MBDA UK and Hypersonix forge a “strategic partnership” 25/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli MBDA will work with the Australian start-up to pursue opportunities within both AUKUS and ELSA

SCATA and Texelis anticipate agile, armed, affordable vehicle for European battlefield mobility 25/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone At Eurosatory 2026, Finnish newcomer SCATA teams with France’s Texelis to launch the Mk1, an 18 ton 4×4 marrying high end air defence payloads with affordable, agile battlefield mobility.

Airbus says “europeanized” XQ-58 VALKYRIE CCAs will fly within this year 25/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Airbus joined forces with Kratos from the US to quickly mature a “European” VALKYRIE. Germany has already signaled that it wants to field a CCA capability alongside TYPHOON.

Iran: toward a US ground operation 24/03/2026 | Pietro Batacchi A series of indicators suggest the US could launch a "special" operation inside Iran within the coming days. This is precisely the scenario that US forces have been training for over the past decade.

UK and Germany flesh out the Deep Precision Strike ambitions: cruise and hypersonic missiles are both envisaged 23/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Ground launch is the initial focus. Fielding of the new systems is only expected around the mid 2030s, however.

Ukraine, the case of the LANCET loitering munition over Kyiv 20/03/2026 | Igor Markic In the early hours of March 16th, Russian forces carried out a new drone attack on Kyiv and its surroundings, launching over 30 drones of various types.

Elbit America awarded contract to develop the Soldier Borne Mission Command system 19/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contract valued at $120.5 million assigned to Elbit America to develop SBMC

IDF strike bridges along the Litani River: operations expand in southern Lebanon 19/03/2026 | Carolina Paizs Military update: the IDF have initiated initial ground operations along the border deploying the 91st Reserve Division GALILEE, the 210th Division BASHAN (with elements of the 810th Mountain Brigade), the 146th Reserve Division, and the 162nd Division. Hezbollah has continued to strike northern Israel regularly.

Oil&Gas, drones and missiles: the Middle East's energy infrastructure war is now open 19/03/2026 | Editorial Team Israeli airstrike on March 18 against the onshore processing hub of Asaluyeh (pictured) located on the Iranian coast triggered Tehran's response with strikes  against Gulf energy facilities: Ras Laffan and Mesaieed in Qatar, SAMREF and Jubail in Saudi Arabia, Al Hosn in the UAE, and the refinery of Haifa in Israel itself.

Sea mines reloaded - Iran, TURSO, MALAMAN, MURENA, and the future of naval ambush 18/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone As Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz, an old weapon is back under the spotlight: sea mines, from crude contact spheres to modern smart seabed killers. An overview of today's interdition capabilities