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Canada’s biggest procurement data nerd writing about government contracting. Lots of data, some jokes, and a few are actually funny.
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Defence
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Oct 13, 2026
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7 min read
Europe Is Buying Anti-Drone. America Is Winning It.
We followed the money governments are spending to stop drones, all the way to the companies cashing the cheques. The buyers are European. The winners, mostly, are not. Here are the four companies actually winning the drone war, and the one country building its own.
Defence
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Oct 8, 2026
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6 min read
Europe's Drone Buildout Has Real Champions. And Some Imaginary Price Tags.
The money to buy military drones is big and climbing fast: €4.8B and counting across eighteen markets. Follow it and two things jump out. Europe is building its own champions, not just importing them, and the two largest contracts on the board are framework ceilings, not cheques. Here is who is winning, what they are selling, and how to read the numbers.
