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]

Russia launches one of its largest combined strikes in months against western Ukraine 19/11/2025 | Carolina Paizs During the night, Russia carried out one of its most extensive combined attacks in recent months against targets in western Ukraine, an assault that continued… [read more]

The Fleet Solid Support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary pass Critical Design Review 17/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Navantia UK, its wholly controlled Harland & Wolff firm in the UK and BMT Defence & Security (the firm that designed the vessels) has completed… [read more]

LoI between France and Ukraine for RAFALE and SAMP/T 17/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Ukraine and France have just concluded a landmark 10-year defence agreement on Monday, 17 November 2025, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel… [read more]

US Army ARTEMIS radar aircraft spotted over the Black Sea 13/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli On Sunday 2 November, an ARTEMIS (Airborne Reconnaissance Targeting and Exploitation Multi-Mission Intelligence System) business jet, was observed on AIS while flying, over international waters… [read more]

Avio signs 2 agreements with Lockheed and Raytheon to build a new Solid Rocket Motor facility in the US 13/11/2025 | Francesca Genovese A double breakthrough in the United States for Avio, the Italian company headquartered in Colleferro and a leading player in solid, liquid, and cryogenic propulsion… [read more]