Marines test helicopters as launch and control platform for FPV drones 08/06/2026 | Fabio Di Felice The USMC is testing the integration of low-cost FPV (First-Person-View) drones with its H-1 family helicopters. On May 13, 2026, at the Marine Corps Air… [read more]

Poland: all 3 MIECZNIK-class frigates now in build as steel is cut for ship 3, the future HURAGAN 05/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The ceremony for the first steel cut for the future HURAGAN was held on 28 April 2026 at the PGZ shipyard in Gdynia. Now all… [read more]

US Defense Innovation Unit back HERMEUS’s supersonic drone with $159 million 05/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The US Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) awarded the startup HERMEUS a new $159 million contract, under which the company will provide flight… [read more]

Lithuania announces acquisition plan for 936 PATRIA 6x6 04/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Lithuania’s State Defense Council, the country’s top defense decision-making body, has backed the Ministry of National Defence plan to procure hundreds of Patria XA-300 6x6… [read more]

Rheinmetall lands €5.7 billion Romanian mega-contract in company's largest-ever international deal 03/06/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone On 2 June 2026, Rheinmetall announced the largest international contract package in its recent corporate history: a €5.7 billion deal awarded by Romania's Directorate General… [read more]

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… [read more]

FN Browning acquires Accuracy International, cementing its UK position ahead of key MoD projects 02/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Belgian firm FN Browning has announced its acquisition of the historical, iconic british maker of sniper rifles, Accuracy International. Founded in 1978, Accuracy International… [read more]

South Korea advances nuclear-powered submarine programme 29/05/2026 | Atul Chandra South Korea has announced plans to proceed with the development of nuclear-powered submarines. This is the first time that Seoul has publicly provided details of… [read more]

Airbus secures Thai order for four C295 transport aircraft 29/05/2026 | Atul Chandra Thailand has ordered four Airbus C295 tactical transports for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) and Royal Thai Navy (RTN), expanding the country’s fleet of… [read more]

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… [read more]

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… [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… [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… [read more]

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… [read more]

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… [read more]

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… [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… [read more]

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,… [read more]

Weekend with ORESHNIK in Kyiv: a first look at Russia's massive combined missile strike 25/05/2026 | Igor Markic (Reporting from Kyiv) On the night of 23-24 May, Russia launched a massive missile attack against Ukraine. According to official Ukrainian figures, the Russians fired roughly 90 missiles… [read more]