More underwater gliders and profiling floats for the Royal Navy from Teledyne 07/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Royal Navy has celebrated at the end of March the activation of a new contract, worth more than £6.6 million, with Teledyne to replenish… [read more]

L3Harris for the launch and recovery of drones from SSN torpedo tubes 03/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On March 25, L3Harris Technologies announced that it received an Other Transaction Authority contract from the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver… [read more]

Japan deploys first operational hypersonic glide weapon 01/04/2026 | Mike Rajkumar Japan has enhanced its stand-off strike capabilities with the deployment of the nation’s first operational hypersonic glide weapon by the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF).… [read more]

Elbit America awarded contract to develop the Soldier Borne Mission Command system 19/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On March 10, Elbit America announced the award of a $120.5 million Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contract from the US Army that will see the… [read more]

Kraken to supply 20 USV K3 to the Royal Navy under project BEEHIVE 18/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Project BEEHIVE, opened on the market with a first notice published in early November 2025, is about supplying the Royal Navy with a flotilla of… [read more]

South Korea moves ahead on KOREA-type AEGIS destroyer, F-35A Upgrade 13/03/2026 | Mike Rajkumar South Korea is moving ahead with three key programmes discussed during the 173rd Defense Acquisition Program Committee meeting held in late February. The programmes include… [read more]

Japan: JMSDF commissions fifth TAIGEI-class submarine 13/03/2026 | Mike Rajkumar The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) commissioned its fifth TAIGEI-class submarine, CHOGEI, into service on 10 March at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Kobe Shipyard. CHOGEI (Long… [read more]

Exail announces the delivery of the first full MCM toolbox for the Belgian-Dutch joint program 11/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Exail has announced the delivery in Zeebrugge of its first mine countermeasures (MCM) toolbox. The delivery was completed by Belgium Naval & Robotics, the consortium… [read more]

METIS and TALON: the Royal Navy looking for modular, embarkable C-UXS solutions 10/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Royal Navy has launched 2 projects looking at kinetic and non-kinetic, modular, embarkable solutions to be deployed against massed surface and air drone attacks.… [read more]

SSN-AUKUS: Australia announces infrastructure work at Osborne and a first Long Lead order of key items from the UK 06/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On the back of the visit by Australian Defence Minister Pat Conroy to the UK for the latest Australia-United Kingdom Defence Industry Dialogue (AUKDID), the… [read more]

USAF and Northrop Grumman agree plans for a major expansion in B-21 production capacity 05/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The USAF and Northrop Grumman communicated on February 23 the reaching of an agreement for the use of $4.5 billion in funding authorized and appropriated… [read more]

From Turkey, claims that the Eurofighter TYPHOON build-up will be faster and larger 03/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Turkish media outlet Milliyet reported that Ankara plans for fielding the Eurofighter TYPHOON have been expanded with the aim to quickly build a force of 56… [read more]

Leonardo SONUS for the Royal Artillery passive weapon finding sensor requirement 27/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Leonardo UK has been awarded a £18.3 million contract to supply its SONUS acoustic artillery locating system to the British Army’s Royal Artillery. Leonardo’s system… [read more]

UK missile and deep strike plans and investment: a roundup 25/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli HMG highlighted how 400 million will be spent in year for deep strike projects, but neglected to say it’ll still result in zero or near-zero… [read more]

The Uncertain Status of Russian Military Exports 18/02/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Despite Western sanctions and the significant resources required to sustain the "special military operation" in Ukraine, President Putin has announced that Russia generated over $15… [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]

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]

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]

Belgium and Luxembourg expand SCORPION fleet: modest gains amid European fragmentation 03/02/2026 | Braid Archer Belgium and Luxembourg have ordered 269 armoured vehicles from KNDS under the CaMo (Capacité Motorisée) programme, with the French DGA notifying KNDS France of the… [read more]

Norway expands U-212CD fleet to 6 submarines in strategic arctic deterrence move 30/01/2026 | Braid Archer The Royal Norwegian Navy has signed a contract for 2 additional Type 212CD submarines, increasing its planned fleet from 4 to 6 vessels in a… [read more]