Moscow strikes, Kyiv fights back: long-range attacks escalate 17/07/2026 | Francesco Bossi Between mid-June and the first days of July, Russia and Ukraine intensified their respective deep-strike campaigns, hitting energy, logistics and industrial infrastructure in each other's… [read more]
Iran-United States: escalation in the Middle East 17/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA Over the past 48 hours, the U.S.-Iran conflict has entered a new phase of escalation. On the U.S. side, CENTCOM raids — now in their 6th consecutive night — have expanded northward toward Parchin and the areas south of Tehran, with Iranian air defenses active over the capital, and westward… [read more]
Czech Air Force receives first C-390 MILLENNIUM 17/07/2026 | Editorial Team On July 16, 2026, the Czech Air Force took delivery of the first of 2 C-390 MILLENNIUM multi-mission transport aircraft from Embraer, 20 months after contract signature. The agreement, signed on October 25, 2024 and worth approximately €450 million, covers the 2 airframes together with aircrew and maintainer training, an… [read more]
Rohde & Schwarz NEMACS, the AESA directional datalink enabling the Multi-Domain Combat Cloud 16/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA During the ILA Berlin Air Show 2026, German technology group Rohde & Schwarz unveiled NEMACS (Networked Multipoint Array Communications System), a new directional datalink designed to serve as the communications backbone of the multi-domain combat cloud, enabling high-throughput data exchange among crewed and uncrewed platforms across air, land, sea, and… [read more]
Ukraine's know-how, Europe's scale: the Drone Deal takes shape 16/07/2026 | Giulio Menegotto The European Commission and the Ukrainian Government have signed a new industrial partnership and the EU-Ukraine Drone Deal, aimed respectively at strengthening the integration of the 2 defense industries and expanding technology sharing in the drone and counter-drone sector. The Commission has also approved a €1 billion disbursement to Ukraine… [read more]
Massed Modular Aircraft: an open solicitation to US and international vendors for the post MQ-9 16/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The USAF calls for proposals for a new uncrewed aircraft to do the MQ-9’s job, but differently.
Signals at the edge, exclusive interview with US company Microwave Products Group (MPG) 15/07/2026 | CAROLINA PAIZS Discover how Microwave Products Group plans to re arm Europe for spectrum superiority, pushing RF/ML, SENTINEL HUB and edge first decision making shaped by Ukraine’s lessons and Europe’s engineering power.
UK and Netherlands join forces (again) on the future Amphibious Transport Ships 15/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The second attempt to join the two projects into one costs the Royal Navy hulls and tonnage
Iran and US, fighting for Hormuz. Escalation in the Gulf 14/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi It is now open war for the Strait of Hormuz, following days of clashes and President Trump's announcement of the resumption of the blockade against Iranian ports. The Pasdaran tonight attacked 2 Emirati tankers transiting through the Strait along the so-called Omani route. Damage and 1 dead among the crews… [read more]
Canada: big win for the U-212CD submarines 14/07/2026 | Giuliano Da Frè A "German" tipping point for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), aimed at tripling the underwater force of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). The Canadian Government announced it had selected the Type-212CD submarine.