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Business News Europe - German company Quantum Systems is Europe's new Unicorn after raising €160M Series C funding that brings the total funding raised by Quantum Systemsto €310M at a valuation of €1 billion that officially makes them a Unicorn.

Business News Europe - Portuguese company TEKEVER is Europe's new Unicorn as it announces a new funding round fully subscribed by existing investors confirming a valuation above £1 billion.

Defence News Europe – Portuguese TEKEVER has announced an investment of £400 million to develop RAF Defence capabilities in the UK in a meeting with the UK Prime Minister, namely in the UK Defence OVERMATCH program that will complement the StormShroud program as described below:

Defence news EU - Portugal invests 220 million euros to develop its first military aircraft, the LUS-222.

EU Defence news - Portugal Defence projects to increase its annual investment to 1 billion eur by 2029 without jeopardizing public accounts:

Portugal news - Lisbon is a global hub for Satellites launched by Space X Falcon 9 rockets, including FOSSASat, the PoSAT-2 & PROMETHEUS-1:

Portugal news – Portugal is investing around 100 million euros to produce the first Portuguese aircraft, the LUS222.

Portugal news - Portugal invests 200 million euros for 12 A-29N Super Tucano aircraft and Embraer chooses Portugal as its European hub:

Portugal news - Portugal is leading a new quantum cryptography project for European Defence named DISCRETION, costing 6,719,699.75 euros.

Portugal News – Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Portuguese satellite Prometheus-1 in January 2025.

Portugal News - Portuguese aerospace company TEKEVER raises 70 million euros in a funding round led by Baillie Gifford and NATO.

Portugal News - Portugal’s new ForceShield Air Defence System is the result of contract signed between Thales and NATO:

Portugal news - ESA's first planetary defence mission, the Hera mission, would not have been possible without Portuguese technology.

Portugal news – Dealroom published “The State of Defence Investment 2024” report. What are the VC investments in Defence startups in Europe?

Portugal news - Portuguese military tech company EID just won a 33 million euros NATO contract.

Portugal news – Portugal is emerging as a European Aerospace Industrial hub according to Airbus and the Airbus hub in Portugal is growing.

Portugal news – An investment of 90 million euros in Portugal’s aeronautical industry was made by OGMA that is working with Pratt & Whitney.

Portugal news – The Portuguese Air Force receives the second out of 5 Embraer KC-390 aircraft that represent an investment of 827 million.