UK's project EALING demonstrates anti-swarm capabilities 24/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli As trials progress, the Radio Frequency weapon has demonstrated its ability to down multiple drones at once. EALING has been developed by an industrial team led… [read more]

Red Sea lessons drive C-UAV upgrades for the US Navy 23/04/2025 | Fabio Di Felice It is noteworthy that, as confirmed by the US Navy, over the past 15 months, its warships operating in and around the Red Sea have fired 120 Standard Missile-2s (SM-2), 80 SM-6s, a combined total of 20 ESSMs and SM-3s, as well as 160 rounds from the 127 mm guns

UK and Germany reaffirm cooperation for project TRITON 23/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli A joint purchase of new bridging equipment from General Dynamics European Land Systems and WFEL will ensure the continued delivery of Wide Wet Gap crossing capability to NATO 

TKMS’ STARGAZER comes with new CONOPS in MCM and ASW missions 23/04/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The STARGAZER has been presented as ideal for navies like the German one to have a constant monitoring of the country’s areas of interest (critical infrastructures, submarines, mines, etc.). As navies like the French transition from aging mine hunters to autonomous solutions, the STARGAZER enters the market at an opportune… [read more]

The Emirates Armed Forces deploy the Israeli ELM-2084 radar in Puntland 22/04/2025 | Francesco Bossi The use of the ELM-2084 in Somalia highlights Abu Dhabi's growing access to cutting-edge systems not available to regional rivals such as Qatar or Turkey. The arrival of the Israeli radar strengthens the Emirati footprint in Somalia, but risks exacerbating tensions between the central government in Mogadishu and the autonomous… [read more]

New batch of F-35s for Belgium to be built in Italy 18/04/2025 | Tommaso Massa Brussels plans to invest over €20 billion in defence over the next five years. The main priorities include also strengthening air defence, acquiring capabilities in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), procuring ammunition and establishing a second brigade for the Army

U-212 NFS for the Philippine Navy, agreement signed between Fincantieri and TKMS 18/04/2025 | Editorial Team The partnership between Fincantieri and  TKMS is based on the consolidated experience of collaboration between the two groups, gained with the U-212A programme and continued with the U-212 NFS programme, and aims to integrate their respective technological expertise to offer the Philippine Navy

South Korea to equip indigenous MBTS with jammers against suicide drones 18/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar The ROKA already deploys weapon systems that can defend against enemy drones in specific areas, but with this pilot project it is expected that individual tanks will also be able to neutralize enemy drone attacks through jamming

Sweden’s FMV T&E and Singapore’s DSTA enter into land systems collaboration 18/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar Sweden’s FMV Test and Evaluation (FMV T&E) and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) have entered into a long-term agreement to collaborate on joint mutually beneficial studies in the land systems domain.

India progresses on long-range glide bomb development 18/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar The GAURAV LRGB has been designed and developed by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad and the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE). It will be produced by the Indian private sector firms, Adani Defence Systems & Technologies and Bharat Forge