Russia intensifies its campaign against Ukraine’s power infrastructure 04/11/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Russian forces are significantly increasing the intensity of their campaign against Ukraine’s power infrastructure, aiming to worsen conditions for a population already under strain ahead… [read more]
Euronaval 2026: Fincantieri unveils the Multi-Mission Modular Vessel for export 04/11/2026 | Carolina Paizs (reporting from Paris) On the opening day of Euronaval 2026, Fincantieri presented the MMMV (Multi-Mission Modular Vessel) at its stand. The modular platform targets the export market and is also designed for unmanned operation. The vessel is about 50 meters long and displaces about 500 metric tons. It is electrically propelled, with a… [read more]
General Atomics and Saab test MQ-9B LOYALEYE AEW solution 04/11/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Saab have performed a first round of flight testing of their uncrewed Airborne Early Warning (AEW) solution based on GA-ASI’s MQ-9B UAV and a radar and datalink solution in pods by Saab. The flight testing has been carried out “over the past few… [read more]
Euronaval 2026, Leonardo and Fincantieri “relaunch” OSN 03/11/2026 | Eugenio Po and Carolina Paizs (Reporting from Paris) At Euronaval 2026, which opened this morning at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, Leonardo and Fincantieri signed the “relaunch” of the agreement on Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN). OSN is the joint venture (JV), 51% owned by Fincantieri and 49% by Leonardo, that acts as integrator for Italian Navy programs… [read more]
Cold War in the Supermarket: Hybrid Warfare goes after the fridges 03/11/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The hacker attacks that hit several supermarket chains in Europe yesterday - after similar incidents in France in mid-October - are a tangible sign of how deeply hybrid warfare can reach and how vulnerable our systems are. The incidents showed that hackers can break into the control systems of supermarket… [read more]
Euronaval 2026 kicks off 03/11/2026 | Eugenio Po Euronaval 2026, the Paris naval defense show, opened today, November 3. For the second time, it is held at Villepinte (Parc des Expositions) rather than at Le Bourget airport, the historic venue of earlier editions, where it may return in 2028. The numbers are fairly good. There are more than… [read more]
Euronaval 2026: FW Mag presents a special supplement dedicated to the exhibition 03/11/2026 | Editorial Team Euronaval opens today in Paris, and FW Mag is there with its own stand (Hall 6, Stand D 105) and a special supplement included in issue 6/2026 (Nov/Dec), dedicated to the themes that the naval-defence community is bringing to the show this year. The supplement opens with an interview with… [read more]
A-400 for the Italian Air Force? 02/11/2026 | Andrea Mottola On the 30th of October, the British Embassy in Italy published on its X profile some photos of a meeting between the Chief of the Air Staff of the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare), Gen. Conserva, and his Royal Air Force (RAF) counterpart, Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth. The meeting… [read more]
Europe ‘on the menu’ in Putin’s Yalta 2.0 - former Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk says 30/10/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Europe will not have a seat at the table, but will instead be “on the menu” in Vladimir Putin’s vision of a new geopolitical order, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned at the 6th European Defence and Security Conference in Brussels
Leonardo UK signs agreement with Shield AI to integrate autonomy software HIVEMIND on PROTEUS 30/10/2026 | Carolina Paizs Leonardo UK has signed an agreement with U.S.-based Shield AI to integrate the HIVEMIND autonomy software on PROTEUS, the uncrewed helicopter developed by the company’s British arm for (and with) the Royal Navy.