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… [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.

Busy schedule for the French RAFALE fleet amid tests and deployments 14/07/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone French RAFALE jets face a packed second half of 2026, balancing urgent counter drone armament integration, collaborative electronic warfare trials with drones, and a long range PEGASE 26 deployment across three strategic theatres.

One year on, the “Entente Industrielle” over missiles for UK and France is a badly deflated balloon 14/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The slogan felt overblown as soon as it was created, but in just one year it deflated almost to nothing. STORM SHADOW became a “victim” of budget shortages. 

Iran, US Forces Employ Suicide Surface Drones in Combat for the First Time 13/07/2026 | Tommaso Massa On July 12, 2026, US Central Command (CENTCOM) employed Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) in a suicide attack role in combat for the first time.