The Strait of Hormuz and Europe’s strategic circle squared 20/04/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) The Strait of Hormuz is doing what decades of summits could not: forcing a solution to Europe’s strategic dilemma. For years, Europe has wrestled with… [read more]

Ukraine, a new missile for the 9K33M3 OSA-AKM System? 20/04/2026 | Francesco Bossi A number of new developments were unveiled in Ukraine on the occasion of the Defence Industry Workers’ Day (we recently reported on the new AREION missile-drone), and among them, of particular interest is a new surface-to-air missile compatible with the OSA-AKM air defence systems.

Odysight.ai–GACI alliance targets French defence readiness 20/04/2026 | Editorial Team Odysight.ai’s alliance with GACI Technologies aims to inject AI-powered predictive maintenance into France’s aerospace and defence fleets, promising higher availability, safer operations and a data-driven shift in maintenance doctrine.

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, and state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems. Among the systems on display were the OCTOPUS and STING interceptor drones, as well as several UAVs including the BUNTAR-3,… [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.