Iran: the US further reinforces its military posture in the area. The Jordanian Muwaffaq Salti base is pivotal 17/02/2026 | Editorial Team While talks continue, and President Trump keeps repeating that Iran wants a deal, the United States is pressing ahead with efforts to reinforce its presence… [read more]

A new ELSA initiative targets cheap One Way Effectors for strikes on ranges of over 500 km 17/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On February 12, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden signed a new LoI The Defence Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the… [read more]

MSC 2026: Transatlantic Cognitive Dissonance 17/02/2026 | Caterina Tani Looking at transatlantic relations today, the true protagonist of this year’s Munich Security Conference was a form of strategic ‘cognitive dissonance.’ In psychology, cognitive dissonance… [read more]

US bolsters military presence in Puerto Rico 16/02/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Over a month after the US arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, American forces remain not only active in the Caribbean but are operating under… [read more]

NATO 3.0: proclaimed unity and the new transatlantic contract 13/02/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) After weeks of underlying tensions - from the “Greenland dossier” revived by Donald Trump to the collapse of US-EU trade talks that included defence procurement… [read more]

Second US Carrier Strike Group could reinforce the LINCOLN CSG in the Gulf 12/02/2026 | Editorial Team According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon has reportedly ordered a second Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to prepare for deployment to the Middle East,… [read more]

NATO’s Winter Camp 26: cold steel, cold politics 11/02/2026 | Braid Archer On a frozen training area near Tapa, Estonia, NATO exercise Winter Camp 26 has concluded on February 6, and has accomplished its double duty: testing… [read more]

Live test at Eglin for the ERAM, the low-cost cruise missile for Ukraine and for USAF needs 11/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The US Air Force completed a live-warhead test of a low-cost standoff cruise missile on the Eglin Test and Training Range on Jan. 21, 2026,… [read more]

Hensoldt announces the successful completion of early tests with a sub-scale HADIS cargo glider 10/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli In autumn 2025, Hensoldt completed a successful flight tests campaign using a sub-scale demonstrator of its High Altitude Drop Infiltrating System (HADIS), an unscrewed cargo-carrying… [read more]

SCAF/FCAS: Requiem for a Fighter 10/02/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone When Europe’s leaders unveiled the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) in 2017, they sold it as the embodiment of strategic autonomy and technological sovereignty; less… [read more]

A Ministerial Written Answer confirms that Patria 6x6 is also being considered as replacement for FUCHS 09/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Defence Procurement Minister Luke Pollard has confirmed in a Written Asnwer on 3 February that the Patria 6x6 is being “considered” as replacement for the… [read more]

World Defense Show kicks off in Riyadh, as the Gulf teeters on the brink of War 09/02/2026 | Pietro Batacchi (Reporting from Riyadh) The third edition of the World Defense Show (WDS) opened yesterday at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center, some 70 km from the capital,… [read more]

Conflict lessons indicate navies must keep building the maritime surveillance net 09/02/2026 | Dr Lee Willett, reporting from London Ukraine’s successful sinking of the Russian Federation Navy’s Slava-class cruiser MOSKVA – its Black Sea Fleet flagship – on 14 April 2022 was one of… [read more]

Germany’s big IRIS-T bet: Berlin’s new missile deal with Diehl 06/02/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Yesterday, Germany has signed new contracts with Diehl Defence for IRIS-T missiles that simultaneously top up Luftwaffe air to air stocks and expand ground based… [read more]

The German dilemma: F-126, A-200 DEU – or both? 05/02/2026 | Michele Cosentino In this early part of 2026, the German Ministry of Defence and Navy are wrestling with a dilemma over the new frigate programme for the… [read more]

From Karlskrona with code: Sweden’s Autonomous Ocean Drone emerges 05/02/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Saab is using NavyTech & Seabed Defence event in Gothenburg to quietly lift the veil on its Autonomous Ocean Drone, a large uncrewed undersea vehicle… [read more]

With Project GOSHAWK, the UK looks at a new low-cost interceptor for drones and low-altitude threats 04/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli While the UK has joined forces with Ukraine, co-developing an anti-drone interceptor under Project OCTOPUS and committing to producing “a thousand a month” or more,… [read more]

Norway’s Defence Forces to take over SAR at Tromsø, add 2 more AW101 “SAR Queen” helicopters 04/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Minister of Justice and Public Security Astri Aas-Hansen has announced that Norway’s Defence Forces will take over responsibility for the delivery of Search and Rescue… [read more]

Embraer KC-390 under the spotlight with Asian and Central Asian breakthroughs 03/02/2026 | Editorial Team Embraer announced significant progress for its KC-390 Millennium programme at the Singapore Airshow on 3rd February, revealing both a major production milestone for the Republic… [read more]

Lighter, more mobile: Northrop Grumman charts IBCS evolution 03/02/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Northrop Grumman's Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) is undergoing a fundamental transformation, already. What began as the US Army's programme of record for Integrated Air… [read more]