The US Navy has established a Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center (RASWDC) 02/10/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) officially established the Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center (RASWDC) on September… [read more]

USAF urgently seeks medium-caliber automatic weapons for base air defense 01/10/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Following a series of Iranian and Houthi-linked attacks against bases and infrastructure of the US-led coalition in the Middle East, the U.S. Air Force (USAF)… [read more]

First MK-48 torpedo launch from the EXCALIBUR XLUUV 30/09/2026 | Michele Cosentino On September 13, 2026, the Royal Navy's experimental Extra Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) EXCALIBUR successfully launched a US Navy MK-48 MOD 7 Common Broadband… [read more]

Boeing wins the F/A-XX competition for the US Navy's next fighter 30/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In a somewhat surprising outcome — most observers expected Northrop Grumman and a "TOMCAT-like" design — the US Navy has selected Boeing to develop its… [read more]

TKMS–EDGE MoU adds a German stakeholder to UAE’s naval ambitions - after Fincantieri and CMN 30/09/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone EDGE Group’s new Memorandum of Understanding with Germany’s TKMS is adds a German industrial stakeholder to an increasingly dense UAE naval ecosystem that already includes… [read more]

The new Greenland Agreement and what it guarantees the United States 29/09/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The new Greenland Agreement has, unsurprisingly, drawn conflicting assessments as the public and experts have asked who “won”, especially after the topic was blown out… [read more]

Boeing and US Navy sign first MQ-25A STINGRAY production contract 29/09/2026 | Fabio Di Felice The US Navy awarded Boeing a $562 million fixed-price incentive contract to start Lot 1 Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the MQ-25A STINGRAY unmanned… [read more]

EU: Brussels discusses mechanism to counter hybrid threats 28/09/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) As hybrid threats multiply across Europe, EU defence ministers are intensifying efforts to coordinate a collective response. On 28 September, they opened talks to align… [read more]

Indonesia commissions former Italian aircraft carrier into service as KRI SRIWIJAYA-100 28/09/2026 | Atul Chandra The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) has commissioned the former Italian light aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi, into service as the KRI SRIWIJAYA-100. As already reported by FW… [read more]

GA-ASI’s MOJAVE proves its STOL credentials in a demanding field exercise in South Korea 27/09/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Hanwha Aerospace have completed a demanding demonstration with the MOJAVE short take-off and landing UAS in South Korea. The… [read more]

Lockheed Martin UK presents its crewed turret on a Hanwha REDBACK hull at DVD 2026 27/09/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Lockheed Martin UK has presented a new incarnation of the family of UK-designed, UK-built ITAR free turrets that are building on the legacy of producing… [read more]

General Dynamics Land Systems UK and ARX Robotics UK together to give AJAX a “wingman” UGV 25/09/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli At DVD 2026, General Dynamics Land Systems-United Kingdom (GDLS-UK) and ARX Robotics have launched a new collaboration to jointly explore the development of future crewed-uncrewed… [read more]

Moscow's hybrid steamroller tightens the grip on Europe 25/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The latest warning, as reported yesterday by Spanish newspaper El Mundo, comes from the CIA: Russia would be ready to launch drones against Italy, Spain,… [read more]

DDX Program contract signed for the Italian Navy 24/09/2026 | Eugenio Po Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (a joint venture between Fincantieri and Leonardo) has signed a contract with OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement) worth €2.4… [read more]

Otokar and Leonardo complete HITFACT 120 turret integration on TULPAR 24/09/2026 | Eugenio Po Otokar and Leonardo have completed the integration of the HITFACT Mk-II 120/45 mm turret on the TULPAR tracked vehicle and demonstrated its accuracy in a… [read more]

US Navy unveils MALICE, its new Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile 23/09/2026 | Fabio Di Felice At the recent Tailhook Symposium, held in late August in Reno, Nevada, the US Navy unveiled the development of a new long-range air-to-air missile, the… [read more]

Indonesia receives former Italian aircraft carrier GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI 22/09/2026 | Atul Chandra Indonesia has received the former Italian light aircraft carrier GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI, which is expected to be inducted into the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL), following a refit… [read more]

Why we still need the Main Battle Tank 22/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Riding the wave — let's be honest, a partly emotional one — of events unfolding daily in Ukraine, a widespread notion is taking hold: that… [read more]

Saudi Arabia, green light for the acquisition of 48 F-35A 22/09/2026 | Carolina Paizs On September 17, the US Department of State approved a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) for the sale to Saudi Arabia of up to 48 F-35A… [read more]

IDV selected for US Army's Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability Initiative 22/09/2026 | Editorial Team IDV (part of Leonardo), through its US subsidiary IDV USA, announced its selection by the US Army's Capability Program Executive Office Mission Autonomy as 1… [read more]