Navantia accelerates international expansion and UK industrial consolidation 28/01/2026 | Braid Archer Navantia marks a pivotal month advancing UK shipyard modernization, challenging Swedish frigate competition, and exposing structural vulnerabilities in its US-dependent systems integration model.

Kongsberg starts building new missile factory in Toano, Virginia 28/01/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The new plant will produce, sustain and upgrade the NSM and JSM missiles.

First 4 LYNX Infantry Fighting Vehicles delivered to the Italian Army 28/01/2026 | Eugenio Po On January 27, at the Italian Army’s CEPOLISPE (Multi-Purpose Experimental Centre) in Montelibretti (Rome), the delivery ceremony was held for the first 4 LYNX tracked infantry fighting vehicles to the Italian Army (EI). The event marks the first milestone of the A2CS (Army Armored Combat System) programme, a cornerstone of… [read more]

Italian Navy’s Hydro-Oceanographic Ship QUIRINALE launched 27/01/2026 | Eugenio Po On 26 January, at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard (Genoa), the technical launching ceremony was held for the new Major Hydro-Oceanographic Ship (NIOM), christened QUIRINALE.

The first SAMP/T NG and GRIFO air defence systems delivered to the Italian Army 27/01/2026 | Eugenio Po Italy’s adoption of SAMP/T NG and GRIFO creates a coherent, European-made, layered ground-based air defence architecture, into which future upper and lower echelons such as AQUILA, MISTRAL 3 and FULGUR can naturally plug.

HERO 90: US Army picks UVision–Mistral team for LASSO Loitering Munition 27/01/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone US Army selects UVision HERO 90 for LASSO program, equipping dismounted infantry with man-portable, precision anti-armor loitering munition. Transformative capability reshapes brigade-level tactics.

EU on Greenland: economic giant and political-strategic actor? 27/01/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Europe’s response to the Greenland crisis marks a turning point: for the first time, the EU used economic power, military signalling and institutional unity to confront US pressure and act as a strategic player.

Hanwha will integrate the US 58-calibre 155 mm ordnance into the K9 self propelled howitzer 26/01/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Hanwha is positioning itself for both the post ERCA and the US Army’s quest for a wheeled 155 mm howitzer

Kongsberg Maritime targets centre stage in Norway’s next-generation naval fleet 26/01/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Kongsberg Maritime enters the race for Norway's P1118 standardised vessel programme as it spins off into independence, positioning itself to reshape the Royal Norwegian Navy's future fleet architecture.

Omnisys pushes proactive counter drone mission planning with its BRO C-UAS 26/01/2026 | Editorial Team Israeli defence tech firm Omnisys unveils AI-powered BRO C-UAS mission planning platform, shifting counter-drone strategy from reactive interception to predictive, model-driven threat prevention using digital twin technology. Counter drone and loitering munitions defence will be a central theme at this year’s Defense Tech Israel event.