Crimea: Kiev steps up strikes on energy infrastructure and maritime traffic 10/07/2026 | Francesco Bossi The Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces continue their deep-interdiction campaign against Crimea and the Sea of Azov. Over the past week, Kiev has concentrated its strikes… [read more]

Lockheed Martin unveils HIMARS FLEX 10/07/2026 | Andrea Mottola During Eurosatory 2026, Lockheed Martin announced HIMARS FLEX, a modular evolution of the M-142 HIMARS high-mobility rocket artillery system. The variant introduces a configuration with… [read more]

The UK aircraft demonstrator progresses as the £4.6 billion international GCAP development contract is announced 09/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli BAE Systems has made great progress in its Samlesbury plant in the manufacture of the major structural sections of the national demonstrator aircraft connected to… [read more]

Italy leads NATO's first fully multi-domain TASK FORCE X in the Central Mediterranean 09/07/2026 | Giulio Menegotto Italy is currently leading TASK FORCE X CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN (TFX-CENTMED) through the Defense General Staff. The activity, conducted in the waters of the southern Adriatic… [read more]

NATO tries to appear alive and well - and wants to become a defence market architect 09/07/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) At the Ankara summit, NATO tried to renew its unity and marking a turning point. Apparently, the Alliance would be evolving beyond a military pact… [read more]

Iran, a night of War: the logic of proportionality breaks down 08/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Sharp escalation overnight in the confrontation between Iran and the United States. Following a series of attacks by the Pasdaran against vessels transiting the Strait… [read more]

ISR small UGVs: helping ground troops see what’s beyond 08/07/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (Reporting from Washington, DC) Two small uncrewed ground vehicles (sUGVs) have recently entered the market: Teledyne Flir Defense’s FIRSTLOOK 125 throwable reconnaissance robot and AeroVironment’s TOM 50RE robot for… [read more]

The UK looks set to attempt to jump directly from METEOR to a successor missile 08/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli As the true implications of the freshly published Defence Investment Plan slowly surface, the MoD reveals that it has cancelled its plans for a Mid… [read more]

NATO unveils GLOBALEYE and MQ-4C TRITON buys at Ankara Summit 07/07/2026 | Editorial Team At the NATO Summit in Ankara, Türkiye, Secretary General Mark Rutte announced on July 7, 2026 that the Alliance will begin formal negotiations with Saab… [read more]

Fincantieri Strengthens Underwater Segment with New Acquisitions 06/07/2026 | Giulio Menegotto The Italian shipbuilding group announced the acquisition of majority stakes in NEXTGEOSOLUTIONS, WSENSE, GRAALTECH, and DEFCOMM, companies operating in the Underwater (UW) sector, with an… [read more]

Israel announces new upgrades for IRON DOME 06/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli At the beginning of July, the Israeli MoD and Rafael jointly announced a new wave of upgrades for the IRON DOME system, releasing footage of… [read more]

US Marines in Okinawa received their first NMESIS and MADIS systems 06/07/2026 | Fabio Di Felice US Marines in Okinawa officially received the first Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) and Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS). The 2 systems have been… [read more]

“Europe is our next big market” - Exclusive Interview with H.E. Hamad Al Marar, Managing Director & CEO of EDGE Group 01/07/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone On 11 June 2026, Abu Dhabi-based advanced technology and defence group EDGE formally launched EDGE Europe, a fully European commercial enterprise, headquartered in Paris, with… [read more]

Poland and Sweden signed the agreement for the Saab A26 submarines 01/07/2026 | Giulio Menegotto Poland, through the State Treasury Armaments Agency, has signed the contract with Sweden's Saab for the supply of 3 A26 submarines under the ORKA program,… [read more]

Race against the clock for US Small Modular Nuclear Reactors 30/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Trump's 2025 executive order called for 3 reactors to be critical in time for the 250th anniversary of the USA. The start-up Valar Atomics has… [read more]

Northrop Grumman proposes the 50 mm XM913 gun as a C-UAV/AA solution 30/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli At Eurosatory, Northrop Grumman showcased, although for now only in the form of a scale model, a C-UAV and air defence palletized turret armed with… [read more]

Kawasaki Heavy Industries eyes Eurodrone maritime ASW variant 29/06/2026 | Atul Chandra Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus D&S) to explore the development of a Japanese… [read more]

India’s indigenous NETRA AEW&C fleet receives final operational clearance 29/06/2026 | Atul Chandra India’s indigenously developed ‘NETRA’ Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system has received Final Operational Clearance (FOC) from the country’s military airworthiness authorities, marking the… [read more]

Rheinmetall and General Atomics together for 155 mm maneuvering precision shell 25/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Rheinmetall and and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 21, during Eurosatory 2026, to explore joint production arrangements… [read more]

Hyundai Rotem selects FFG as partner in the development of the recovery variant of the K2 tank for Poland 25/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On June 15, during Eurosatory 2026, South Korean company Hyundai Rotem signed an agreement with Germany’s FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH (FFG), bringing the German… [read more]