Eurosatory 2026: MBDA Presents the Land Cruise Missile System Mk-2 16/06/2026 | Carolina Paizs 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 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 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]

Russian Company ZALA unveils KARMA, its first USV 15/06/2026 | Francesco Bossi At the International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS) Fleet 2026, held from June 10 to 14 at the Museum of Naval Glory and the Congress and… [read more]

British Secretary of State for Defence Resigns in Open Protest Against Insufficient Budget 12/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli In the increasingly embarrassing chaos surrounding the now-infamous British “Defence Investment Plan,” the resignation letter from Secretary of State for Defence John Healey has detonated… [read more]

ILA 2026: Germany's airshow in a post-FCAS era 11/06/2026 | Tommaso Massa (reporting from Berlin) ILA Berlin 2026, the German aerospace exhibition organized by BDLI (the German Aerospace Industries Association, Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie) and Messe Berlin, opened… [read more]

ILA 2026: Airbus unveils U-145, the unmanned variant of the H-145 11/06/2026 | Tommaso Massa (reporting from Berlin) At ILA 2026 in Berlin, Airbus Helicopters has unveiled the U-145, an unmanned variant of its H-145 helicopter. The announcement had been previewed on the… [read more]

Iran: Trump strikes, Tehran responds 11/06/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Another night of war. In an apparent attempt to break the negotiating deadlock - as announced by President Trump on Tuesday evening - the United… [read more]

ILA 2026: Airbus unveils U-760 RAVENSTORM combat drone 10/06/2026 | Tommaso Massa (Reporting from Berlin) Against the backdrop of the reported cancellation of the manned fighter component of the SCAF/FCAS (Système de Combat Aérien du Futur / Future Combat Air… [read more]

Leonardo's AW-249 makes public airshow debut at ILA 2026 10/06/2026 | Tommaso Massa (Reporting from Berlin) At the opening of ILA 2026, running in Berlin through June 14, Leonardo's new AW-249 attack helicopter made its first public flying display at an… [read more]

Iran: a night of war 10/06/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Overnight, in response to the shootdown of an APACHE helicopter, the United States launched a series of airstrikes against targets in southern Iran. As currently… [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]

Marines test helicopters as launch and control platform for FPV drones 08/06/2026 | Fabio Di Felice The USMC is testing the integration of low-cost FPV (First-Person-View) drones with its H-1 family helicopters. On May 13, 2026, at the Marine Corps Air… [read more]

Ukraine: Russian forces re-deploy the 9M729 NOVATOR cruise missile 03/06/2026 | Francesco Bossi In the wake of the heavy Russian missile strikes that hit the Ukrainian capital in late May, video and photographic evidence has emerged apparently showing… [read more]

LUCAS drones: a low-cost solution for arming ships 29/05/2026 | Massimo Annati During Operation EPIC FURY against Iran, the United States deployed the LUCAS (Low Cost Unmanned Attack System) which – ironically – appears to be a… [read more]

Turkish Air Force orders first KAAN batch 29/05/2026 | Fabio Di Felice At SAHA defense expo in Istanbul, Turkish Aerospace CEO, Mehmet Demiroglu, announced that Ankara’s Defense Industries Secretariat has formally signed a deal with Turkish Aerospace… [read more]

Iran, "tit for tat" below the threshold 28/05/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Following yesterday's Iranian announcement of a deal reached - flatly denied by Trump - a new ceasefire breach was recorded overnight, in line with the "tit… [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]

General Atomics’ YFQ-42A CCA resumes flying testing 28/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced on May 21 that its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft has returned to flight testing “following a round… [read more]

China launches 5th Generation J-35AE stealth fighter for the foreign market 27/05/2026 | Fabio Di Felice As showed on CCTV footage, China launched its 5th Generation J-35AE jet in the stealth fighter jets market. The new variant of the Chinese aircraft… [read more]