The new French Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile M51.3 enters service 11/11/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The M51.3 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM), developed by Ariane Group, has entered service with France’s Strategic Oceanic Force (FOST), the branch of the French Navy… [read more]

Trump’s nuclear gambit 11/11/2025 | Francesca Genovese On October 30, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that, “due to the testing programs of other countries,” he had instructed the Department of War to “begin testing our nuclear weapons on a parity basis… immediately.”

L3Harris to deliver new underwater tracking range for Australia 11/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli A crucial training aid from L3Harris to ensure the Royal Australian Navy is ready for underwater warfare

The British Army tests the Helsing HX-2 in Kenya 10/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Hand-on testing reinforces the chances Helsing's munition will be picked for future orders

Industry talks: Echodyne’s radar technology for Counter-UAS protection 10/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Echodyne unveils how advanced radar technology shapes the future of counter-UAS protection for military and civil infrastructure in an exclusive Future Warfare Magazine interview, highlighting layered defense and market-driven innovation.

China: the FUJIAN aircraft carrier enters service - the first equipped with EMALS electromagnetic catapults 07/11/2025 | Francesca Genovese On 5 November, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) officially commissioned its third aircraft carrier, FUJIAN, which has now entered active service. The ceremony, held at the Sanya Naval Base on the namesake island in the South China Sea, was attended by senior state officials, including President Xi Jinping.

New Chinese Type 076 amphibious ship testing EMALS 07/11/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Reports from Chinese social media indicate increasing speculation that China's new Type 076 amphibious warship, the SICHUAN - likely designed to function as a drone carrier and capable of deploying fixed-wing aircraft - has initiated testing of its advanced electromagnetic catapult system (EMALS). The ship, which is currently being fitted… [read more]

Royal Navy steps up testing of Quantum technology sending it under the sea 06/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli A quantum clock has been tested aboard the uncrewed submarine XV EXCALIBUR

The US pushes CCA in Europe, raising concerns over the Continent’s strategic autonomy 06/11/2025 | Editorial Team After the first 2 days of the International Fighter Conference, organized in Rome by Defence IQ and closing today, we were left with a strong impression: the United States - both at the governmental and industrial levels - are actively promoting their Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program across Europe.

BLACKBEARD, the "affordable" hypersonic missile, is now also headed to the US Navy 05/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The programme, which came to the fore in US Army plans, is now also under contract with the Navy