Sille Pettai steps down from CEO role at SmartCap
Big news in European defence tech investment. Sille Pettai, the CEO of SmartCap -- the Estonian state-owned investment fund -- ...
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Hackathon-ing our way to a new defence ecosystem
It takes a village to raise a child, but when it comes to building the next generation of defence in ...
Frankenburg confirms €30M funding to build more EU-made rockets
Nearly a month after Resilience Media broke the news that Frankenburg Technologies had raised more funding, today the Baltics-based startup ...
Estonia needs to stay on guard, says Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service
The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service produced their 2026 public report this week. Main takeaways suggest Estonia is safe from a ...
Frankenburg has raised up to $50M at a $400M valuation, say sources
There are multiple thousands of kinetic and battle-ready drones being produced for use in Ukraine every month, but not just ...
DefHack takes defence tech to the streets
The recent DefHack: Resilience edition hackathon in Tallinn, Estonia was all about extendability. Builders and startups showed off interesting projects ...
NATO Turns to Oracle and Druid Software for Secure Battlefield 5G Connectivity
The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) is taking a step toward securing next-generation military communications. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, ...
Estonian Drone startup Lendurai on operating in denied environments
Estonian based dual-use tech start-up Lendurai recently raised a €5.57 million seed funding round to scale its autonomous solutions for ...
Dispatches From: the Darkstar Defense Tech Hackathon, Estonia
Last week, Estonian defence tech group Darkstar ran their largest hackathon yet. The event was at an undisclosed location in Estonia and ...
Dispatches from Tallinn: Announcing the Darkstar Defence Hack
We are keen to shine a light on the amazing work being run by Darkstar in Estonia and Ukraine. We recently wrote about their ...
