The Dismounted Soldier of the Future 13/10/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (reporting from Washington DC) At the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) exhibition, the Defense industry showcased new equipment to protect tomorrow’s soldier. In a more integrated and… [read more]

Latvia receives its first HUNTER IFV and Patria breaks ground on new factory 12/10/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On October 7, at the Valmiera Industrial and Export Park, Latvia’s National Armed Forces celebrated the delivery of the first completed HUNTER infantry fighting vehicle… [read more]

Lithuania begins building its Leopard 2A8 assembly and repair plant 05/10/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Construction of a dedicate LEOPARD 2A8 tank assembly and repair plant officially began in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone in Lithuania on October 1st. The… [read more]

USAF urgently seeks medium-caliber automatic weapons for base air defense 01/10/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Following a series of Iranian and Houthi-linked attacks against bases and infrastructure of the US-led coalition in the Middle East, the U.S. Air Force (USAF)… [read more]

Otokar and Leonardo complete HITFACT 120 turret integration on TULPAR 24/09/2026 | Eugenio Po Otokar and Leonardo have completed the integration of the HITFACT Mk-II 120/45 mm turret on the TULPAR tracked vehicle and demonstrated its accuracy in a… [read more]

Why we still need the Main Battle Tank 22/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Riding the wave — let's be honest, a partly emotional one — of events unfolding daily in Ukraine, a widespread notion is taking hold: that… [read more]

IDV selected for US Army's Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability Initiative 22/09/2026 | Editorial Team IDV (part of Leonardo), through its US subsidiary IDV USA, announced its selection by the US Army's Capability Program Executive Office Mission Autonomy as 1… [read more]

PGZ and HSW unveil the Heavy IFV (HIFV) demonstrator at MSPO 2026 14/09/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli During the MSPO 2026 defence showcase in Kielce, Poland, held from 8-11 September, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW) have unveiled their… [read more]

US desperately looking for cheaper long range strike weapons. 18/08/2026 | Fabio Di Felice With the Iran conflict straining US stockpiles of expensive guided munitions, the Pentagon is pushing a new project to rapidly develop cheap, long-range strike weapons… [read more]

Lockheed Martin unveils HIMARS FLEX 10/07/2026 | Andrea Mottola During Eurosatory 2026, Lockheed Martin announced HIMARS FLEX, a modular evolution of the M-142 HIMARS high-mobility rocket artillery system. The variant introduces a configuration with… [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]

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]

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: IDV, a Leonardo company, unveils the new CL2X UGV 18/06/2026 | Eugenio Po (reporting from Paris) At Eurosatory, running this week at Villepinte (Paris), IDV - making its first appearance at a show as a Leonardo company - presented, together with… [read more]

Eurosatory 2026: MBDA Presents the Land Cruise Missile System Mk-2 16/06/2026 | Carolina Paizs (reporting from Paris) At Eurosatory 2026, MBDA displayed the Land Cruise Missile System Mk-2 (LCM Mk-2) in its outdoor static exhibition area. The system had made its debut… [read more]

Eurosatory 2026: Rheinmetall Unveils Containerized Launcher for the FV-014 Loitering Munition 16/06/2026 | Carolina Paizs (reporting from Paris) At Eurosatory 2026, currently underway at the Villepinte exhibition center north of Paris, German defense company Rheinmetall has unveiled a new containerized launcher for its… [read more]

Eurosatory 2026: A Super Show 16/06/2026 | Eugenio Po (reporting from Paris) Eurosatory opened today, June 15, at the Villepinte exhibition center north of Paris — the world's most important event dedicated to the land-warfare sector. This… [read more]

Israeli SMEs bring future land warfare to Eurosatory through laser walls and iron waves 08/06/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone As it is often the case, Israeli small and mid-sized defence companies are arriving at Eurosatory 2026 as a coherent technology vanguard, translating hard battlefield… [read more]

US Marine Corps looks to acquire airfield-building robots 28/05/2026 | Fabio Di Felice USMC announced its project “Automated Expeditionary Airfield Assembly,” seeking for robots that can do the “grunt” work of laying down the matting used to quickly… [read more]

France and Belgium agree the requirements for the VBAE 27/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On May 19, the French Général de Corps d'Armée Patrick Justel and the Commander of the Belgian Land Component, Major General Baugnée, jointly signed a… [read more]