DAN-T: Russia expands its low-cost strike options in Ukraine 05/10/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In recent weeks, Russian forces have fielded a new low-cost weapon to strike targets in Ukraine: the DAN-T mini cruise missile. The weapon was also… [read more]

Lithuania begins building its Leopard 2A8 assembly and repair plant 05/10/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Construction of a dedicate LEOPARD 2A8 tank assembly and repair plant officially began in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone in Lithuania on October 1st. The plant, with a planned surface of 13,000 square meters, will assemble and service the future LEOPARD 2A8 tanks of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, as well… [read more]

The US Navy has established a Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center (RASWDC) 02/10/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Headquartered at Little Creek-Fort Story, it will be the operational integration point for Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS).

USAF urgently seeks medium-caliber automatic weapons for base air defense 01/10/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Following a series of Iranian and Houthi-linked attacks against bases and infrastructure of the US-led coalition in the Middle East, the US Air Force (USAF) has issued an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) for air-defense guns capable of engaging threats ranging from drones to cruise missiles.  

First MK-48 torpedo launch from the EXCALIBUR XLUUV 30/09/2026 | Michele Cosentino On September 13, 2026, the Royal Navy's experimental Extra Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) EXCALIBUR successfully launched a US Navy MK-48 MOD 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) heavyweight torpedo. The test took place at the British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre (BUTEC) in the Inner Sound, northwestern Scotland.… [read more]

Boeing wins the F/A-XX competition for the US Navy's next fighter 30/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi This is a genuine political-industrial revolution: Boeing has secured a monopoly over the development and production of future US tactical fighters for the coming decades, leaving Lockheed Martin with only the F-35 and confining Northrop Grumman to specialized bomber production.

TKMS–EDGE MoU adds a German stakeholder to UAE’s naval ambitions - after Fincantieri and CMN 30/09/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone TKMS and EDGE’s underwater-security MoU may strengthen the UAE’s maritime surveillance ambitions, complementing MAESTRAL’s industrial role while raising questions over future German-Italian competition in undersea systems.

The new Greenland Agreement and what it guarantees the United States 29/09/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Between the tired argument that “the 1951 agreement already covered everything” and the new, crucial provisions that also bind a potentially independent Greenland. 

Boeing and US Navy sign first MQ-25A STINGRAY production contract 29/09/2026 | Fabio Di Felice The US Navy awarded Boeing a $562 million fixed-price incentive contract to start Lot 1 Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the MQ-25A STINGRAY unmanned tanker. The award follows the Milestone C approval announced in May by the Acting Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, during a US Senate Armed… [read more]

EU: Brussels discusses mechanism to counter hybrid threats 28/09/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) The discussion comes as European concerns grow over hybrid operations attributed to Moscow. On the same day, the EU foreign policy chief pointed to Russia’s sustained campaign of sabotage, arson and airspace violations.