United States intercepts Russian oil tanker MARINERA in the North Atlantic 07/01/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA In the past few hours, a US operation was launched to intercept and take control of the oil tanker MARINERA (formerly BELLA 1, part of… [read more]

Greenlights to the deployment of “Coalition of the Willing” troops on Ukrainian territory 07/01/2026 | Francesca Genovese On Tuesday, 6 January 2026, during a summit held in Paris, the 35 countries of the so-called Coalition of the Willing agreed on a set… [read more]

Venezuela, Greenland, Iran: Trump’s revisionist fury and a red-hot 2026 07/01/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In the hours following the operation that led to Maduro’s capture, President Trump stated that the United States would “run the transaction” in Venezuela, returned… [read more]

Rheinmetall and MBDA formalise laser joint venture to meet German Naval C-UAS requirement 06/01/2026 | Editorial Team Rheinmetall and MBDA Germany confirmed on 5 January that they will form a new private limited company (GmbH) in the first quarter of 2026, combining… [read more]

Attack on Venezuela. Trump Announces Maduro’s Capture 03/01/2026 | Pietro Batacchi and Carolina Paizs After months of tension and escalation, the United States launched an attack on Venezuela overnight. At 07:00 Italian time (around 02:00 local time), 7 large… [read more]

First T-7A RED HAWK assigned to the Air Education and Training Command 02/01/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli In December, the USAF’s new advanced trainer finally landed at Joint Base San Antonio–Randolph, Texas, where it is set to begin its first operational activities. Specifically, this… [read more]

First B-52 with new AESA radar arrives at Edwards AFB 30/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli A mixed crew drawn from the 49th Test Evaluation Squadron at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, and the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, California, has… [read more]

The US Army Long Range Fires Battalion for Europe is formed: 3rd Bn, 12th Field Artillery Regiment 29/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The 3rd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, based out of Fort Drum, New York, has been stood up as the Strategic Fires Battalion aligned with… [read more]

Trump announces the TRUMP class: the battleships of the future 23/12/2025 | Pietro Batacchi As is well known, Trump certainly does not hold back when it comes to announcements and bold claims. The latest, unveiled with the usual fanfare,… [read more]

Anduril and Boeing for the US Army’s second interceptor for ENDURING SHIELD 23/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Boeing has chosen Anduril as its partner in the US Army’s Integrated Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 - Second Interceptor competition. The role of… [read more]

Japan increases Defense Spending up to 2% of its GDP 22/12/2025 | Fabio Di Felice According to Japan’s Minister of Defense, Shinjiro Koizumi, the National Cabinet has approved a supplementary defence budget for the current fiscal year (FY), a move… [read more]

US Navy announces a new frigate class 19/12/2025 | TOMMASO MASSA In a video message released on its social media channels, the Secretary of the US Navy, John Phelan, announced the development and construction of a… [read more]

German Army secures 200 additional PUMA IFVs in a €4.2 billion contract 19/12/2025 | Editorial Team The German Bundeswehr has substantially reinforced its commitment to the PUMA infantry fighting vehicle programme, commissioning Projekt System & Management GmbH (the joint venture between… [read more]

From the United States $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan 19/12/2025 | Editorial Team The US Department of State has approved 8 potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases, with a total value of approximately $11.1 billion, to the Taipei… [read more]

Marines activate 3 new companies at Camp Schwab base in Okinawa 19/12/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The U.S. Marine Corps has announced the activation of 3 new companies at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, as part of the ongoing implementation of Force Design 2030… [read more]

HII progresses the build of the prototype ROMULUS large USV 18/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli HII has reported progress in the building of the prototype ship in its ROMULUS project for an entire family of uncrewed, autonomous vessels. The hull… [read more]

Denmark signs contracts for IRIS-T SLM. And NASAMS. And MICA VL 18/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Back in July, Denmark had signed urgent, stop-gap contracts for the procurement of ground based air defence Fire Units. In order to put the systems… [read more]

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]