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]

Boeing "ejects" from the UJTS competition 24/06/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Boeing has decided not to continue its participation in the U.S. Navy's Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) competition to replace the T-45 GOSHAWK jet trainers.… [read more]

France's first mass-production drone order: the DGA bets on Harmattan AI's DELCO 23/06/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone According to a press release disseminated today by the French Ministère des Armées, on 28 May 2026 the DGA formally ordered 5,000 DELCO (Drone du… [read more]

Leonardo's M-346 aircraft controls Baykar's KIZILELMA UCAV in flight 22/06/2026 | Giulio Menegotto Under the K-SWARM program, Leonardo and Baykar have completed a series of tests to assess the integration between the Italian group's M-346 light fighter/trainer and… [read more]

China new nuclear powered supercarrier progress 22/06/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Recent satellite imagery of the Dalian Shipyard in northern China indicates rapid progress on the construction of the country’s first nuclear-powered Type 004 aircraft carrier.… [read more]

EU accelerates on Ukraine, but Costa’s Kremlin channel divides leaders 19/06/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Ukraine has taken centre stage at this week’s European Council meeting. While EU leaders reaffirmed their long-term support for Kyiv and signalled a willingness to… [read more]

Eurosatory: Malaysia orders 18 CAESAR self-propelled howitzers 19/06/2026 | Atul Chandra KNDS has secured an order from Malaysia for 18 CAESAR 155 mm/52 calibre self-propelled howitzers (SPH), the company announced at the Eurosatory defence exhibition. This… [read more]

Eurosatory, Rheinmetall and South Korea's LIG team up for air defense systems targeting EU and NATO markets 19/06/2026 | Carolina Paizs (Reporting from Paris) At Eurosatory 2026, Rheinmetall and South Korean firm LIG Defense & Aerospace (LIG D&A) announced a strategic partnership for the development and marketing of air… [read more]

Eurosatory: Oman Munition Production Company to manufacture Czech Republic MSM’s medium and heavy-calibre ammunitions 19/06/2026 | Atul Chandra Oman Munition Production Company (OMPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Czech Republic's MSM Group, one of Europe's leading ammunition manufacturers and a… [read more]