Ukraine unveils new AREION missile-drone 17/04/2026 | Francesco Bossi On the occasion of the Defence Industry Workers' Day, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha presented a new exhibition dedicated to weapons systems, including missiles, drones,… [read more]

France increases Defence spending - again 17/04/2026 | Fabio Di Felice French Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin has announced a €36 billion ($42 billion) increase to the defence budget over the next 4 years, as part of a revision to the military programming law. By 2027, the revised annual budget will stand at €63.3 billion ($74 billion), with a projected figure of… [read more]

Hunting the Russian AKULA-class nuclear attack submarine 17/04/2026 | Michele Cosentino On 9 April 2026, the British Ministry of Defence released details of an operation conducted in the maritime areas surrounding the British Isles. The operation involved a Russian AKULA-class nuclear attack submarine, supported by at least 2 "research" midget submarines assigned to the GUGI (Glavnoye Upravlenie Glubokovodnikh Issledovanii), the elite… [read more]

Israel to accelerate ARROW production, including through US suppliers 16/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli While Israel’s policy calls for achieving “munitions independence”, cooperation with US supplies remains key to accelerate production and keep the supply chain safe.

Elbit to deliver PULS rocket artillery to Greece 15/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Greece’s $750 million order for Precise & Universal Launching System (PULS) is finalized

General Atomics reports an accident to one of its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft test platform 15/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Flight testing was temporarily paused “out of abundance of caution”. GA-ASI’s YFQ-42A was the first CCA to fly, preceding Anduril’s YFQ-44A by a few months in 2025

AUKUS, autonomy and the new undersea order at UDT 2026 15/04/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone (Reporting from London) At UDT 2026 in London, unmanned systems, autonomy and data centric sonar dominate the agenda, while AUKUS, evolving mine warfare concepts and NATO’s REPMUS lessons reshape the future of undersea operations.

ULTRA will supply the US Navy with the new AN/SSQ-125B sonobuoys 13/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The contract to kick-start low-rate initial production (LRIP) has been announced on April 6. The Ultra Maritime Q-125B incorporates advanced signal processing and improved acoustic performance.

Baykar presents its K2 KAMIKAZE drone 10/04/2026 | Fabio Di Felice The famous Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar recently presented a new, AI-powered loitering ammunition called K2 KAMIKAZE Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The company stated that the new drone also performed an “intelligent swarm autonomy tests,” which has seen a formation flight tests with 5 aircraft in varying configurations” over the Gulf… [read more]

Korean Air rolls out first production Medium Altitude UAV 09/04/2026 | Mike Rajkumar Korean Air has rolled out its Medium Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MUAV) at its Tech Centre in Busan. The new medium-altitude unmanned platform will enhance the surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of South Korea’s military. The first production MUAV (previously known as the KUS-FS) has been developed by Korean Air in… [read more]