Battery Manufacturing & M&A: Rosendahl Nextrom (BM-Rosendahl) will buy U.K. battery equipment maker TBS Engineering from Marmon Group, aiming to deepen its battery assembly and plate manufacturing offering after its February Tallinn cable/wire acquisition. Defense Innovation: NATO’s DIANA picked five firms for its Mission Track program, including Estonia’s Spacedrip, with funding and testing support to move defense tech toward fielding. Autonomous Mobility Regulation: 17 European transport ministers backed a cross-border framework to scale autonomous vehicle trials, with Estonia among the signatories and a focus on public transport and freight/logistics. Underwater Security Cooperation: Estonia joined a 17-nation GUIDE initiative launched in Singapore to protect critical underwater energy and telecom infrastructure. Energy Storage & Grid Resilience: Estonia’s Sunly and Rolls-Royce are tied to major battery storage deals across the Baltics, reinforcing the push for more storage to keep power prices stable. Food Safety: A Salmonella Stanley outbreak linked to chicken-flavoured instant noodles has sickened 80+ people across multiple countries, including Estonia. Nuclear Safety Diplomacy: Estonia’s FM Margus Tsahkna condemned a Russian drone strike that damaged Ukraine’s centralized spent fuel storage reception building, calling it a nuclear-safety “roulette” risk.