Israel Delivers the First ARROW 3 Battery to Germany 04/12/2025 | Francesca Genovese On 3 December, Israel delivered the first ARROW 3 battery to the German Air Force during a ceremony at Holzdorf Air Base, approximately 120 km… [read more]

Embraer and PGZ sign strategic accord: Poland as key KC-390 Hub? 04/12/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone On 2 December in Warsaw, Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer and Poland's state-owned defence conglomerate Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa signed five Memoranda of Understanding establishing an extensive… [read more]

Air-to-Air Missiles on Russian GERAN-2 Drones 04/12/2025 | Francesca Genovese A video released on X on 1 December shows the in-flight interception of a SHAHED-136 (GERAN-2) armed with an R-60 missile. The Russian drone was… [read more]

SpaceFlux bags 3 separate contracts key to the UK’s Space Situational Awareness 03/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) contracts, awarded under the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) framework, secure Spaceflux’s… [read more]

Filling Europe’s C2 void: Northrop Grumman’s IBCS secures strategic role 02/12/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Northrop Grumman and MBDA Deutschland at the Berlin Security Conference in November 2025 marks a potentially significant… [read more]

Jihadists in Mali and the fuel war 02/12/2025 | Francesca Genovese For the past two and a half months, a blockade on the “strategic” roads linking Mali to Senegal and Mauritania—imposed by al-Qaeda–affiliated jihadists (Jama’at Nusrat… [read more]

Sweden orders more IRIS-T SLS to give Brigades their air defences 02/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The announcement was made on November 25 at the Air Defence Regiment in Halmstad (Lv 6), although the new systems being procured will actually be… [read more]

Poland announces the Saab A-26 submarine as the preferred solution for Project ORKA 02/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Poland has chosen Sweden as its strategic partner in its quest to acquire 3 new “ORKA” submarines to replace its solitary remaining KILO-class SSK. Sweden’s… [read more]

Lockheed Martin and Diehl to work together on bringing IRIS-T SLM into AEGIS 28/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Helmut Rauch, CEO of Diehl Defence, and Chandra Marshall, Vice President at Lockheed Martin, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Berlin Security Conference, agreeing… [read more]

Leonardo unveils MICHELANGELO DOME, its new integrated defence system 28/11/2025 | Andrea Mottola Yesterday in Rome, Leonardo presented its new integrated defence system: MICHELANGELO DOME. Designed to counter emerging threats in an increasingly complex global environment, the project… [read more]

HORNET AIR GUARD: Arquus pushes SCORPION towards counter UAS protection 27/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The French Army is accelerating the adaptation of its SCORPION combat vehicles to the drone age, and Arquus’ new Hornet Air Guard remote weapon station… [read more]

Belgium prepares the return to 2 combat brigades 27/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Belgium’s current single, large Motorised Brigade will formally split into 2 on 3 February 2026, confirming plans formulated earlier in 2025 as Defence spending increases… [read more]

General Atomics and Saab to test the AEW solution for the MQ-9B already in the summer 26/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli After announcing their teaming up earlier this year, GA-ASI and Saab have now announced an ambitious target to conduct flight operations with their AEW (Airborne… [read more]

The US Navy cancels the CONSTELLATION program, with no one to blame but itself 26/11/2025 | Pietro Batacchi After delays and cost increases, the US Navy has finally announced the cancellation of the CONSTELLATION-class frigate program, based on the Italian FREMM design. Fincantieri… [read more]

Japan to deploy Type 03 CHU SAM air defence systems 70 miles from Taiwan 25/11/2025 | Editorial Team Japan’s new Defence Minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, has announced plans to deploy an unspecified number of Type 03 CHU SAM medium-range air and missile defence systems… [read more]

Sweden has ordered further MBDA CAMM missiles 21/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli MBDA has signed a contract amendment with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration - FMV (Försvarets MaterielVerk) - to enable follow-on deliveries of the Common Anti-air… [read more]

NATO abandons plans for the purchase of 6 E-7 WEDGETAIL 21/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli On 13 November, the Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands posted on its website the announcement that “together with a number of partner countries”, it… [read more]

General Atomics presents GAMBIT 6 CCA for air-to-ground operations 21/11/2025 | Fabio Di Felice General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has recently announced a new platform of its GAMBIT unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) series, built and enhanced for… [read more]

Roll-out of the first German and Norwegian LEOPARD 2A8 Main Battle Tanks 20/11/2025 | Eugenio Po Yesterday, 19 November, in Munich, and in the presence of German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, the official presentation ceremony was held for the first units… [read more]

Germany picks the C-UAV ENFORCER missile by MBDA for its SKYRANGER 19/11/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Following a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed by Rheinmetall Electronics and MBDA Deutschland at ILA last year, German lawmakers approved a funding proposal to develop… [read more]