Rheinmetall lands €5.7 billion Romanian mega-contract in company's largest-ever international deal 03/06/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone LYNX IFVs, SKYRANGER systems, naval vessels and ammunition mark a watershed moment for both the Düsseldorf group and Bucharest's defence transformation.
Ukraine: Russian forces re-deploy the 9M729 NOVATOR cruise missile 03/06/2026 | Francesco Bossi In the wake of the heavy Russian missile strikes that hit the Ukrainian capital in late May, video and photographic evidence has emerged apparently showing the wreckage of a 9M729 NOVATOR cruise missile. The system, developed by Russian firm NPO Novator, is one of the most advanced iterations of Russia's… [read more]
FN Browning acquires Accuracy International, cementing its UK position ahead of key MoD projects 02/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli FN Browning is for the UK the closest thing to a “national” small arms producer. FN UK will now clearly try to pursue through Accuracy International as it involves the procurement of new, bolt action, multi-calibre sniper rifles to replace existing L115 and L118s.
South Korea advances nuclear-powered submarine programme 29/05/2026 | Atul Chandra A nuclear submarine will provide the (ROKN) with substantially enhanced operational capabilities due to their long-term submerged endurance and high mobility.
Airbus secures Thai order for four C295 transport aircraft 29/05/2026 | Atul Chandra The C295 has proven popular in the region accounting for 90 of the total of 335 aircraft ordered till date.
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 project "inspired" by Iran's SHAHED-136 and its Russian clone GERAN-2, which have become some of the most widely used weapons in the war against Ukraine.
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”.