Iran, "tit for tat" below the threshold 28/05/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Following yesterday's Iranian announcement of a deal reached — flatly denied by Trump — a new ceasefire breach was recorded overnight, in line with the… [read more]
US Marine Corps looks to acquire airfield-building robots 28/05/2026 | Fabio Di Felice USMC announced its project “Automated Expeditionary Airfield Assembly,” seeking for robots that can do the “grunt” work of laying down the matting used to quickly build-up Expeditionary Airfields (EAF), in littoral beachheads and other remote locations. According to the operational requirement, of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposal, these… [read more]
General Atomics’ YFQ-42A CCA resumes flying testing 28/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced on May 21 that its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft has returned to flight testing “following a round of safety reviews and software enhancements”.
China launches 5th Generation J-35AE stealth fighter for the foreign market 27/05/2026 | Fabio Di Felice As showed on CCTV footage, China launched its 5th Generation J-35AE jet in the stealth fighter jets market. The new variant of the Chinese aircraft J-35 CLOUD DRAGON, developed by AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China), is designed for export to non-Western countries.
France and Belgium agree the requirements for the VBAE 27/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On May 19, the French Général de Corps d'Armée Patrick Justel and the Commander of the Belgian Land Component, Major General Baugnée, jointly signed a document that defines the key characteristics required of the future Véhicules Blindés d'Aide à l'Engagement (VBAE), which the 2 Nations intend to jointly procure.
NATO towards Ankara: a reshuffle, not a new start 26/05/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) In the hours before the NATO political and military meetings last week, unease spread within the Alliance. Reports surfaced of a planned redeployment of 5,000 US troops outside conventional Europe, including the withdrawal (without replacement) of an Armored Brigade Combat Team and a reduced long-range artillery battalion. European capitals grew… [read more]
Navantia UK presented its LASV-75, a large concept design for an uncrewed escort ship 26/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Navantia UK has showcased the model of its proposal for an uncrewed escort ship at the Combined Naval Event in Farnborough. Dubbed LASV-75, from its length of 75 meters, the ship is designed from the outset to be uncrewed, dispensing with crew spaces to maximize payload capacity.
Iran, credibility, reputation, and war 25/05/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Just when it looked as though the Americans and Iranians had reached an agreement — one that deferred the most important issue, the nuclear file, and failed to address the other one, the missile question — everything appears to be back on the table. A nerve-wracking tug of war, a… [read more]
Weekend with ORESHNIK in Kyiv: a first look at Russia's massive combined missile strike 25/05/2026 | Igor Markic (Reporting from Kyiv) On the night of 23-24 May, Russia launched a massive missile attack against Ukraine. According to official Ukrainian figures, the Russians fired roughly 90 missiles (our own count puts the figure at no fewer than a hundred, Ed. note) and 600 drones. The primary target was Kyiv and its surrounding… [read more]
USAF and General Atomics together to demonstrate APKWS on MQ-9A REAPER 24/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The ever more popular “cheap” laser-guided rocket which has become a key C-UAS solution has now been test fired also from REAPER.