million Horizon Europe ReSiLient consortium (18 partners, nine countries), leading dissemination and standardisation work on cutting Europe's reliance on imported silicon and silicon carbide raw materials.
Germany's O2 switches on OPX private cloud built on AWS and Google Cloud
O2 Telefónica Deutschland began running workloads on its new OPX private cloud for internal services and B2B growth, built with Tech Mahindra, Hansen Technologies, AWS and Google Cloud as technology partners.
EIB signs PLN 150 million first tranche for Wroclaw university tech park
The European Investment Bank signed a PLN 150 million first tranche of a PLN 600 million loan, backed by InvestEU guarantees, for Wroclaw University of Science and Technology's Tech Innovation Park LEM, covering microelectronics, quantum and digital research labs due by 2030.
SES completes O3b mPOWER constellation with final Falcon 9 launch
SES completed its O3b mPOWER medium orbit constellation, launching the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth Boeing built satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on 14 September 2026; the 13 satellite fleet enters full service by mid 2027.
UK's uncrewed submarine Excalibur fires first torpedo in AUKUS trial
The Royal Navy's Plymouth built autonomous vessel XV Excalibur fires a US Mk48 torpedo at Scotland's BUTEC range on 13 September, the first heavyweight torpedo launch from an uncrewed undersea vehicle under AUKUS.
Dutch chip security startup Fortaegis raises USD 50 million Series A
Amsterdam based Fortaegis closed an oversubscribed USD 50 million Series A, led by returning investor Serendipity Capital with Tokyo Electron's venture arm and TNO, to scale production of its Secure Compute silicon platform.
Sirius Space test fires complete STAR-1 methalox rocket engine for first time
French launch startup Sirius Space Services test fired its complete STAR-1 methalox engine for the first time, at Airborne Engineering's site in southern England, reaching 55 kilonewtons across multiple ignitions this summer.
ECIPE's Guinea warns compulsory AI copyright licensing would hurt EU startups
ECIPE's Oscar Guinea argues the EU should keep its Article 4 text and data mining exception rather than impose compulsory AI copyright licensing, warning large US firms could absorb the fees while European AI startups could not.
EU commissioner proposes space take half of EUR 131 billion defence budget
EU Defence and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said the Commission proposes that space take half of its proposed EUR 131 billion 2028 to 2034 defence and space budget, about EUR 65 billion, a split still contested by member states and Parliament.
Draghi calls on Europe's largest companies to pool compute purchases to finance data centres
In a Financial Times column, former ECB president Mario Draghi argued Europe can be sovereign on data but not chips or frontier models, put the EU at under 5 percent of world AI compute, and urged large companies to pool multiyear compute commitments as ASML, Capgemini and Amadeus did with Mistral.
Owkin licenses K Pro AI scientist and patient data to Servier for oncology research
Owkin, the Paris based AI biotech, licensed its K Pro AI Scientist platform and multimodal patient data from its MOSAIC network to French drugmaker Servier, extending an existing oncology research partnership. No financial terms were disclosed.
Poland signs EUR 694 million SAFE funded Piorun missile contract with Mesko
Poland's Armament Agency signed a PLN 3 billion (about EUR 694 million) implementing contract with Mesko for Piorun man portable air defence systems, the first order under the August framework, financed through the EU's SAFE instrument.
EU Commission drops Made in Europe rule so Ukraine can buy US Patriot missiles
The European Commission approved five derogations from the Ukraine Support Loan's European content rule, letting Kyiv spend part of a EUR 6.1 billion tranche on US built PAC 3 Patriot interceptors and drones with Chinese components.
US firm Ciena acquires Italian photonics spinout PhotonPath, investors exit
US network equipment maker Ciena acquires PhotonPath, a Politecnico di Milano spinout making integrated photonic chips and optical sensing modules, ending a EUR 8.3 million four-round backing by Italian and European investors.
EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance holds first Board meeting in Brussels
The EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance held its first Board meeting in Brussels, gathering nine EU and nine Ukrainian drone and counter-drone firms under Commissioner Kubilius to plan joint ventures and flag bottlenecks in components and certification.
France's DGA awards early Rafale F5 risk-reduction contracts to four primes
France's DGA notified Dassault Aviation, Thales, MBDA and Safran risk reduction contracts for the Rafale F5 standard: the RBE2-XG radar, M88 T-REX engine with 20% more thrust, digital SPECTRA suite and IVDL data link, ahead of ASN4G nuclear missile integration.
DigitalEurope urges EU energy investment after EUR 50 billion Hormuz fuel bill
DIGITALEUROPE's Peter Weckesser and Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl say Europe has paid EUR 50 billion extra for fuel since the Hormuz crisis, and call for a 32 percent electrification target, 12 month grid permits and a quarter of the EUR 2 trillion 2028-2034 EU budget for critical and digital technologies.
Von der Leyen praises Airbus-Thales-Leonardo Bromo satellite merger as EU champion
At the Paris International Space Summit on 10 September, Commission President von der Leyen praised the proposed Airbus, Thales and Leonardo satellite venture Bromo as the industrial champion Europe needs, linking it to the EU's updated merger guidance.
EDRi warns EU cookie law reform could weaken surveillance protections
EDRi argues the EU's cookie rules under ePrivacy guard against surveillance of devices and communications, and warns the Commission's Digital Omnibus proposal, folding device access into GDPR's legitimate interest test, would weaken that protection.
CEPA's Roberto says NATO must match Russia's long range missile arsenal
CEPA's Peter Roberto argues NATO, and Europe within it, must scale long range missile production to match Russia, warning European capability gaps undermine deterrence without closing the US reliance.
CCIA Europe warns EU Procurement Act risks excluding trusted suppliers
CCIA Europe warns the Commission's proposed Public Procurement Act, letting buyers exclude suppliers by country of origin, risks gaps in EU trade commitments, less choice and higher costs for public buyers of cloud, software and AI.
Commission drafts EU US framework for sharing travellers' data
The Commission presented a draft framework letting US authorities query EU travellers' biographic and biometric data to keep visa free travel alive, with actual transfers left to bilateral deals member states must still negotiate one by one.
CSIC opens EUR 6 million quantum nanofabrication facility in Barcelona
CSIC inaugurated a Quantum Nanofabrication Area at its IMB CNM cleanroom in Barcelona, funded with over EUR 6 million from Spain's PERTE Chip programme and its Quantum Communications Plan, to fabricate quantum devices.
French HPC vendor Bull wins EUR 31 million AEMET supercomputer contract
France's Bull won a EUR 31 million, four year contract from Spain's AEMET to supply hardware, software and 24/7 monitoring for a Madrid based weather and climate supercomputer, extending a partnership dating to 2015.
Eutelsat orders 229 more OneWeb satellites from Airbus in EUR 1 billion deal
Eutelsat ordered 229 further OneWeb low Earth orbit satellites from Airbus Defence and Space, an estimated EUR 1 billion investment, taking its Airbus built OneWeb order to 669 satellites and extending replenishment to 2034.
Avio completes integration of FD1 methalox rocket demonstrator
Avio said its FD1 methalox flight demonstrator, a 6.3 tonne single-stage vehicle under a EUR 181.6 million Italian NRRP contract, is fully integrated, with ground testing due by year end ahead of a Sardinia test flight validating post-Vega E propulsion.
Telenor's KNL joins NORDEFCO framework to supply Danish Armed Forces radios
Telenor subsidiary KNL secured a framework agreement with Denmark's DALO to supply CNHF high frequency radios to the Danish Armed Forces under NORDEFCO, running 2025 to 2035, making Denmark the third Nordic state in the scheme after Sweden and Finland.
Netherlands signs Letter of Intent for Saab GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft
The Netherlands signed a Letter of Intent with Sweden to acquire a Saab GlobalEye aircraft, its first national airborne early warning capability, to be pooled with three Swedish Air Force jets; Saab states no contract or order has yet been placed.
Mistral and Cloudera partner to bring sovereign enterprise AI to hybrid data platform
Mistral AI and Cloudera announced a partnership integrating Mistral's frontier models and Mistral Forge custom training into Cloudera's hybrid data platform, letting customers run "sovereign AI" on-premises, in private cloud or air-gapped, with no contract value or customer named.
Eutelsat awards Aerospacelab, Airbus and Thales Alenia Space EUR 5.4 billion IRIS2 deals
SpaceRISE member Eutelsat awarded IRIS2 manufacturing contracts worth over EUR 5.4 billion: Aerospacelab EUR 2.4 billion for 264 platforms, Thales Alenia Space an initial EUR 500 million (rising past EUR 3 billion) for all 330 payloads, and Airbus for the first 66 LEO satellites.
France signs Digital and AI Pact steering state IT purchases toward sovereign vendors
Ministers Anne Le Hénanff and David Amiel signed a "pacte numérique et IA" with industry bodies Hexatrust and Numeum, committing the French state to steer public IT procurement toward sovereign, European owned digital and AI solutions.
ESA awards Exploration Company EUR 760 million ALADDIN cargo contract
ESA awarded The Exploration Company a EUR 760 million ALADDIN Phase 2 contract: EUR 310 million for a Nyx capsule demonstration mission plus EUR 450 million in options for two more, launching on Ariane 6 to dock with the ISS by Q2 2029.
LUMI AI Factory sets staged path to IQM logical qubit quantum computer
CSC's LUMI AI Factory set a staged roadmap for IQM's LUMI-IQ, a EuroHPC and Finland, Czechia, Norway and Poland funded quantum computer, reaching 150 physical qubits in 2027 and up to nine logical qubits by 2029.
IBM and Lockheed Martin to install Quantum System Two at ETH Zurich hub
IBM and Lockheed Martin, via an armasuisse offset agreement, will install Switzerland's first IBM Quantum System Two at ETH Zurich's CSCS in Lugano by end 2026, with IBM operating the machine.
Macron urges Europe to build independent space power as US firms boycott Paris summit
At the Paris International Space Summit, President Macron said Europe must build "a powerful Europe, independent even in space" and fly its own crewed spacecraft within a decade, as SpaceX and Blue Origin skipped the event after reported White House pressure not to attend.
Poland and US sign USD 4 billion Foreign Military Financing loan guarantee
The US State Department and Poland signed a USD 4 billion Foreign Military Financing loan guarantee on 9 September, the sixth such deal, lifting cumulative US defence financing support for Warsaw to nearly USD 20 billion for Apache, F-35 and Patriot purchases.
Italy orders two more MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper drones from General Atomics
Italy's Air Force ordered two more MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper drones from General Atomics, part of a Foreign Military Sale case covering up to six aircraft worth up to USD 738 million, with deliveries due by the end of 2027.
EU General Court dismisses Hungary's challenge to Peace Facility funding
The EU General Court dismissed Hungary's challenge to Council decisions directing profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine's forces via the European Peace Facility, ruling on 9 September the choice sits outside judicial review as a CFSP act.
Germany names EUDI wallet 'd-you', confirms 2 January 2027 launch with 40 partners
Germany's digital ministry named its national EUDI Wallet "d-you", confirming a 2 January 2027 launch with about 40 partners for age verification, contract signing and account opening, implementing the EU's digital identity framework domestically.
Teledyne wins USD 15.4 million contract for European drone energetics supply
Teledyne's UK arm secured a USD 15.4 million contract, worth over USD 50 million long term, to supply initiation and energetics for an unnamed European drone maker's unmanned systems.
Eutelsat and OroraTech partner to reserve capacity for European thermal intelligence
Eutelsat and Germany's OroraTech agreed to fly up to 96 thermal infrared payloads on Eutelsat's future LEO constellation, reserving 48 with an option for 48 more, backed by France and Germany.
Arianespace and EnduroSat sign MoU on sovereign access to space
Arianespace and Bulgarian satellite integrator EnduroSat signed a memorandum of understanding under which EnduroSat intends to book Ariane 64 launch services from 2029 to deploy customer fleets, the companies framing the link as support for European space sovereignty.
Arianespace and AgenaSpace sign MoU on Ariane 6 orbital transfer services
Arianespace and French start-up AgenaSpace signed a memorandum of understanding to explore integrating AgenaSpace's Autonomous RocketPack orbital transfer vehicle into Ariane 6 missions, extending delivery to satellites' final orbits. No financial terms were disclosed.
Sweden tasks FMV with study and procurement of Jakt-UAV interceptor drones
Sweden's Armed Forces tasked FMV, the defence materiel administration, to study and begin procuring Jakt-UAV interceptor drones to counter hostile drones, linking the work to the GUTE air defence project. The press release named no supplier, quantity or budget for the assignment.
SCI Semiconductor raises GBP 5 million to scale UK memory safe chip output
Sheffield based SCI Semiconductor raised GBP 5 million, led by PXN Ventures and Mercia Ventures, to scale production of its ICENI memory safe chips built on CHERI technology, which it supplies under the UK's Accelerated CHERI Adoption Programme.
HSCALE signs over USD 1 billion deal with major US cloud provider for Spain campus
HSCALE, the Bain Capital and Aquila Group data centre venture, signed a deal worth over USD 1 billion with an undisclosed major US cloud provider for capacity at a Spanish campus, targeting first service in 2027.
Google commits EUR 13 billion to AI data centre and nuclear power deal in Finland
Google pledged EUR 13 billion over 2027 to 2028 for data centre and energy infrastructure at Hamina, Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala, and signed a 22 year power purchase deal with Fortum to extend the Loviisa nuclear plant's life.
EU proposes Public Procurement Act with a European preference framework
The European Commission proposed a Public Procurement Act, COM(2026) 590, replacing the three 2014 directives with one regulation. Public buyers may apply European preference and minimum-origin requirements; mandatory sectoral preference is left to sector-specific acts. Defence stays outside.
EU proposes European Innovation Act to unlock EUR 10.2 billion for innovators
The European Commission proposed a European Innovation Act creating an EU wide framework to value intellectual property, a digital IP marketplace and simplified R&D procurement, projecting up to EUR 10.2 billion a year in unlocked venture and IP backed financing.
ARX Robotics opens Polish subsidiary with NATO Innovation Fund backing
German uncrewed ground vehicle maker ARX Robotics, backed by the NATO Innovation Fund, opened a Polish subsidiary and pledged a double digit million euro investment in a Polish headquarters, training and maintenance base.
Arianespace and ICEYE sign MoU for future launches aboard Ariane 6
Arianespace and Finland's ICEYE signed an MoU to explore booking Ariane 6 launches for ICEYE's sovereign, ITAR-free radar satellite constellations, which serve seven European governments, to diversify routes to orbit. No launches, dates or figures were fixed.
Amazon Leo orders six more Ariane 64 launches, reaching 24 total missions
Amazon Leo ordered six more Ariane 64 launches from Arianespace, expanding their contract from 18 to 24 missions through 2031 from French Guiana, after Arianespace placed 100 Amazon Leo satellites in orbit across three Ariane 6 flights in 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Lausanne fusion software startup Fusionality raises CHF 3 million pre-seed round
Lausanne based Fusionality, founded by ex EPFL and Google DeepMind researchers Federico Felici and Jonas Buchli, raised a CHF 3 million pre-seed round led by Founderful and Playfair to build software and hardware for operating fusion reactors.
EDA sets out ESOCA study findings on Europe's strategic airlift options
The European Defence Agency set out findings of the EUR 19.9 million EDF funded ESOCA study, led by Airbus Defence and Space with Leonardo, Safran Aircraft Engines and ITP Aero, weighing a modernised Antonov An-124 fleet against a new European aircraft to replace the Boeing C-17.
PESCO progress report: logistics hub live, cyber centre made permanent
EDA and EEAS reported that of the EU's 74 PESCO defence projects, the Network of Logistic Hubs is now operational and the Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre is becoming a permanent EU Cyber Defence Coordination Centre.
CEA-Leti, Spintec and Paris-Saclay unveil hybrid memristor-magnetic Ising machine
CEA-Leti, Spintec and C2N/Paris-Saclay demonstrated a hybrid nanoelectronic Ising machine combining hafnium oxide memristors with magnetic tunnel junctions, solving 24-vertex and 10-vertex optimisation problems, a step toward European accelerator hardware.
European Ombudsman opens inquiry into Commission's AI envoy pick
The European Ombudsman opened an inquiry into the Commission's appointment of Siemens chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe as its special envoy for industrial AI, after NGOs said his continuing Siemens role compromises the envoy's independence.
Google overhauls EU search results to comply with Digital Markets Act fine
Google overhauled Search across the EU, demoting its own shopping, hotel and flight results beneath rival comparison sites, to comply with the Digital Markets Act after its EUR 460 million fine for self preferencing handed down in July.
Schwarz Digits' STACKIT becomes first European hyperscaler certified for SAP RISE
Schwarz Digits' STACKIT became the first European hyperscaler certified to run SAP's RISE cloud ERP programme, at price parity with US providers; commercial availability begins now, with technical provisioning from November 2026, Schwarz Digits and SAP said.
European Parliament draft report tightens Made in EU rules in Industrial Accelerator Act
MEPs Cavazzini, Grudler and Jouvet published an ITRE/IMCO/INTA draft report on the Industrial Accelerator Act on 8 September 2026: a 50 percent Made in EU content threshold by 2036, and seven conditions limiting equivalence and investment by dominant third-country firms in EU strategic sectors.
CAE and WB Electronics sign MoU on unmanned systems training at MSPO 2026
CAE and Poland's WB Electronics signed an MoU at MSPO 2026 in Kielce to explore joint training and simulation offerings for unmanned and autonomous systems, pairing CAE's synthetic training expertise with WB Electronics' unmanned platforms. No financial terms or contract were disclosed.
UK publishes GBP7.8 billion Space Strategy to 2030
The UK government published a GBP 7.8 billion Space Strategy to 2030, allocating over GBP 3 billion to defence space capability, GBP 2.8 billion to satellite connectivity including SKYNET, and GBP 40 million to in orbit servicing and manufacturing.
US firm AvL Technologies wins USD31 million satellite terminal deal for Poland
US company AvL Technologies won a USD 31 million contract from Polish supplier GISS to deliver WGS certified 2.4 metre trailer mounted driveaway satellite terminals for Poland's Ministry of National Defence.
Franco-German space firm Exploration Company raises USD 450 million Series C
The Exploration Company, the Franco-German space firm, closed a USD 450 million (about EUR 387 million) Series C led by Bessemer, Atomico and EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, funding its Nyx capsule and Storm rocket engine programmes.
EuroHPC and NAISS inaugurate EUR 68.5 million Arrhenius supercomputer in Sweden
EuroHPC JU and Sweden's NAISS inaugurated Arrhenius at Linkoping University on 8 September 2026, a EUR 68.5 million, over 60 petaflop HPE system co-funded up to 35 percent by the Digital Europe Programme, ranked 42nd on the TOP500 list.
Mistral raises record EUR 3 billion Series D led by Samsung at EUR 21 billion valuation
French AI lab Mistral raised EUR 3 billion in a Series D round led by Samsung Electronics, with EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, PSG Equity, Advent, BlackRock funds and Luxembourg joining, reaching a post-money valuation over EUR 21 billion, Europe's largest tech equity round.
EDRi warns EU age verification mini wallet leaves privacy checks optional
EDRi warns the Commission's age verification "mini wallet", built on the EUDI Wallet and promoted as ready for social media checks, makes its Zero Knowledge Proof safeguard optional, using SHOULD rather than SHALL, so it can be dropped.
Volkswagen agrees to convert Osnabrück plant into defence production hub
Volkswagen agreed on 7 September with the State of Lower Saxony and Israeli investor Aurelius Capital to convert its Osnabrück plant from carmaking to defence production, with Rafael as an anchor technology partner and prospects secured for over 1,200 jobs.
Orange Spain and Libelium launch NEXMO mobility data space in Madrid
Orange Spain and Libelium launched NEXMO, an EU NextGenerationEU funded mobility data space managed by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, using Eclipse EDC connectors so each organisation keeps control of the data it shares.
MBDA opens first industrial facility in Poland to support PILICA+
MBDA opened its first industrial facility in Poland on 7 September, a service and technology centre at Czosnów near Warsaw supporting the PILICA+ air defence programme, initially staffed by 11 Polish engineers at a ceremony attended by UK and Polish officials.
Imec demonstrates world first scalable NbTiN superconducting circuit
Belgium's imec presented a three metal level NbTiN Josephson junction circuit reaching 3.8 million junctions per square centimetre with 30 nanometre interconnects, which it calls a world first for scalable superconducting quantum hardware.
Matt Clifford resigns as ARIA chair over his new Anthropic role
Matt Clifford resigned as chair of the UK's taxpayer funded ARIA research agency, five days after taking a role steering Anthropic's government relations outside North America, after MPs called the arrangement a clear conflict of interest.
Greenfield and Finsbury Infrastructure to invest EUR 360 million in Milan data centre
UK's Greenfield and Ireland's Finsbury Infrastructure agreed to invest EUR 360 million over three years to build a 36 MW data centre east of Milan, having already secured 80 MW of power capacity for the site.
EU backs Eutelsat and Tusass satellite connectivity expansion in Greenland
The European Commission announced a EUR 200 million Global Gateway package for Greenland on 7 September 2026, backing an Eutelsat and Tusass project to extend OneWeb LEO connectivity to remote settlements, alongside cable, energy and raw materials cooperation.
Sweden approves SEK 7 billion HIMARS buy, signs rocket artillery pact with Finland
Sweden approved a roughly SEK 7 billion (about EUR 620 million) purchase of Lockheed Martin's HIMARS rocket artillery from its regular defence investment budget, and signed a joint declaration with Finland on training, maintenance, supply security and future production cooperation.
Claret Capital closes EUR 575 million Fund IV for non-dilutive European tech debt
London-based Claret Capital Partners closed its fourth growth debt fund at EUR 575 million (EUR 440 million in Fund IV, EUR 135 million in affiliated mandates), offering non-dilutive capital to European deeptech, life sciences and impact firms.
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket reaches orbit in first for continental Europe
German firm Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket reached low Earth orbit from Andoya, Norway, the first orbital flight by an indigenous launch vehicle from continental Europe, meeting ESA's European Launcher Challenge milestone.
FFO tallies EUR 56.7 million EU network funding DSA enforcement work
FFO's investigation finds EUR 56,762,300.69 in EU contracts and grants tied to DSA implementation by 27 August 2026, funded by platform supervisory fees, with Belgium hosting EUR 18.45 million of the awards.
MBDA subsidiary GDI Simulation acquires French AI firm Agenium Group
MBDA subsidiary GDI Simulation acquired French artificial intelligence and training firm Agenium Group, forming a roughly 120 person defence simulation and AI unit serving land, air, space and naval customers. Deal value undisclosed.
France's sovereign cloud champion Nubevia buys Comlink in fifth acquisition
French family owned sovereign cloud group Nubevia acquired IT consultancy Comlink of Carvin, its fifth buyout in four months, pushing projected 2026 group revenue past EUR 35 million.
CISPE says Broadcom's VMware Private AI Cloud push threatens new lock-in
CISPE says Broadcom's new VMware Private AI Cloud extends licence practices that cut its European partner channel to low single digits and raised prices by multiples, and will bring the same rises to AI workloads.
Quantum Motion extends Series C to scale silicon quantum computing
UK chip maker Quantum Motion closed a second tranche of its Series C, adding Imec.ventures, Lansdowne Partners and Sony Innovation Fund to fund silicon spin qubit co-development and a new Maryland lab; the added amount was not disclosed.
European Commission adopts new EU wide guidelines on abuse of dominance
The Commission adopted its first Guidelines on exclusionary abuses under Article 102 TFEU, replacing 2008 guidance with a workable effects approach that drops the mandatory as efficient competitor test and targets self preferencing by dominant digital platforms.
Finnish defence firm Creoir secures seed round from Sweden's Gungnir Capital
Oulu based Creoir, a Finnish defence technology firm, secured a seed funding round (amount undisclosed) from Sweden's Gungnir Capital to commercialise its offline EdgeVUI and Operator Assistant voice AI for European defence customers including Saab, Leidos and TKMS.
NSPA establishes 14 nation Innovation and Readiness Support Partnership
NATO's Support and Procurement Agency established the Innovation and Readiness Support Partnership, a legal framework for 14 nations, mostly European, to run nation led projects on defence innovation, testing and readiness. No project group has yet been created.
ANSSI leads G7 call for urgent shift to post-quantum cryptography
France's ANSSI, chairing the G7 Cybersecurity Working Group under France's 2026 G7 presidency, issued a joint statement with G7 partners, the European Commission and ENISA urging public and private sectors to start migrating to post-quantum cryptography now.
Nine Central and Eastern European states adopt Prague Declaration on AI
At the CEE AI Summit in Prague, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia and Romania adopted a declaration to align AI policy positions and link national computing capacity, including planned gigafactories; no funding committed.
NanoXplore buys Scalinx to build a European sovereign chip champion
French chipmaker NanoXplore acquired Scalinx, a French analogue and RF signal chip designer in judicial receivership, retaining nearly all its 68 staff to build what it calls a European champion in sovereign critical microelectronics for space and defence.
Taiwan's Liteon buys 25% stake in Poland's DCX for USD 176 million
Taiwan's LITEON agreed to buy a 25% stake in DCX Liquid Cooling Systems, a Warsaw based maker of coolant distribution units and cold plates for AI data centres, for USD 176 million, to jointly build power and cooling platforms for hyperscale sites.
Romania's AUR files DNA complaint over EUR 5.7 billion SAFE contracts
Romania's AUR party filed a criminal complaint with anti-corruption prosecutors DNA alleging favouritism and forgery in EUR 5.7 billion of SAFE-funded Rheinmetall contracts and a near EUR 200 million Digi drone contract.
Poland and Czechia sign AI gigafactory cooperation memorandum in Prague
Poland's Krzysztof Gawkowski and Czechia's Karel Havlíček signed a memorandum at the CEE AI Summit in Prague on cooperating on an EuroHPC AI gigafactory bid, leaving open a joint project, twinned sites, or shared participation.
KNDS Germany awards Intracom Defense a contract for WiSPRevo systems on Leopard 2A8 tanks
KNDS Germany awarded Greece's Intracom Defense a contract to supply its WiSPRevo Communication and Information System for newly built Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks destined for international customers.
Julich inaugurates JION quantum computer linked to supercomputer infrastructure
Forschungszentrum Julich and Siegen-based start-up eleQtron inaugurated JION, a trapped-ion quantum computer built under NRW's EUR 21 million EPIQ partnership, linking it to Julich's supercomputers via the JUNIQ infrastructure for hybrid quantum-classical computing.
European Court of Auditors: EU defence readiness by 2030 remains a challenge
The European Court of Auditors said EU defence readiness by 2030 "remains challenging": 78 percent of EU defence purchases from February 2022 to June 2023 came from outside the bloc, 63 percent from the US, despite a 79 percent spending rise since 2020.
Belgium and India sign ten defence industrial agreements in New Delhi
During Belgian premier Bart De Wever's New Delhi visit, Belgium and India signed ten defence industrial deals, including Thales Belgium rocket assembly, a EUR 50 million ammunition line and naval mine countermeasure systems for India.
ERC awards EUR 705 million in Starting Grants, draws researchers from US and Canada
The European Research Council awarded EUR 705 million in Starting Grants to 421 early-career researchers under its 2026 call. Twenty-one, mostly from the United States, are relocating to Europe under the Choose Europe scheme, which offers up to EUR 2 million extra for relocation costs.
General Court upholds Commission's refusal to brand Microsoft Edge a DMA gatekeeper
The General Court dismissed Opera Norway's challenge and upheld the Commission's 2024 finding that Edge, though meeting DMA thresholds, lacks the importance of a gateway, so Microsoft need not open it under gatekeeper duties (Case T-357/24).
Ford, GDLS and Ricardo team up to bid for UK Light Mobility Vehicle
Ford, General Dynamics Land Systems and Ricardo announced on 2 September a teaming agreement to bid for the UK Ministry of Defence's Light Mobility Vehicle programme, offering a militarised Ford Ranger with GDLS as prime contractor and Ricardo as engineering partner.