Iceye raised €450 million in a primary Series F round led by General Atlantic, valuing the Finnish synthetic aperture radar maker above €10 billion ($12 billion).

Including a secondary placement, the round topped €1 billion, quadrupling a €2.4 billion valuation from December and drawing Nokia, Qatar Investment Authority, and TCV as new investors.

The raise tracks surging European demand for sovereign space intelligence, with seven governments now buying Iceye systems and production set to double to 100 satellites a year by 2028.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will issue a binding operational directive ordering federal agencies to triage vulnerabilities by the consequences of exploitation rather than sheer patch volume.

Acting Director Nick Andersen said agencies must accept that some systems matter less than others, taking into account internet exposure, automatable exploitation, and alignment with the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Andersen cited AI-enhanced threats as a factor, signaling a shift toward consequence-based defense as faster models reshape both offensive and defensive cyber operations.

Airbus unveiled the U760 Ravenstorm, a 13-meter uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft pitched as a European sovereign loyal wingman, at the ILA Berlin air show.

Built for air-to-air, air-to-ground, and electronic-warfare missions with a 500-kilogram-plus payload, Ravenstorm runs Airbus' MARS mission system and is targeted for delivery around 2032.

It sits above the Kratos-partnered U740 Valkyrie in Airbus' roadmap, reinforcing Europe's drive to reduce reliance on foreign combat aircraft suppliers after the FCAS breakdown.

Trump told reporters the US would attack Iran "very hard" again Wednesday, hours after ordering strikes on 20 targets in response to the downing of an Army AH-64 Apache near the Strait of Hormuz.

The Apache went down off the coast of Oman Tuesday evening, with both crew members rescued and reported in stable condition while Central Command investigates the cause.

Iran launched missiles at Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan as the war passed its 100-day mark, with the prolonged Hormuz closure driving oil and global food prices sharply higher.

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins and defense subcommittee chair Mitch McConnell said another reconciliation bill carrying defense funding is unlikely, with McConnell calling it "really not an option."

The administration had counted on roughly $350 billion in reconciliation funds to fund the Golden Dome, shipbuilding, munitions, and F-35 procurement within a $1.5 trillion budget request.

Collins warned that leaning on reconciliation for base funding creates instability, raising the prospect that top Pentagon priorities get squeezed if the maneuver fails.

German startup Stark debuted two GPS-independent loitering munitions ahead of ILA Berlin: the tube-launched Cascade and the man-portable Gambit quadcopter.

Cascade ranges 40 to 100 kilometers with a 4.5-kilogram payload and launches in under a minute from land, vehicles, or ships, having already flown from Stark's Vanta surface vessel.

Both tie into Stark's Minerva command software and arrive eight months after the company's Virtus drone failed strike trials, though no launch customer has been announced.

Aselsan ran a live two-day demonstration in Ankara of its integrated Drone Defense System, coordinating the İHTAR counter-UAS sensor, GÖKBERK laser, and EJDERHA high-power microwave weapon.

The setup combined detection, soft-kill, and hard-kill effects against mini and micro UAVs, including swarms, as the lowest tier of Turkey's Steel Dome architecture.

The demonstration positions Aselsan's networked approach as a fielded counter-drone layer, reflecting a broader move toward integrated guns, lasers, and electronic attack.

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