US Navy announces a new frigate class 19/12/2025 | TOMMASO MASSA In a video message released on its social media channels, the Secretary of the US Navy, John Phelan, announced the development and construction of a… [read more]

German Army secures 200 additional PUMA IFVs in a €4.2 billion contract 19/12/2025 | Editorial Team The German Bundeswehr has substantially reinforced its commitment to the PUMA infantry fighting vehicle programme, commissioning Projekt System & Management GmbH (the joint venture between… [read more]

From the United States $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan 19/12/2025 | Editorial Team The US Department of State has approved 8 potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases, with a total value of approximately $11.1 billion, to the Taipei… [read more]

Marines activate 3 new companies at Camp Schwab base in Okinawa 19/12/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The U.S. Marine Corps has announced the activation of 3 new companies at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, as part of the ongoing implementation of Force Design 2030… [read more]

HII progresses the build of the prototype ROMULUS large USV 18/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli HII has reported progress in the building of the prototype ship in its ROMULUS project for an entire family of uncrewed, autonomous vessels. The hull… [read more]

Denmark signs contracts for IRIS-T SLM. And NASAMS. And MICA VL 18/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Back in July, Denmark had signed urgent, stop-gap contracts for the procurement of ground based air defence Fire Units. In order to put the systems… [read more]

A preliminary analysis of the Ukrainian UUV attack on Novorossiysk 17/12/2025 | Massimo Annati A large part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has for some time been forced to withdraw to the naval base of Novorossiysk, as the… [read more]

Taiwan releases its 2025 National Defense Report 17/12/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan) has released its 18th National Defense Report (2025), published in accordance with Article 30 of the National Defense Act.… [read more]

Anduril and GKN team to build an uncrewed rotorcraft for the British Army’s Project NYX 16/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Anduril, GKN Aerospace and Archer have formed a team to work together over the development of a rotorcraft uncrewed vehicle that will compete for the… [read more]

Ukrainian underwater drone strikes russian KILO submarine in Novorossiysk: a first 15/12/2025 | Editorial Team A new chapter in the Black Sea naval war opened this afternoon: the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) released a video documenting an attack via… [read more]

New NATO E-3 SENTRY Replacement Option 15/12/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Following NATO’s decision to abandon the acquisition of 6 Boeing E-7A WEDGETAIL Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft as a replacement for the ageing… [read more]

Germany's PEGASUS SIGINT aircraft arrives for final integration 12/12/2025 | Braid Archer The first of three Bombardier GLOBAL 6000 aircraft destined for Germany's PEGASUS airborne signals intelligence programme has landed in Hamburg, marking a decisive step towards… [read more]

ASD annual conference: Europe’s defence awakening between momentum and fragility 12/12/2025 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Europe has woken up on defence - but it still has a long way to go. At last week’s ASD conference in Brussels, panelists agreed:… [read more]

UK and Norway formalize further agreements in their Defence collaboration 11/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre’s  visit to the UK on December 4 marked the signing of the expanded Defence deal between the two Countries, which was… [read more]

Back to war: Thai airstrikes shatter fragile truce with Cambodia 10/12/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The precarious peace along the Thai-Cambodian border has collapsed. Just two months after a ceasefire was brokered to end the deadly skirmishes of July, hostilities… [read more]

Bangladesh selects Eurofighter TYPHOON (and future market perspectives) 10/12/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone With an official announcement, the Bangladesh Air Force has confirmed signing a Letter of Intent with Leonardo for the acquisition of the Eurofighter TYPHOON fighter aircraft. Further details are not yet available,… [read more]

UK takes further programme steps on ‘Atlantic Bastion’ ASW concept 10/12/2025 | Dr Lee Willett, reporting from London During the Royal Navy’s International Sea Power Conference, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Royal Navy (RN), in partnership with the Council on Geostrategy,… [read more]

EXCALIBUR HTK variant passes key seeker test 09/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The EXCALIBUR 155 mm precision-guided projectile, co-developed by Raytheon and BAE Systems Bofors, is a proven battlefield solution offering a Circular Error Probable (CEP) of… [read more]

MBDA STRATUS LO for the Type 26 frigates 09/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The UK plans to use the subsonic, stealthy, long range STRATUS LO aboard its Royal Navy Type 26 frigates, Minister Luke Pollard finally confirmed in… [read more]

Trump's National Security Strategy 05/12/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The new US National Security Strategy, drafted by the second Trump Administration, has been released. The document reflects many of the elements outlined by the tycoon… [read more]