MQ-9B SEAGUARDIAN drones for the German Navy 22/01/2026 | Michele Cosentino On 12 January, the German Navy placed an order with US company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for 4 MQ-9B SEAGUARDIAN systems, each consisting of… [read more]

JF-17 THUNDER fighter jets to Saudi Arabia? 21/01/2026 | Fabio Di Felice According to different media releases, Saudi Arabia may become the second Arab country - after Eastern Libya (LNA) - to buy Pakistan’s JF-17 THUNDER multirole… [read more]

Upgraded X-62 VISTA (uncrewed F-16) ready for complex evaluation 19/01/2026 | Fabio Di Felice The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is preparing to move forward with the testing of the uncrewed F-16 Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (X-62 VISTA)… [read more]

GERAN-5 drones deployed in Ukraine for the first time 16/01/2026 | Francesca Genovese Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Military Intelligence (GUR) reported on 11 January that Russian forces employed the GERAN-5 kamikaze drone during combined aerial attacks against Ukraine… [read more]

Trump’s threats to Greenland: military intervention or strategic cooperation? 13/01/2026 | Francesca Genovese Following the US military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump has once again threatened Greenland. His statements fit… [read more]

Lockheed Martin announces deal to triple PATRIOT PAC-3 MSE production 13/01/2026 | Fabio Di Felice According to a company press release, Lockheed Martin (LM) has made a deal with the US Department of War to rapidly accelerate the production and… [read more]

Iran: What’s next? Options on the ground and the potential clash between the Pasdaran and the Artesh 12/01/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The Iranian regime is brutally suffocating the internal uprising. The internet blackout remains in place, and the Pasdaran are currently engaged in jamming Starlink in… [read more]

Rheinmetall to deliver Ukraine’s first 5 KF-41 LYNX Infantry Fighting Vehicles 12/01/2026 | Carolina Paizs In a press release issued this morning, Rheinmetall announced the delivery to Ukraine of 5 KF-41 LYNX infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), in execution of a… [read more]

2026 Xi’s New Year (reunification) speech 12/01/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Following one of the biggest naval exercises around Taiwan at the end of December, China’s President, Xi Jinping, has vowed to reunify China and Taiwan… [read more]

Massive Russian strike on Ukraine: Lviv hit by an ORESHNIK IRBM 09/01/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA At around 23:00 last night, the city of Lviv was struck by an ORESHNIK intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), reportedly equipped with conventional (or inert) warheads.… [read more]

Trump: USD 1.5 Trillion for Defence by 2027. A challenge to China 08/01/2026 | Pietro Batacchi A new, bombastic announcement from the irrepressible President Trump, who stated his intention to raise US defence spending to as much as USD 1.5 trillion… [read more]

United States intercepts Russian oil tanker MARINERA in the North Atlantic 07/01/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA In the past few hours, a US operation was launched to intercept and take control of the oil tanker MARINERA (formerly BELLA 1, part of… [read more]

Greenlights to the deployment of “Coalition of the Willing” troops on Ukrainian territory 07/01/2026 | Francesca Genovese On Tuesday, 6 January 2026, during a summit held in Paris, the 35 countries of the so-called Coalition of the Willing agreed on a set… [read more]

Venezuela, Greenland, Iran: Trump’s revisionist fury and a red-hot 2026 07/01/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In the hours following the operation that led to Maduro’s capture, President Trump stated that the United States would “run the transaction” in Venezuela, returned… [read more]

Attack on Venezuela. Trump Announces Maduro’s Capture 03/01/2026 | Pietro Batacchi and Carolina Paizs After months of tension and escalation, the United States launched an attack on Venezuela overnight. At 07:00 Italian time (around 02:00 local time), 7 large… [read more]

First T-7A RED HAWK assigned to the Air Education and Training Command 02/01/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli In December, the USAF’s new advanced trainer finally landed at Joint Base San Antonio–Randolph, Texas, where it is set to begin its first operational activities. Specifically, this… [read more]

First B-52 with new AESA radar arrives at Edwards AFB 30/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli A mixed crew drawn from the 49th Test Evaluation Squadron at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, and the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, California, has… [read more]

The US Army Long Range Fires Battalion for Europe is formed: 3rd Bn, 12th Field Artillery Regiment 29/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The 3rd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, based out of Fort Drum, New York, has been stood up as the Strategic Fires Battalion aligned with… [read more]

Trump announces the TRUMP class: the battleships of the future 23/12/2025 | Pietro Batacchi As is well known, Trump certainly does not hold back when it comes to announcements and bold claims. The latest, unveiled with the usual fanfare,… [read more]

Anduril and Boeing for the US Army’s second interceptor for ENDURING SHIELD 23/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Boeing has chosen Anduril as its partner in the US Army’s Integrated Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 - Second Interceptor competition. The role of… [read more]