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 Anduril will be the provision of the solid rocket motor for the new missile.

Japan increases Defense Spending up to 2% of its GDP 22/12/2025 | Fabio Di Felice According to Japan’s Minister of Defense, Shinjiro Koizumi, the national Cabinet has approved a supplementary defence budget for the current fiscal year (FY), a move expected to push Japan’s defence spending to - and beyond - 2% of GDP. The supplementary allocation amounts to 7 billion US dollars (1.1 trillion… [read more]

US Navy announces a new frigate class 19/12/2025 | TOMMASO MASSA In a video message released on its social media channels, the Secretary of the US Navy, John Phelan, announced the development and construction of a new class of frigates based on the LEGEND-class design by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII - a “proven, U.S.-built” vessel already in service with the U.S.… [read more]

German Army secures 200 additional PUMA IFVs in a €4.2 billion contract 19/12/2025 | Editorial Team Germany expands Puma IFV fleet with €4.2bn order for 200 vehicles. Rheinmetall and KNDS deliver upgraded platforms with enhanced sensors, drone defence, and networked capabilities through 2028.

From the United States $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan 19/12/2025 | Editorial Team The US Department of State has approved 8 potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases, with a total value of approximately $11.1 billion, to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO). The packages were subsequently notified to Congress by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), thereby… [read more]

Marines activate 3 new companies at Camp Schwab base in Okinawa 19/12/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The U.S. Marine Corps has announced the activation of 3 new companies at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, as part of the ongoing implementation of Force Design 2030 and the Stand-in Force concept. The newly formed units fall under Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 4 and include Headquarters Company, Alpha Company, and General Service Company. A Bravo Company is expected to be activated in the near future, completing the battalion’s 4-company structure.

HII progresses the build of the prototype ROMULUS large USV 18/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The ship is circa 30% built and aiming for sea trials in late 2026. 

Denmark signs contracts for IRIS-T SLM. And NASAMS. And MICA VL 18/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Following on the urgent, stopgap orders in July, Denmark has firmed up follow-on orders for all 3 short-range missile systems

A preliminary analysis of the Ukrainian UUV attack on Novorossiysk 17/12/2025 | Massimo Annati A large part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has for some time been forced to withdraw to the naval base of Novorossiysk, as the Sevastopol base in Crimea has repeatedly been breached by missile attacks and, above all, by aerial and surface drones.