Germany is looking to dispel concerns that a planned order of attack drones for as much as €3 billion ($3.5 billion) from a Peter Thiel-backed defense startup could pose a security threat due to the role of the controversial investor.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has voiced concerns about US investor Peter Thiel ahead of a decision on the purchase of kamikaze drones for the German military. During a visit to the Graf

BERLIN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The German government plans to order strike drones worth 536 million euros ($638 million) from German startups Helsing and Stark Defence, part of a rearmament push after Russia's attack on Ukraine.

The Munich Security Conference 2026 signals a shift in Europe’s defense doctrine, with drones and counter-UAS as core capability priorities.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An MQ-9 Sea Guardian unmanned maritime surveillance drone flies over the U.S. littoral combat ship Coronado during a drill in the Pacific Ocean in April 2021. (MC Shannon Renfroe/Navy ...

Helsing will supply its HX-2 suicide drone while Stark will supply its Virtus drone. The companies beat out German defense giant Rheinmetall

January 14, 2026: Last year in Europe there were over a thousand incidents of drones flying near or over military installations. Over 2,000 drones were involved, and, in 96 percent of the incidents, the drone operators could not be identified. German ...