LUCAS drones: a low-cost solution for arming ships 29/05/2026 | Massimo Annati During Operation EPIC FURY against Iran, the United States deployed the LUCAS (Low Cost Unmanned Attack System) which – ironically – appears to be a… [read more]
Turkish Air Force orders first KAAN batch 29/05/2026 | Fabio Di Felice At SAHA defense expo in Istanbul, Turkish Aerospace CEO, Mehmet Demiroglu, announced that Ankara’s Defense Industries Secretariat has formally signed a deal with Turkish Aerospace to procure the first 20 indigenous 5th-generation KAAN fighter jets.
Iran, "tit for tat" below the threshold 28/05/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Following yesterday's Iranian announcement of a deal reached — flatly denied by Trump — a new ceasefire breach was recorded overnight, in line with the "tit for tat" logic that now appears to be taking hold. Iran blocked an American tanker from transiting through Hormuz, and the US struck a… [read more]
US Marine Corps looks to acquire airfield-building robots 28/05/2026 | Fabio Di Felice USMC announced its project “Automated Expeditionary Airfield Assembly,” seeking for robots that can do the “grunt” work of laying down the matting used to quickly build-up Expeditionary Airfields (EAF), in littoral beachheads and other remote locations. According to the operational requirement, of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposal, these… [read more]
General Atomics’ YFQ-42A CCA resumes flying testing 28/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced on May 21 that its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft has returned to flight testing “following a round of safety reviews and software enhancements”.
China launches 5th Generation J-35AE stealth fighter for the foreign market 27/05/2026 | Fabio Di Felice As showed on CCTV footage, China launched its 5th Generation J-35AE jet in the stealth fighter jets market. The new variant of the Chinese aircraft J-35 CLOUD DRAGON, developed by AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China), is designed for export to non-Western countries.
France and Belgium agree the requirements for the VBAE 27/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On May 19, the French Général de Corps d'Armée Patrick Justel and the Commander of the Belgian Land Component, Major General Baugnée, jointly signed a document that defines the key characteristics required of the future Véhicules Blindés d'Aide à l'Engagement (VBAE), which the 2 Nations intend to jointly procure.
NATO towards Ankara: a reshuffle, not a new start 26/05/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) In the hours before the NATO political and military meetings last week, unease spread within the Alliance. Reports surfaced of a planned redeployment of 5,000 US troops outside conventional Europe, including the withdrawal (without replacement) of an Armored Brigade Combat Team and a reduced long-range artillery battalion. European capitals grew… [read more]
Navantia UK presented its LASV-75, a large concept design for an uncrewed escort ship 26/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Navantia UK has showcased the model of its proposal for an uncrewed escort ship at the Combined Naval Event in Farnborough. Dubbed LASV-75, from its length of 75 meters, the ship is designed from the outset to be uncrewed, dispensing with crew spaces to maximize payload capacity.
Iran, credibility, reputation, and war 25/05/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Just when it looked as though the Americans and Iranians had reached an agreement — one that deferred the most important issue, the nuclear file, and failed to address the other one, the missile question — everything appears to be back on the table. A nerve-wracking tug of war, a… [read more]