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NRP Dom João II Floated in Romania — Europe's First Dedicated Drone Warship Takes Shape for the Portuguese Navy

A New Class of Warship for the Atlantic The future NRP Dom João II, a 107.6-metre multi-mission naval vessel designed to operate unmanned aerial, surface, and underwater systems, was floated out on 7 April at the Damen shipyard in Galați, Romania....

Portugal's Sovereign AI Model Amalia Nears Final Release — 60 Researchers Built an LLM That Actually Speaks European Portuguese

Portugal has spent 19 months building Amalia, a fully open-source large language model purpose-built for European Portuguese. Trained on national supercomputers by 60 researchers from seven universities, the final version launches in June 2026.