Rheinmetall's game-changing NVL acquisition transforms the European naval landscape 15/09/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Rheinmetall's acquisition of NVL signals a new era in European naval consolidation, shifting power toward Germany and reshaping defense industry dynamics across the continent.

DSEI: BMT presents ELLIDA STRIKE, its response to the Royal Navy’s Multi Role Strike Ship requirement 15/09/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Royal Navy and Royal Marines have by now outlined their main requirements and wishes for the Multi Role Strike Ships, “up to” 6 of which are meant to be built to replace, in the early 2030s, the BAY-class LSDs, the lone RFA ARGUS and the (already decommissioned) 2 ALBION-class… [read more]

DSEI: Pearson Engineering supplying engineering and counter-mine solutions to Ukraine, the UK and beyond 15/09/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The British firm has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ukrainian defence company Ukrainska Bavovna, with the purpose of jointly providing repair and maintenance service for the Pearson Engineering systems already delivered to Kiev, in particular mine-clearing and breaching tools.

EASTERN SENTRY: NATO operation to counter Russian provocations 15/09/2025 | Editorial Team Following recent Russian provocations – consisting of drone incursions into both Poland and Romania – NATO has launched Operation EASTERN SENTRY.

SAMP/T NG for Denmark 12/09/2025 | Editorial Team According to a press release issued by the Danish Ministry of Defence, Denmark will acquire the Franco-Italian SAMP/T air defence system. FW Mag has learned that this will most likely be the SAMP/T NG version. As part of the strengthening of the Danish Armed Forces’ air defence component (with the… [read more]

DSEI: Dedrone solutions for the fight against drones 12/09/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Multiple vehicles on the DSEI floor, at multiple stands, have one thing in common: a compact antenna which is none other than the Dedrone On-the-move passive radio frequency detector. An attentive eye will see it on the BOXER RCT30 at the KNDS stand, on the HMT400 Mk3 by Supacat, on… [read more]

VDL’s State of the Union: ambition, calculus and continuity 12/09/2025 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) "This must be Europe's Independence Moment," she said in her speech, insisting on the need to "take care of our own defence and security." Meanwhile, when Russian drones crossed into Poland, it was NATO systems - not EU assets - that brought them down.

DSEI 2025: General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin UK launch a new IFV based on the AJAX family 11/09/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli (Reporting from London) The unveiling of the new "AJAX IFV" has been an highlight moment of the opening morning of DSEI. For both GD and LM this has been a long journey, with work on this project going on behind the scene for quite some time: during our visit in Merthyr Tydfil last… [read more]

DSEI 2025: General Dynamics UK presents BLACKJAX, an upgrade path for AJAX 11/09/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli (Reporting from London) At DSEI, General Dynamics UK has deliberately decided to focus on the future, not on what is already in delivery. The BLACKJAX demonstrator, in its black livery, presents some easily embodied but significant changes and improvements over the baseline vehicle, displayed on the show floor by the British Army itself.

Avio Aero, Rolls-Royce and IHI launch GCAP propulsion consortium 10/09/2025 | EDITORIAL TEAM A new consortium has officially been established by Rolls-Royce (UK), Avio Aero (Italy) and IHI (Japan) to develop the next-generation propulsion system for the core platform of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). The agreement marks the transition from nationally managed activities to full trilateral cooperation and lays the groundwork… [read more]