ELT Group keeps growing and looks to partnerships and new opportunities. CEO Domitilla Benigni speaks 07/10/2026 | Pietro Batacchi On the sidelines of the 15th Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium in Venice, we met with Domitilla Benigni, CEO of ELT Group, to discuss the priorities and… [read more]

Yemen: the surge of Houthi FPV drones 07/10/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA In recent operations in the Taiz sector and the coastal area of Duhbab, the Houthis have stepped up the tactical use of First-Person View (FPV)… [read more]

Belgium eyes FREMM EVO for new frigates 07/10/2026 | Giuliano Da Frè The Belgian-Dutch Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) programme, nominally intended to deliver up to 7 new-generation frigates — 4 for the Royal Netherlands Navy and 3… [read more]

Venice hosts 15th Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium: hyper-competition in focus 06/10/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The 15th edition of the Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium (T-RSS), the biennial international maritime forum, opened this morning at the Italian Navy's Arsenale in Venice, historic… [read more]

The Argentine Navy's new ambitions 06/10/2026 | Giuliano Da Frè After announcements — some quite recent — about the possible purchase of second-hand submarines and frigates, the Argentine admiralty has raised the bar, prioritizing quality… [read more]

Unmanned Cessna SKYCOURIER for US Pacific resupply 06/10/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Textron Aviation and autonomy software company Merlin (commonly known as Merlin Labs) have unveiled an uncrewed cargo aircraft concept aimed at sustaining forces spread across… [read more]

DAN-T: Russia expands its low-cost strike options in Ukraine 05/10/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In recent weeks, Russian forces have fielded a new low-cost weapon to strike targets in Ukraine: the DAN-T mini cruise missile. The weapon was also… [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]

First MK-48 torpedo launch from the EXCALIBUR XLUUV 30/09/2026 | Michele Cosentino On September 13, 2026, the Royal Navy's experimental Extra Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) EXCALIBUR successfully launched a US Navy MK-48 MOD 7 Common Broadband… [read more]

Boeing wins the F/A-XX competition for the US Navy's next fighter 30/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In a somewhat surprising outcome — most observers expected Northrop Grumman and a "TOMCAT-like" design — the US Navy has selected Boeing to develop its… [read more]

Boeing and US Navy sign first MQ-25A STINGRAY production contract 29/09/2026 | Fabio Di Felice The US Navy awarded Boeing a $562 million fixed-price incentive contract to start Lot 1 Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the MQ-25A STINGRAY unmanned… [read more]

Moscow's hybrid steamroller tightens the grip on Europe 25/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The latest warning, as reported yesterday by Spanish newspaper El Mundo, comes from the CIA: Russia would be ready to launch drones against Italy, Spain,… [read more]

DDX Program contract signed for the Italian Navy 24/09/2026 | Eugenio Po Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (a joint venture between Fincantieri and Leonardo) has signed a contract with OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement) worth €2.4… [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]

US Navy unveils MALICE, its new Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile 23/09/2026 | Fabio Di Felice At the recent Tailhook Symposium, held in late August in Reno, Nevada, the US Navy unveiled the development of a new long-range air-to-air missile, the… [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]

Saudi Arabia, green light for the acquisition of 48 F-35A 22/09/2026 | Carolina Paizs On September 17, the US Department of State approved a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) for the sale to Saudi Arabia of up to 48 F-35A… [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]

Russian battlecruiser ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV completes sea trials 17/09/2026 | Fabio Di Felice ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV, the first unit reactivated under the program to return the KIROV-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers to service, has completed sea trials and is expected to… [read more]