DDX Program contract signed for the Italian Navy 24/09/2026 | Eugenio Po Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (a joint venture between Fincantieri and Leonardo) has signed a contract with OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement) worth €2.4… [read more]

Otokar and Leonardo complete HITFACT 120 turret integration on TULPAR 24/09/2026 | Eugenio Po Otokar and Leonardo have completed the integration of the HITFACT Mk-II 120/45 mm turret on the TULPAR tracked vehicle and demonstrated its accuracy in a series of live-fire tests at the Nettuno range (Ufficio Tecnico Territoriale Armamenti Terrestri, UTTAT) in Italy. Engineering teams from both companies carried out a comprehensive… [read more]

US Navy unveils MALICE, its new Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile 23/09/2026 | Fabio Di Felice At the recent Tailhook Symposium, held in late August in Reno, Nevada, the US Navy unveiled the development of a new long-range air-to-air missile, the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile (LRAAM) MALICE, built by Raytheon. The missile is intended to provide US Naval Aviation (and the US Marine Corps, USMC)… [read more]

Indonesia receives former Italian aircraft carrier GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI 22/09/2026 | Atul Chandra The Indonesian shipyard PT Penataran Angkatan Laut (PT PAL) is slated to undertake a full-refit of the aircraft carrier in partnership with Fincantieri. In addition to tropicalising the vessel for operations in Indonesia, various systems will be upgraded or replaced.

Why we still need the Main Battle Tank 22/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Riding the wave — let's be honest, a partly emotional one — of events unfolding daily in Ukraine, a widespread notion is taking hold: that the Main Battle Tank (MBT) is no longer useful, or nearly so. On a battlefield dominated by low-cost drones, where armored/mechanized movements on the ground… [read more]

Saudi Arabia, green light for the acquisition of 48 F-35A 22/09/2026 | Carolina Paizs On September 17, the US Department of State approved a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) for the sale to Saudi Arabia of up to 48 F-35A LIGHTNING II fighter jets and associated support materiel, at an estimated total cost of $24.3 billion — a remarkably high figure, especially compared to those… [read more]

IDV selected for US Army's Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability Initiative 22/09/2026 | Editorial Team IDV (part of Leonardo), through its US subsidiary IDV USA, announced its selection by the US Army's Capability Program Executive Office Mission Autonomy as 1 of 4 participants in the Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability (EABC) initiative. The other 3 selected companies are Caterpillar (Irving, Texas), Forterra (Clarksburg, Maryland) and Overland… [read more]

State of the Union 2026 - a new European security model? 17/09/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Both the Security Council and the Protocol proposals raise questions about Europe’s relationship with NATO. Von der Leyen stressed that the new structures would complement the Alliance. But with many of the same countries involved, questions over duplication, coordination and authority remain.

Russian battlecruiser ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV completes sea trials 17/09/2026 | Fabio Di Felice ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV, the first unit reactivated under the program to return the KIROV-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers to service, has completed sea trials and is expected to enter active service with the Northern Fleet by the end of 2026, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev.  

US Army awards $13M contract to Global Military Products for SCORPION Light Mobile Mortar 16/09/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The system comes integrated on Infantry Squad Vehicles, the mount for all Mobile Brigade Combat Teams