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Guillaume Lerouge: Investing Early in Europe’s Defense Tech Wave

by Paolo Trecate January 19, 2026 in Interview

An interview with Guillaume Lerouge, a Paris-based defense-tech investor at Hexa and early investor in France’s first defense-tech unicorn.

by German Stelmakh, Artem Melnychuk January 12, 2026 in Guest Articles

Russia’s elite drone unit Rubikon shows how drone warfare is really being fought and why Europe can’t afford to look away

by Pierre-Marie Derouin January 5, 2026 in Guest Articles

The New Defense Hex™ is a six-dimensional framework to judge whether a defense startup can really scale.

by Pierre-Marie Derouin December 29, 2025 in Guest Articles

Defense can move at tech speed, but only after a sovereign buyer opens the gate, the real traction is eligibility and mandate, not demos.

by Paolo Trecate December 22, 2025 in Interview

Maurits Korthals Altes, Intelic’s CEO and founder, shares how lessons from Ukraine reshaped the company’s focus and strategy.

by Domenico Amodeo December 15, 2025 in Guest Articles

Domenico Amodeo on how U.S. defense concerns over foreign technology enforce strict UAS supply chain and NDAA compliance for European firms.

by Anton Verkhovodov December 8, 2025 in Guest Articles

The next wave of defense tech value will be built in autonomy and the electromagnetic spectrum not drones.

by Paolo Trecate November 25, 2025 in Interview

SWEBAL founder Joakim Sjöblom explains why the TNT shortage is a threat to Europe and how he is rebuilding Europe’s TNT production

by Paolo Trecate November 17, 2025 in Interview

An inside look at Zero Industries’ journey from student project to defense startup pioneering GPS-denied drone navigation in Europe.

by Paolo Trecate November 10, 2025 in Interview

Roboze is reshaping defense manufacturing with high-performance 3D printing, advanced polymers, and decentralized production.