Non-EU UAV suppliers are leveraging industrial cooperation to enter the EU market. At the Paris Air Show last month, the US’ Anduril and Turkey’s Baykar signed partnership agreements with Germany’s Rheinmetall and Italy’s Leonardo to develop platforms for the European market.
First Marshal S. Arief Hardoyo, Secretary of the Indonesian Defence Ministry’s Research and Development Agency, has said that offset cooperation in the defence sector would be more beneficial for Indonesia compared to mere transfer of technology (ToT). He made this statement citing risks associated with technology transfer while advocating for the use of offsets.
Foreign OEMs, including France’s Naval Group, KNDS France, Italy’s Fincantieri and Türkiye’s Roketsan, strengthened their defence partnerships with Indonesia by signing agreements involving joint development and production, local MRO, and technology transfer at the Indo Defence 2025 expo held in Jakarta on 11–14 June.
The Pentagon announced on 11 June that it was reviewing the AUKUS alliance to assess whether the partnership supported US defence priorities in line with President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.
CAE will cooperate with Lockheed Martin’s subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft to integrate a digital CAE Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role sensor system aboard US Navy and Royal Australian Navy MH-60R maritime helicopters. Separately, CAE and Saab will develop training solutions for Canada’s future submarine fleet under the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project, if awarded the contract.
Ukraine has signed industrial partnership agreements for defence production with the UK and Denmark and with Norway’s Kongsberg. While the UK and Denmark will produce Ukrainian equipment domestically, Kongsberg has entered into agreements with two local companies for the production of air-defence missiles and unmanned surface vessels in Ukraine.