Iran-United States: toward open war? 23/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA We have now reached the 12th consecutive night of American strikes on Iran, yet Tehran shows no sign of buckling. On the contrary, it has… [read more]

Farnborough: Saab and Embraer scale up GRIPEN production for a hot market 22/07/2026 | Braid Archer Brazil’s expansion of the GRIPEN final assembly line at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto site marks a decisive shift from licensed production to genuine co-production of a… [read more]

BAE to deliver naval guns for Brazilian patrol ships 22/07/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (Reporting from Washington, DC) BAE Systems announced on 16 July the sale of two “state-of-the-art” Bofors 40Mk4 naval gun systems for Brazil. The guns will be installed aboard patrol… [read more]

The MQ-28 GHOST BAT of Boeing Australia debuts in a major international exercise and appears at Farnborough in company with a METEOR missile 22/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The MQ-28A GHOST BAT developed in Australia by Boeing and central to the future plans of the Royal Australian Air Force has made its debut… [read more]

Farnborough, Indonesia signs for 12 Leonardo M-346F light attack fighters 21/07/2026 | Editorial Team During the Farnborough International Airshow 2026, Leonardo and the Indonesian Ministry of Defense announced the signing of the contract for the supply of 12 M-346F… [read more]

Interview with Pascal Grenier, President of CAE Defence & Security, on training as the bottleneck of Western defence readiness 21/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA Farnborough International Airshow 2026 opened yesterday with a Western defence industry that has never been under more pressure to deliver, and never been more exposed… [read more]

Farnborough Air Show 2026: a win for GCAP… and for drones 21/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The Farnborough Air Show 2026, the traditional biennial aerospace and defence event in the United Kingdom, opened tod, after the Italian-British-Japanese sixth-generation fighter programme took… [read more]

LBA Systems Unveils ASTORE LEVANTE Drone at Farnborough 20/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi LBA Systems, the joint venture between Leonardo and Baykar, has officially unveiled the ASTORE LEVANTE drone. The aircraft, displayed in the static show, represents the… [read more]

UVision goes European: CORTEX BMS launch and European subsidiary mark a strategic pivot to systems integration 20/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA Two announcements central to Israel’s UVision current strategic phase converged at ILA Berlin 2026: the public launch of CORTEX, an AI-enabled Battle Intelligence and Mission… [read more]

Moscow strikes, Kyiv fights back: long-range attacks escalate 17/07/2026 | Francesco Bossi Between mid-June and the first days of July, Russia and Ukraine intensified their respective deep-strike campaigns, hitting energy, logistics and industrial infrastructure in each other's… [read more]

Iran-United States: escalation in the Middle East 17/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA Over the past 48 hours, the U.S.-Iran conflict has entered a new phase of escalation. On the U.S. side, CENTCOM raids — now in their… [read more]

Czech Air Force receives first C-390 MILLENNIUM 17/07/2026 | Editorial Team On July 16, 2026, the Czech Air Force took delivery of the first of 2 C-390 MILLENNIUM multi-mission transport aircraft from Embraer, 20 months after… [read more]

Rohde & Schwarz NEMACS, the AESA directional datalink enabling the Multi-Domain Combat Cloud 16/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA During the ILA Berlin Air Show 2026, German technology group Rohde & Schwarz unveiled NEMACS (Networked Multipoint Array Communications System), a new directional datalink designed… [read more]

Ukraine's know-how, Europe's scale: the Drone Deal takes shape 16/07/2026 | Giulio Menegotto The European Commission and the Ukrainian Government have signed 2 agreements: a new industrial partnership and the EU-Ukraine Drone Deal, aimed respectively at strengthening the… [read more]

Massed Modular Aircraft: an open solicitation to US and international vendors for the post MQ-9 16/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli In a solicitation open to both US and international vendors, the US “Joint Force”, not just the Air Force, ask industry for their proposal for… [read more]

Signals at the edge, exclusive interview with US company Microwave Products Group (MPG) 15/07/2026 | CAROLINA PAIZS FW MAG’s interview “Signals at the edge” has been published on FW-4/2026. It is a deep dive into how electronic warfare is being rewritten at… [read more]

UK and Netherlands join forces (again) on the future Amphibious Transport Ships 15/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On 7 July, the outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a key agreement with Netherlands Prime Minister Rob Jetten on the sidelines of the NATO… [read more]

Iran and US, fighting for Hormuz. Escalation in the Gulf 14/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Open war has erupted again across the Strait of Hormuz, following days of clashes and President Trump's announcement of the resumption of the blockade against… [read more]

Canada: big win for the U-212CD submarines 14/07/2026 | Giuliano Da Frè A "German" tipping point for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), aimed not only at replacing the 4 VICTORIA class boats in service for over… [read more]

Busy schedule for the French RAFALE fleet amid tests and deployments 14/07/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone France’s RAFALE fleet is entering the second half of 2026 with a notably dense agenda that combines rapid integration of new weapons, experimentation with collaborative… [read more]