Lockheed Martin and Diehl to work together on bringing IRIS-T SLM into AEGIS 28/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Helmut Rauch, CEO of Diehl Defence, and Chandra Marshall, Vice President at Lockheed Martin, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Berlin Security Conference, agreeing… [read more]

Leonardo unveils MICHELANGELO DOME, its new integrated defence system 28/11/2025 | Andrea Mottola Yesterday in Rome, Leonardo presented its new integrated defence system: MICHELANGELO DOME. Designed to counter emerging threats in an increasingly complex global environment, the project stems from the need to protect critical infrastructure, sensitive urban areas, national and European territories, and high-value assets through a modular, open, scalable and multi-domain… [read more]

HORNET AIR GUARD: Arquus pushes SCORPION towards counter UAS protection 27/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Arquus’ new Hornet Air Guard turret turns France’s SCORPION combat vehicles into agile drone-hunters, blending proven remote weapon technology with sovereign sensors, effectors and rapid DGA Army experimentation to deliver layered counter UAS protection for frontline units.

Belgium prepares the return to 2 combat brigades 27/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Belgium’s current single, large Motorised Brigade will formally split into 2 on 3 February 2026, confirming plans formulated earlier in 2025 as Defence spending increases and investments begin to rebuild military capability and meet the new NATO obligations.

General Atomics and Saab to test the AEW solution for the MQ-9B already in the summer 26/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli After announcing their teaming up earlier this year, GA-ASI and Saab have now announced an ambitious target to conduct flight operations with their AEW (Airborne Early Warning) solution for the MQ-9B already in the summer of 2026. The trials will be carried out at GA-ASI’s Desert Horizon flight operations facility… [read more]

The US Navy cancels the CONSTELLATION program, with no one to blame but itself 26/11/2025 | Pietro Batacchi After delays and cost increases, the US Navy has finally announced the cancellation of the CONSTELLATION-class frigate program, based on the Italian FREMM design.

Japan to deploy Type 03 CHU SAM air defence systems 70 miles from Taiwan 25/11/2025 | Editorial Team Japan’s new Defence Minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, has announced plans to deploy an unspecified number of Type 03 CHU SAM medium-range air and missile defence systems - presumably a full battery - on the island of Yonaguni, the westernmost point of the Japanese archipelago, located roughly 70 miles east of Taiwan.… [read more]

Sweden has ordered further MBDA CAMM missiles 21/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Unspecified quantities of additional missiles have been ordered, building on its selection in 2023 to arm the VISBY-class stealth corvettes.

NATO abandons plans for the purchase of 6 E-7 WEDGETAIL 21/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The announcement came through the Netherlands. The E-3A remains aging and in need of replacement and the objective remains to (begin to) replace it by 2035.

General Atomics presents GAMBIT 6 CCA for air-to-ground operations 21/11/2025 | Fabio Di Felice General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has recently announced a new platform of its GAMBIT unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) series, built and enhanced for air-to-ground operations. Identified as GAMBIT 6, it is a loyal wingman/CCA that adds air-to-ground operations to its air-to-air capability.