WASHINGTON -- On February 11, 2026, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) awarded Davie Defense a contract for five Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs), a new class of polar icebreaker critical to increasing U.S. presence in the Arctic. According to the announcement, Davie Defense, the American sister company to Canada’s Davie, will build three of the medium-sized icebreakers domestically and two at Helsinki Shipyard in Finland.

Building two ASCs in Finland is part of a plan meet the USCG’s accelerated schedule to deliver the first ASC in 2028. American shipbuilders will reportedly work and learn alongside Helsinki’s world-leading icebreaker builders to support the efficient American construction of the three ASCs at Davie’s facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas.

The USCG’s award also follows two December 2025 contract awards for up to six ASCs: one to Rauma Marine Constructions Oy in Finland for up to two ships and one to Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana for up to four.

Source: Breaking Defense
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BERLIN - The German government is planning to ink new drone procurement contracts with the start-up firms Helsing and Stark Defence, Reuters reported on February 10.

Citing internal contract documents, Reuters reported that the contracts with Helsing and Stark Defence are worth a combined EUR536 million and are part of a wider framework for unmanned technologies worth EUR4.3 billion. Sources appeared confident that the parliament’s budget committee would approve the acquisitions.

It was not reported how many drones will be acquired from each manufacturer.

Delivery is expected to begin in 2027, at which point the drones will be deployed with the 45th Tank Brigade stationed in Lithuania. The contracts have a seven-year lifespan, Reuters reported.

Source: Reuters
Associated URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/germany-order-strike-drones-worth-536-million-euros-2026-02-10/

WARSAW, POLAND -- Northrop Grumman and Polish arms group Niewiawdow-PGM signed a framework agreement to jointly produce more than 180,000 155mm artillery shells annually in Poland. Future commercial production is aimed at serving U.S., Polish, and broader European markets.

Cooperation with Niewiadow will help Northrop Grumman with Austempered Ductile Iron production, an iron heat treatment and casting method, which uses cheaper and quicker-to-adapt commercial processes in artillery round production than traditional forging methods. The production of qualification rounds is expected to start this year.

Source: Reuters
Associated URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/northrop-grumman-polish-arms-maker-aim-produce-more-than-180000-artillery-shells-2026-02-11/