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]

Sweden orders more IRIS-T SLS to give Brigades their air defences 02/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The announcement was made on November 25 at the Air Defence Regiment in Halmstad (Lv 6), although the new systems being procured will actually be… [read more]

Poland announces the Saab A-26 submarine as the preferred solution for Project ORKA 02/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Poland has chosen Sweden as its strategic partner in its quest to acquire 3 new “ORKA” submarines to replace its solitary remaining KILO-class SSK. Sweden’s… [read more]

Lockheed Martin and Diehl to work together on bringing IRIS-T SLM into AEGIS 28/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Helmut Rauch, CEO of Diehl Defence, and Chandra Marshall, Vice President at Lockheed Martin, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Berlin Security Conference, agreeing… [read more]

Leonardo unveils MICHELANGELO DOME, its new integrated defence system 28/11/2025 | Andrea Mottola Yesterday in Rome, Leonardo presented its new integrated defence system: MICHELANGELO DOME. Designed to counter emerging threats in an increasingly complex global environment, the project… [read more]

HORNET AIR GUARD: Arquus pushes SCORPION towards counter UAS protection 27/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The French Army is accelerating the adaptation of its SCORPION combat vehicles to the drone age, and Arquus’ new Hornet Air Guard remote weapon station… [read more]

Belgium prepares the return to 2 combat brigades 27/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Belgium’s current single, large Motorised Brigade will formally split into 2 on 3 February 2026, confirming plans formulated earlier in 2025 as Defence spending increases… [read more]