Fincantieri Strengthens Underwater Segment with New Acquisitions 06/07/2026 | Giulio Menegotto The Italian shipbuilding group announced the acquisition of majority stakes in NEXTGEOSOLUTIONS, WSENSE, GRAALTECH, and DEFCOMM, companies operating in the Underwater (UW) sector, with an… [read more]
Israel announces new upgrades for IRON DOME 06/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Israeli MOD and Rafael successfully completed a major, comprehensive test against a massed assault carried out by drones, rockets and cruise missiles and saw the integrated employment of the IROM BEAM high-power laser system as well.
US Marines in Okinawa received their first NMESIS and MADIS systems 06/07/2026 | Fabio Di Felice US Marines in Okinawa officially received the first Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) and Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS). The 2 systems have been assigned to the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment (12th MLR), 3rd Marine Division, as key capabilities in the “Stand-in Forces” concept of employment.
“Europe is our next big market” - Exclusive Interview with H.E. Hamad Al Marar, Managing Director & CEO of EDGE Group 01/07/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Exclusive Interview: EDGE Europe lands in Paris with Bordeaux factories, combat proven tech and a wartime mindset, fusing UAE ingenuity and European alliances to reshape defence supply chains, risk sharing and industrial sovereignty.
Poland and Sweden signed the agreement for the Saab A26 submarines 01/07/2026 | Giulio Menegotto Poland, through the State Treasury Armaments Agency, has signed the contract with Sweden's Saab for the supply of 3 A26 submarines under the ORKA program, aimed at modernizing Warsaw's underwater fleet by replacing the single KILO-class submarine currently in service. On November 26, 2025, the Polish Government had announced Saab… [read more]
Race against the clock for US Small Modular Nuclear Reactors 30/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Trump's 2025 executive order called for 3 reactors to be critical in time for the 250th anniversary of the USA. The start-up Valar Atomics has taken its WARD 250 test reactor critical at the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab (USREL), becoming the second company in the Department of Energy's Reactor… [read more]
Northrop Grumman proposes the 50 mm XM913 gun as a C-UAV/AA solution 30/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli At Eurosatory, Northrop Grumman showcased, although for now only in the form of a scale model, a C-UAV and air defence palletized turret armed with their XM913 dual-feed automatic cannon, chambered in 50×228 mm ‘Supershot’ (this is a ‘necked up’ version of the 35×228 mm cartridge). This large weapon has… [read more]
Kawasaki Heavy Industries eyes Eurodrone maritime ASW variant 29/06/2026 | Atul Chandra The partnership will examine options for the design, development, and commercialisation for a future Japanese maritime version of Eurodrone.
India’s indigenous NETRA AEW&C fleet receives final operational clearance 29/06/2026 | Atul Chandra The IAF is processing a proposal to acquire six AEW&C Mk-1A aircraft. Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, told FW Mag that the IAF had yet to take any decision to standardise all its AEW&C/AWACS platforms on twin-engine aircraft.
Rheinmetall and General Atomics together for 155 mm maneuvering precision shell 25/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The alliance brings together the advanced GA design with Rheinmetall’s growing production capacity.