Fincantieri’s record order backlog hits €44.7 billion 12/11/2026 | Editorial Team Fincantieri closed the first 9 months of 2026 with a record backlog of €44.7 billion, up 8.8% from €41.1 billion at the end of 2025.… [read more]
EDGE conducts first test of new low-cost WOLF SHARK cruise missile 12/11/2026 | Pietro Batacchi (Reporting from Abu Dhabi) During a briefing held on the sidelines of our ongoing press tour in the UAE, we learned that HALCON, part of EDGE Group, carried out the first ground-launched test of its new low-cost cruise missile, the WOLF SHARK, last week. The missile was officially unveiled at the latest Dubai Airshow.… [read more]
EDGE’s JENIAH UCAV to fly within the next 2 years 12/11/2026 | Pietro Batacchi (Reporting from Abu Dhabi) During the press tour we are currently attending in the United Arab Emirates, we have learned that the JENIAH Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), built by ADASI (the subsidiary of the Emirati defense giant EDGE responsible for the aircraft’s production), should begin its flight test campaign in the coming months,… [read more]
NATO’s Task Force X-Arctic delineates upcoming tests & demonstrations 12/11/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (Reporting from Washington, DC) Representatives from NATO’s Task Force X-Arctic  held a virtual media roundtable to explain the Task Force’s objectives and upcoming demonstrations.  NATO is also exploring (uncrewed) ground vehicles to expand the presence on the ice cap.
SM-6, an increasingly versatile missile 12/11/2026 | Massimo Annati The operational flexibility of the SM-6 BLOCK IA, also designated RIM-174B STANDARD EXTENDED RANGE ACTIVE MISSILE (ERAM) DUAL-II, continues to expand. At sea, the missile provides air defense against aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, and anti-ship cruise missiles, terminal-phase anti-ballistic intercept, and a reasonable capability against hypersonic missiles. As if that were… [read more]
EDGE, SKYLIGHT low-cost interceptor under development to counter drones 12/11/2026 | Pietro Batacchi (Reporting from Abu Dhabi) During the press tour we are attending in the United Arab Emirates, we learned that EDGE, through its missile subsidiary HALCON, is developing a new low-cost interceptor missile named SKYLIGHT, specifically designed and conceived to counter the drone threat.  
Rheinmetall delivers the first CARACAL air-portable 4x4 vehicles to Germany and the Netherlands 12/11/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The vehicles will replace, among others, airborne variants of the Mercedes WOLF and MUNGO-type. Rheinmetall is working on a 6x6 development expected to be mature in 2028.
Shield’s X-BAT full size prototype rolls out ahead of testing; RTX to provide radar and electronic warfare fit 11/11/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The X-BAT is remarkably larger and heavier and higher performance than the current Collaborative Combat Aircraft Increment 1 of the USAF. It has deliberately chosen from the beginning to be more ambitious.
Inside X-RANGE, EDGE’s multi-domain test range 11/11/2026 | Pietro Batacchi (Reporting from Abu Dhabi) As part of the press tour of the United Arab Emirates we are taking part in at the invitation of EDGE Group, we had the opportunity to visit X-RANGE, the group’s multi-domain test range. The range is located on an island about 100 km southwest of Abu Dhabi, connected to… [read more]
Russia cancels modernization of nuclear-powered cruiser PYOTR VELIKIY 11/11/2026 | Michele Cosentino On November 1, 2026, the Russian news agency TASS reported that a special government commission had officially canceled the modernization program for the battlecruiser PYOTR VELIKIY, a nuclear-powered KIROV-class ship assigned to the Northern Fleet and long idle at its pier. The decision stems from the considerable wear of the… [read more]