Trump “orders” to revitalize American shipbuilding industry 29/04/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Listening to the US Navy concerns regarding stagnant shipbuilding and what that could mean for success in great power conflicts, President Donald Trump signed an… [leggi la notizia]

Indian future Infantry Combat Vehicle contenders fitted with Allison 3040 MX transmissions 28/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar All the three Government-funded Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) competing for India's Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) prototype program have opted to equip their platforms with 3040 MX… [leggi la notizia]

Lofty requirements: the ambitions of GCAP in terms of range and payload 28/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli In the latest episode of the “Future Horizons: the TEMPEST podcast”, in cooperation with “Inside Air”, the Royal Air Force’s own official podcast, some of… [leggi la notizia]

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to commence development of new combat USV for ROKN 28/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar The South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has announced that it will begin full-scale development of a combat Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV)… [leggi la notizia]

Russia and Ukraine will fight to exhaustion 25/04/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The negotiations on Ukraine are struck. The room for manoeuvre is very limited – well, it has been since the beginning – and the positions… [leggi la notizia]

The importance of robust naval communications explained through Orbit's multi-band solutions 24/04/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Naval forces increasingly rely on resilient, high-performance satellite communications for mission success. FW MAG met Asaf Punis, VP Global Marketing and Business Development at Orbit… [leggi la notizia]

EPIC: a new production facility to support critical US Army air and missile defence projects 24/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Enhanced Production and Integration Center (EPIC) in Madison, Alabama, has been built by Northrop Grumman to support the US. Army's modernization efforts for air… [leggi la notizia]

UK's project EALING demonstrates anti-swarm capabilities 24/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Ministry of Defence has completed a series of trials at a weapons range in West Wales with the Project EALING demonstrator Radio Frequency Directed… [leggi la notizia]

Red Sea lessons drive C-UAV upgrades for the US Navy 23/04/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The US Navy has announced the integration of counterdrone interceptors, Raytheon’s COYOTE and Anduril’s ROADRUNNER-M, onto ARLEIGH BURKE class destroyers. This decision was influenced by experiences… [leggi la notizia]

UK and Germany reaffirm cooperation for project TRITON 23/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli UK National Armaments Director Andy Start and his counterpart, German National Armaments Director Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, signed a “Letter of Intent” re-affirming the two… [leggi la notizia]

TKMS’ STARGAZER comes with new CONOPS in MCM and ASW missions 23/04/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone At the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) 2025 conference, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) revealed its ambitious STARGAZER autonomous underwater vehicle, positioning it as a revolutionary platform… [leggi la notizia]

The Emirates Armed Forces deploy the Israeli ELM-2084 radar in Puntland 22/04/2025 | Francesco Bossi Starting on 14 April, the United Arab Emirates deployed the ELM-2084 MMR (Multi-Mission Radar) at its air base in Bosaso, in the autonomous region of… [leggi la notizia]

New batch of F-35s for Belgium to be built in Italy 18/04/2025 | Tommaso Massa On 14 April, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken announced in an interview with a local newspaper that Belgium intends to acquire a second batch of… [leggi la notizia]

U-212 NFS for the Philippine Navy, agreement signed between Fincantieri and TKMS 18/04/2025 | Editorial Team On 16 April, Fincantieri and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) signed an industrial collaboration agreement to offer U-212 NFS submarines to the Philippine Navy. Fincantieri is… [leggi la notizia]

South Korea to equip indigenous MBTS with jammers against suicide drones 18/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that domestically produced K2 BLACK PANTHER will be equipped with jammers to counter suicide drones as… [leggi la notizia]

Sweden’s FMV T&E and Singapore’s DSTA enter into land systems collaboration 18/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar Sweden’s FMV Test and Evaluation (FMV T&E) and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) have entered into a long-term agreement to collaborate on joint… [leggi la notizia]

India progresses on long-range glide bomb development 18/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) recently undertook developmental release trials for its indigenously developed 1,000 kg class, Long-Range Glide Bomb (LRGB) GAURAV. The… [leggi la notizia]

The MGCS Project Company GmbH, the industrial corporation of the MGCS, is formally established 17/04/2025 | CAROLINA PAIZS Today, 17 April, the MGCS Project Company GmbH, the industrial consortium behind the Franco-German MGCS (Main Ground Combat System) programme, has been officially established in… [leggi la notizia]

ARX Robotics to open shop in the UK, looking to supply UGVs to the British Army 17/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The German startup ARX Robotics has announced it will open a new HQ in the UK in London and invest £45 million to open a… [leggi la notizia]

China vs. the US: the (for now cold) war begins 16/04/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The systemic competition between China and the United States has entered a new phase, that of war not war, or cold war if you prefer.… [leggi la notizia]