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Defence

Heavy-lift helicopter with a Bambi bucket releasing water over an active wildfire perimeter at dusk.

Nuno Melo Hands the Forças Armadas a Standing Authorisation to Move on Wildfires Without a Prior Civil-Protection Request — Monte Real Operations Centre Pulls P-3C CUP+, C-295M, Drones and a Black Hawk Onto the Heat-Wave Watch

Defence Minister Nuno Melo on 19 June hands the Forças Armadas a standing authorisation to act on wildfires without a prior civil-protection request, with a permanent Monte Real operations centre running P-3C CUP+, C-295M, drones and a Black Hawk on heat-wave watch.

Aerial wildfire surveillance scene over a Portuguese interior landscape

Portugal Heat Wave Lifts Seven Districts to IPMA Aviso Amarelo for the 21-22 June Window — 23 Inland Concelhos Hit Perigo Máximo de Incêndio as Nuno Melo and Luís Neves Stand Up a Monte Real Operations Centre

IPMA places seven districts under aviso amarelo from 09:00 Saturday 21 June to 18:00 Sunday 22 June as inland maximums push 40°C; 23 concelhos shift to perigo máximo de incêndio and the Defence and Interior ministries stand up a Monte Real operations centre.

Beyond Vision Bolts the Toronto Arcanus Aerial Channel Onto a North American Push — Alverca Drone Builder Eyes 500 VTOL and 800 Multirotor Units Inside a €30-40 Million 2026 Sales Window

Beyond Vision Bolts the Toronto Arcanus Aerial Channel Onto a North American Push — Alverca Drone Builder Eyes 500 VTOL and 800 Multirotor Units Inside a €30-40 Million 2026 Sales Window

Beyond Vision, the Alverca-based Portuguese drone builder, has signed a manufacturing, commercialisation and post-sales partnership with the Toronto-headquartered defence group Arcanus Aerial Systems that gives the company a Canadian...