https://www.infradefence.co.uk/InfraDefence Weekly issues and new defence financings and deals from the InfraDefence register.en-gbTue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-psiquantum-us-150m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-psiquantum-us-150m-2026/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Prototyping and manufacturing hub in Milpitas, Californiahttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/rheinmetall-1-5bn-syndicated-revolving-credit-facility-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/rheinmetall-1-5bn-syndicated-revolving-credit-facility-2026/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000General corporate purposes; replaces the €750m facilityhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-wolfspeed-us-1-500m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-wolfspeed-us-1-500m-2026/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000Delayed-draw term loan for silicon carbide productionhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/saab-300m-4-25-emtn-bond-due-2033-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/saab-300m-4-25-emtn-bond-due-2033-2026/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000Bondhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/booz-allen-acquisition-of-ultra-i-c-mission-solutions-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/booz-allen-acquisition-of-ultra-i-c-mission-solutions-2026/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000Booz Allen bought Ultra I&C's mission solutions business.https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/thales-1bn-bond-to-finance-the-exail-acquisition-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/thales-1bn-bond-to-finance-the-exail-acquisition-2026/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000Planned acquisition of Exail (announced 6 July 2026)https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/castelion-series-c-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/castelion-series-c-2026/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000Venture roundhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-niron-magnetics-us-150m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-niron-magnetics-us-150m-2026/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000Loan for rare-earth-free magnet productionhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-sila-nanotechnologies-us-1-400m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-sila-nanotechnologies-us-1-400m-2026/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000Silicon anode production at Moses Lake, Washington and a lithium-ion cell linehttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-sunrise-energy-metals-us-400m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-sunrise-energy-metals-us-400m-2026/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000Loan for scandium/nickel critical minerals projecthttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-to-performance-drone-works-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-to-performance-drone-works-2026/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000High-volume US manufacturing of drone components (propulsion, power, control and vision)https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/booz-allen-hamilton-us-1-200m-senior-notes-2-tranches-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/booz-allen-hamilton-us-1-200m-senior-notes-2-tranches-2026/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000Bondhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/leonardo-drs-acquisition-of-raft-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/leonardo-drs-acquisition-of-raft-2026/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000Leonardo DRS agreed to buy Raft, a multi-domain AI and mission software firm.https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/istari-digital-equity-raise-of-us-23m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/istari-digital-equity-raise-of-us-23m-2026/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000Venture roundhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/babcock-international-250m-5-125-bonds-due-2031-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/babcock-international-250m-5-125-bonds-due-2031-2026/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000Refinance £300m bond maturing October 2026; general corporate purposeshttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/quantum-systems-series-d-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/quantum-systems-series-d-2026/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000Production capacity, supply chain resilience, delivery across allied markets, software and AIhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-energy-fuels-us-725m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-energy-fuels-us-725m-2026/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000White Mesa Mill critical minerals expansion and a rare earth metals and alloy facilityhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-to-phoenix-tailings-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/office-of-strategic-capital-conditional-loan-to-phoenix-tailings-2026/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000Rare earth metals processing for defence supply chainshttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/poland-receives-first-6-6bn-safe-disbursement-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/poland-receives-first-6-6bn-safe-disbursement-2026/Fri, 29 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000Defence procurementhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/rheinmetall-500m-senior-bond-due-2031-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/rheinmetall-500m-senior-bond-due-2031-2026/Thu, 28 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000General corporate purposes, including refinancing upcoming maturitieshttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/karman-space-defense-us-854m-secondary-offering-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/karman-space-defense-us-854m-secondary-offering-2026/Thu, 28 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000Equity raisehttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/red-cat-holdings-us-225m-share-offering-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/red-cat-holdings-us-225m-share-offering-2026/Thu, 14 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000Equity raisehttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/picogrid-equity-raise-of-us-45m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/picogrid-equity-raise-of-us-45m-2026/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000Venture roundhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/european-defence-fund-2025-call-results-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/european-defence-fund-2025-call-results-2026/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000EU co-funding of defence research and developmenthttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/safe-loan-to-czechia-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/safe-loan-to-czechia-2026/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000Government financehttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/safe-loan-to-france-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/safe-loan-to-france-2026/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000Government financehttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/saronic-technologies-equity-raise-of-us-1-024m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/saronic-technologies-equity-raise-of-us-1-024m-2026/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Venture roundhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/shield-ai-series-g-and-blackstone-preferred-equity-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/shield-ai-series-g-and-blackstone-preferred-equity-2026/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Venture roundhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/leonardo-acquisition-of-iveco-defence-vehicles-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/leonardo-acquisition-of-iveco-defence-vehicles-2026/Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Leonardo bought Iveco's military vehicles business.https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/moog-us-500m-5-500-senior-notes-due-2034-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/moog-us-500m-5-500-senior-notes-due-2034-2026/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Bondhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/caci-acquisition-of-arka-group-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/caci-acquisition-of-arka-group-2026/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000CACI bought ARKA, a maker of space-based sensors and agentic AI software.https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/rheinmetall-acquisition-of-nvl-naval-vessels-l-rssen-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/rheinmetall-acquisition-of-nvl-naval-vessels-l-rssen-2026/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Rheinmetall bought Lürssen's naval shipbuilding arm, now its Naval Systems division.https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/caci-international-us-500m-6-375-senior-notes-due-2033-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/caci-international-us-500m-6-375-senior-notes-due-2033-2026/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Bondhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/kratos-defense-security-solutions-us-1-2bn-share-offering-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/kratos-defense-security-solutions-us-1-2bn-share-offering-2026/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Capital expenditure to scale production for the Department of War and national security customershttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/leidos-us-1-400m-senior-notes-2-tranches-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/leidos-us-1-400m-senior-notes-2-tranches-2026/Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Bondhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/firestorm-labs-equity-raise-of-us-35m-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/firestorm-labs-equity-raise-of-us-35m-2026/Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Venture roundhttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/fincantieri-c-500m-accelerated-bookbuild-capital-increase-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/fincantieri-c-500m-accelerated-bookbuild-capital-increase-2026/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Equity raisehttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/karman-acquisition-of-seemann-composites-and-materials-sciences-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/karman-acquisition-of-seemann-composites-and-materials-sciences-2026/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Karman bought two composite structures makers for US Navy programmes.https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/safe-second-wave-plans-approved-for-8-member-states-incl-poland-and-italy-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/financings/safe-second-wave-plans-approved-for-8-member-states-incl-poland-and-italy-2026/Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Government financehttps://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/czechoslovak-group-ipo-on-euronext-amsterdam-2026/https://www.infradefence.co.uk/investments/czechoslovak-group-ipo-on-euronext-amsterdam-2026/Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000IPO