A preliminary analysis of the Ukrainian UUV attack on Novorossiysk 17/12/2025 | Massimo Annati A large part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has for some time been forced to withdraw to the naval base of Novorossiysk, as the… [read more]

Taiwan releases its 2025 National Defense Report 17/12/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan) has released its 18th National Defense Report (2025), published in accordance with Article 30 of the National Defense Act.… [read more]

Anduril and GKN team to build an uncrewed rotorcraft for the British Army’s Project NYX 16/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Anduril, GKN Aerospace and Archer have formed a team to work together over the development of a rotorcraft uncrewed vehicle that will compete for the… [read more]

Ukrainian underwater drone strikes russian KILO submarine in Novorossiysk: a first 15/12/2025 | Editorial Team A new chapter in the Black Sea naval war opened this afternoon: the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) released a video documenting an attack via… [read more]

New NATO E-3 SENTRY Replacement Option 15/12/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Following NATO’s decision to abandon the acquisition of 6 Boeing E-7A WEDGETAIL Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft as a replacement for the ageing… [read more]

Germany's PEGASUS SIGINT aircraft arrives for final integration 12/12/2025 | Braid Archer The first of three Bombardier GLOBAL 6000 aircraft destined for Germany's PEGASUS airborne signals intelligence programme has landed in Hamburg, marking a decisive step towards… [read more]

ASD annual conference: Europe’s defence awakening between momentum and fragility 12/12/2025 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Europe has woken up on defence - but it still has a long way to go. At last week’s ASD conference in Brussels, panelists agreed:… [read more]

UK and Norway formalize further agreements in their Defence collaboration 11/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre’s  visit to the UK on December 4 marked the signing of the expanded Defence deal between the two Countries, which was… [read more]

Back to war: Thai airstrikes shatter fragile truce with Cambodia 10/12/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The precarious peace along the Thai-Cambodian border has collapsed. Just two months after a ceasefire was brokered to end the deadly skirmishes of July, hostilities… [read more]

Bangladesh selects Eurofighter TYPHOON (and future market perspectives) 10/12/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone With an official announcement, the Bangladesh Air Force has confirmed signing a Letter of Intent with Leonardo for the acquisition of the Eurofighter TYPHOON fighter aircraft. Further details are not yet available,… [read more]

UK takes further programme steps on ‘Atlantic Bastion’ ASW concept 10/12/2025 | Dr Lee Willett, reporting from London During the Royal Navy’s International Sea Power Conference, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Royal Navy (RN), in partnership with the Council on Geostrategy,… [read more]

EXCALIBUR HTK variant passes key seeker test 09/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The EXCALIBUR 155 mm precision-guided projectile, co-developed by Raytheon and BAE Systems Bofors, is a proven battlefield solution offering a Circular Error Probable (CEP) of… [read more]

MBDA STRATUS LO for the Type 26 frigates 09/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The UK plans to use the subsonic, stealthy, long range STRATUS LO aboard its Royal Navy Type 26 frigates, Minister Luke Pollard finally confirmed in… [read more]

Trump's National Security Strategy 05/12/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The new US National Security Strategy, drafted by the second Trump Administration, has been released. The document reflects many of the elements outlined by the tycoon… [read more]

Israel Delivers the First ARROW 3 Battery to Germany 04/12/2025 | Francesca Genovese On 3 December, Israel delivered the first ARROW 3 battery to the German Air Force during a ceremony at Holzdorf Air Base, approximately 120 km… [read more]

Embraer and PGZ sign strategic accord: Poland as key KC-390 Hub? 04/12/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone On 2 December in Warsaw, Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer and Poland's state-owned defence conglomerate Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa signed five Memoranda of Understanding establishing an extensive… [read more]

Air-to-Air Missiles on Russian GERAN-2 Drones 04/12/2025 | Francesca Genovese A video released on X on 1 December shows the in-flight interception of a SHAHED-136 (GERAN-2) armed with an R-60 missile. The Russian drone was… [read more]

SpaceFlux bags 3 separate contracts key to the UK’s Space Situational Awareness 03/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) contracts, awarded under the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) framework, secure Spaceflux’s… [read more]

Filling Europe’s C2 void: Northrop Grumman’s IBCS secures strategic role 02/12/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Northrop Grumman and MBDA Deutschland at the Berlin Security Conference in November 2025 marks a potentially significant… [read more]

Jihadists in Mali and the fuel war 02/12/2025 | Francesca Genovese For the past two and a half months, a blockade on the “strategic” roads linking Mali to Senegal and Mauritania—imposed by al-Qaeda–affiliated jihadists (Jama’at Nusrat… [read more]