ILA 2026: Germany's airshow in a post-FCAS era 11/06/2026 | Tommaso Massa (reporting from Berlin) Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened personally the exhibtion, and officially announced the termination of the manned-fighter component — the NGF (New Generation Fighter) — of the Franco-German-Spanish FCAS (Future Combat… [read more]

ILA 2026: Airbus unveils U-145, the unmanned variant of the H-145 11/06/2026 | Tommaso Massa (reporting from Berlin) At ILA 2026 in Berlin, Airbus Helicopters has unveiled the U-145, an unmanned variant of its H-145 helicopter. The announcement had been previewed on the eve of the show through an official press release.  

Iran: Trump strikes, Tehran responds 11/06/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Another night of war. In an apparent attempt to break the negotiating deadlock — as announced by President Trump on Tuesday evening — the United States launched a series of airstrikes against Iran, employing approximately 50 TOMAHAWK cruise missiles.  

At ILA 2026, Rheinmetall unveils industrial network for Germany’s sovereign space-based ISR 11/06/2026 | Tommaso Massa (Reporting from Berlin) Berlin’s ILA 2026 becomes the stage for Rheinmetall’s bid to anchor Germany’s sovereign space based ISR, leveraging ICEYE and a NewSpace network to contest a €35 billion military space market.

ILA 2026: Airbus unveils U-760 RAVENSTORM combat drone 10/06/2026 | Tommaso Massa (Reporting from Berlin) ILA 2026: against the backdrop of the reported cancellation of the manned fighter component of the SCAF/FCAS, Airbus' stand features a full-scale mock-up of the U-760 RAVENSTORM, a new Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) designed to operate alongside crewed fighters in multi-domain scenarios.

Leonardo's AW-249 makes public airshow debut at ILA 2026 10/06/2026 | Tommaso Massa (Reporting from Berlin) At the opening of ILA 2026, running in Berlin through June 14, Leonardo's new AW-249 attack helicopter made its first public flying display at an international airshow, taking part in the event's flying program.  

Poland begins its SAFE spending spree with BORSUK IFVs, KRAB howitzers, more ROSOMAK 8x8s 10/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Contracts signed with Huta Stalowa Wola, WB Group, Jelcz, Rosomak, Wojskowe Zaklady Lacznosci No. 1, and PIT-Radwar for hundreds of new armoured vehicles and artillery pieces.

Iran: a night of war 10/06/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Overnight, in response to the shootdown of an APACHE helicopter, the United States launched a series of airstrikes against targets in southern Iran.  

Thales UK’s “RapidDestroyer”, a RF directed energy weapon, downs 80 drones in trials 09/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Born from Project EALING, the system is progressing through testing and growing in power.

Turkey’s national Stand Off Jammer aircraft progress in flight trials revealed in celebratory video 09/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Footage of the first Aselsan/TAI HAVA SOJ, built on the Bombardier GLOBAL 6000, was released as part of an official video celebrating the Turkish Air Force’s 115th anniversary.