Farnborough: Saab and Embraer scale up GRIPEN production for a hot market 22/07/2026 | Braid Archer Saab and Embraer deepen their fighter partnership as Brazil’s GRIPEN assembly line in Gavião Peixoto sustains the country’s aerospace ambitions and boosts global production capacity.

BAE to deliver naval guns for Brazilian patrol ships 22/07/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (Reporting from Washington, DC) The Brazilian Navy aims to increase control over the country’s territorial waters and exclusive economic zone, and the systems will provide patrol vessels with the capability to engage low-altitude threats and surface threats. 

The MQ-28 GHOST BAT of Boeing Australia debuts in a major international exercise and appears at Farnborough in company with a METEOR missile 22/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The MQ-28 starred in the international exercise VALIANT SHIELD earlier this month and a METEOR launch is expected to follow

Farnborough, Indonesia signs for 12 Leonardo M-346F light attack fighters 21/07/2026 | Editorial Team During the Farnborough International Airshow 2026, Leonardo and the Indonesian Ministry of Defense announced the signing of the contract for the supply of 12 M-346F Block 20 light attack fighters to the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU). The aircraft will be in the same configuration as the M-346Fs acquired by… [read more]

Interview with Pascal Grenier, President of CAE Defence & Security, on training as the bottleneck of Western defence readiness 21/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA Farnborough International 2026 opened yesterday with a Western defence industry that has never been under more pressure to deliver, and never been more exposed to the mismatch between the pace of platform procurement and the time it takes to train the crews to operate them. Training and simulation, historically the… [read more]

Farnborough Air Show 2026: a win for GCAP… and for drones 21/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi This edition is decisively marked by GCAP as well as by a considerable number of drones of any class and type. 

LBA Systems Unveils ASTORE LEVANTE Drone at Farnborough 20/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi LBA Systems, the joint venture between Leonardo and Baykar, has officially unveiled the ASTORE LEVANTE drone. The aircraft, displayed in the static show, represents the customization of Baykar's TB-3 drone for the European, NATO, and Italian markets, and is currently in production at Leonardo's Ronchi dei Legionari plant.  

UVision goes European: CORTEX BMS launch and European subsidiary mark a strategic pivot to systems integration 20/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA Two announcements central to Israel’s UVision current strategic phase converged at ILA Berlin 2026: the public launch of CORTEX, an AI-enabled Battle Intelligence and Mission Management platform (Battle Management System, BMS) announced on June 1; and the operational confirmation of UVision Europe GmbH, the Munich-based European subsidiary announced in March… [read more]

Moscow strikes, Kyiv fights back: long-range attacks escalate 17/07/2026 | Francesco Bossi Between mid-June and the first days of July, Russia and Ukraine intensified their respective deep-strike campaigns, hitting energy, logistics and industrial infrastructure in each other's capitals with increasing frequency.

Iran-United States: escalation in the Middle East 17/07/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA Over the past 48 hours, the U.S.-Iran conflict has entered a new phase of escalation. On the U.S. side, CENTCOM raids — now in their 6th consecutive night — have expanded northward toward Parchin and the areas south of Tehran, with Iranian air defenses active over the capital, and westward… [read more]