Battle-tested innovation: Defense Tech Expo 2026 opens in Tel Aviv 17/02/2026 | Editorial Team (reporting from Tel Aviv) As the shadow of war looms over Tehran and the US continues to reinforce its military footprint in the Middle East, the gates of Expo… [read more]

Iran: the US further reinforces its military posture in the area. The Jordanian Muwaffaq Salti base is pivotal 17/02/2026 | Editorial Team While talks continue, and President Trump keeps repeating that Iran wants a deal, the United States is pressing ahead with efforts to reinforce its presence in the region.

A new ELSA initiative targets cheap One Way Effectors for strikes on ranges of over 500 km 17/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On February 12, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden signed a new LoI The Defence Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom signed a letter of intent today on the sidelines of the Munich security conference. The new agreement formalize the commitment of the 6… [read more]

MSC 2026: Transatlantic Cognitive Dissonance 17/02/2026 | Caterina Tani Looking at transatlantic relations today, the true protagonist of this year’s Munich Security Conference was a form of strategic ‘cognitive dissonance.’ In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental tension that arises when beliefs and behaviors do not align.

US bolsters military presence in Puerto Rico 16/02/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Over a month after the US arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, American forces remain not only active in the Caribbean but are operating under a long-term strategy aimed at redefining Washington’s priorities across the region and South America. This military presence—designed to disrupt drug trafficking routes and ramp up… [read more]

NATO 3.0: proclaimed unity and the new transatlantic contract 13/02/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) After weeks of underlying tensions - from the “Greenland dossier” revived by Donald Trump to the collapse of US-EU trade talks that included defence procurement - NATO ministers meeting in Brussels on 12 February sought to project cohesion. The wording used by the alliance’s Secretary General Mark Rutte was familiar:… [read more]

Second US Carrier Strike Group could reinforce the LINCOLN CSG in the Gulf 12/02/2026 | Editorial Team According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon has reportedly ordered a second Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to prepare for deployment to the Middle East, where it would join the USS LINCOLN Carrier Strike Group, already operating in the area for some time. The WSJ further reports that this second… [read more]

NATO’s Winter Camp 26: cold steel, cold politics 11/02/2026 | Braid Archer Winter Camp 26 pits NATO armour and infantry against -30°C snow and a thinking OPFOR in Estonia, exposing hard lessons on readiness, interoperability and deterrence on the Alliance’s most vulnerable flank.

Live test at Eglin for the ERAM, the low-cost cruise missile for Ukraine and for USAF needs 11/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli RUSTRY DAGGER, Zone 5’s entry for ERAM, is the specific munition live tested

Hensoldt announces the successful completion of early tests with a sub-scale HADIS cargo glider 10/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The HADIS is a cheap, attritable glider intended to enable stand-off cargo airdrop from Airbus A400 aircraft to resupply troops operating deep within a contested area