DASAL, NIGUS sign Nigeria UAV deal at SAHA Expo 2026
DASAL Aerospace Technologies and NIGUS signed a framework agreement covering more than 100,000 UAV systems, localisation and MRO activities in Nigeria.
ecowas News
Unmanned Systems
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
France Loses Ground in Africa: Togo Eyes Sahel Alliance
France’s influence in Africa wanes as Togo considers joining the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), signalling a shift in regional dynamics and security policies.
Country
Regional / Strategy
Morocco and Niger Negotiate Ex-President’s Future
Moroccan intelligence agency and the Niger government have started negotiating about releasing former President Mohamed Bazoum.
Country
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Senegal Elections: France to Leave Former Colony in Africa
Anti-Colonialist candidate in Senegal, Faye, announced its victory, which is another call for France to leave the former colony country in Africa.
Bilateral Relations
Niger’s Premier Zeine Visits ASELSAN
Niger’s Premier Zeine, invited by President Erdoğan, visits Türkiye. Erdoğan accepted Zeine on the first day of his visit to discuss bilateral relations.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
