Iran: Washington's political-military credibility at its lowest 29/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Calm has returned to the Strait of Hormuz over the past few days following recent escalation, but the strategic temperature remains dangerously elevated. A fresh… [read more]

MBDA shows the first model of hypersonic glider for the Germany – UK Deep Precision Strike. And France... 27/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The way forward for H-DPS seems to be taking a tri-national turn. France’s intent here is obvious; what is less clear is how much Germany is in actual agreement, and how the UK might react.

Belgium looking for frigate alternatives as the ASWF program with the Netherlands accumulates delays and cost growth 27/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli A scathing intervention by the Defence Minister on national television confirms. He called the project a disaster, and launched a RFI aimed at other European builders.

South Korea unveils indigenous UAS engine prototypes 24/07/2026 | Atul Chandra While South Korea had earlier developed single-use engines for its missile programmes, this is the first time it is foraying into development of aircraft engines for unmanned systems.

36 missile tracking satellites ordered by the US Space Development Agency from L3Harris and Sierra Space 24/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli L3Harris and Sierra Space  selected for this $1.75 billion order that forms part of Tranche 3 of SDA’s missile defense constellation.

UK MoD awards 3 companies for work on low-cost drone interceptors, including an air-launched solution 24/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Cambridge Aerospace, Greenjets and Frankenburg awarded funding under the multinational LEAP project

Second source India: Dassault details new geometries for Nagpur and Hyderabad 23/07/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone As RAFALE talks advance, Dassault quietly turns India into a second source industrial hub – a move that could unlock Nagpur built FALCON 2000 MPAs and redesign New Delhi’s maritime patrol capabilities.

Iran-United States: toward open war? 23/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA We have now reached the 12th consecutive night of American strikes on Iran, yet Tehran shows no sign of buckling. On the contrary, it has further expanded its target list and sharpened the precision of its attacks. Washington, meanwhile, is reinforcing its military posture across the region and appears to… [read more]

Dassault’s summer pivot: a “5th Gen” RAFALE, a national future fighter and the VORTEX spaceplane gambit 23/07/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Yesterday in Saint Cloud, Dassault quietly rewrote France’s airpower script: a far more radical RAFALE F5, a nationally led post SCAF fighter, and dual use VORTEX spaceplanes anchoring a sovereign combat air ecosystem.

Farnborough: Saab and Embraer scale up GRIPEN production for a hot market 22/07/2026 | Braid Archer Saab and Embraer deepen their fighter partnership as Brazil’s GRIPEN assembly line in Gavião Peixoto sustains the country’s aerospace ambitions and boosts global production capacity.