F-22 RAPTOR and MQ-20 drone complete manned-unmanned teaming exercise 18/03/2026 | Fabio Di Felice According to a press release by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), the company and the US Air Force (USAF) have recently completed a successful… [read more]

The EU and the Iran crisis: tightrope walking amid growing assertiveness 17/03/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) The European Union is navigating the Iran crisis with a clear line: protect its interests, assert its strategic autonomy, and refuse - for now -… [read more]

Clearing the chokepoints: conversation on sea mines with underwater technologies specialist RTsys 17/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Maritime security in strategic chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz has once again become a central concern for global trade and naval planners alike.… [read more]

Iran: Kharg Island, a testing ground for the "new" Marines? 17/03/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The Trump administration and the Pentagon are reportedly assessing the possibility of launching an operation to seize the strategic island of Kharg - the oil… [read more]

DARPA names new X plane the X-76, to be build by Bell 17/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On March 9th, DARPA announced the conclusion of the Critical Design Review for the SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies (SPRINT) project. The successful clearing of… [read more]

South Korea moves ahead on KOREA-type AEGIS destroyer, F-35A Upgrade 13/03/2026 | Mike Rajkumar South Korea is moving ahead with three key programmes discussed during the 173rd Defense Acquisition Program Committee meeting held in late February. The programmes include… [read more]

Japan: JMSDF commissions fifth TAIGEI-class submarine 13/03/2026 | Mike Rajkumar The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) commissioned its fifth TAIGEI-class submarine, CHOGEI, into service on 10 March at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Kobe Shipyard. CHOGEI (Long… [read more]

One step closer to autonomous C-130Js as Merlin Labs completes Preliminary Design Review 12/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Merlin Labs announced that it has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its C-130J autonomy solution, developed in a program with and for the… [read more]

Exail announces the delivery of the first full MCM toolbox for the Belgian-Dutch joint program 11/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Exail has announced the delivery in Zeebrugge of its first mine countermeasures (MCM) toolbox. The delivery was completed by Belgium Naval & Robotics, the consortium… [read more]

Helsing’s HX 2 simulator at Enforce Tac - Training for algorithmic war 11/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Helsing’s presence at Enforce Tac 2026 placed the company’s AI enabled systems in a setting that traditionally focuses on law enforcement and internal security users.… [read more]

Hezbollah strikes Israeli satellite station 160 km from the Lebanese border 10/03/2026 | EDITORIAL TEAM Yesterday, Hezbollah struck a satellite station in Israel with a missile. The facility is located south of Bet Shemesh, approximately 160 km from the Lebanese… [read more]

METIS and TALON: the Royal Navy looking for modular, embarkable C-UXS solutions 10/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Royal Navy has launched 2 projects looking at kinetic and non-kinetic, modular, embarkable solutions to be deployed against massed surface and air drone attacks.… [read more]

Iran: a “European shield” defending Cyprus 10/03/2026 | Giuliano Da Frè Following Iranian drone and missile attacks against Cyprus and Turkey, a European “aero-naval shield” has been assembled in the Eastern Mediterranean, provided by several European… [read more]

Iran: the costs of War and the global geoeconomic shock 09/03/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The Third Gulf War - allow us to name it so for simplicity —is now escalating to alarming levels. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed for… [read more]

Technology continues to drive CUI security threat and response 09/03/2026 | Dr Lee Willett (reporting from Gothenburg) The security of seabed infrastructure is continuing to be shaped by emerging technology, according to discussions at the recent Navy Leaders’ ‘Seabed Defence’ conference in… [read more]

SSN-AUKUS: Australia announces infrastructure work at Osborne and a first Long Lead order of key items from the UK 06/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On the back of the visit by Australian Defence Minister Pat Conroy to the UK for the latest Australia-United Kingdom Defence Industry Dialogue (AUKDID), the… [read more]

Iran: the maritime front 06/03/2026 | Giuliano Da Frè Six days after the start of the strikes launched since February 28 by the US and Israel against Iran, Tehran's naval forces have sustained severe… [read more]

TOPAZ and steel - Inside WB Group’s rise at Enforce Tac 05/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone WB Group’s presence at Enforce Tac 2026 underlined how far the company has travelled from its origins as a Polish artillery start up to one… [read more]

USAF and Northrop Grumman agree plans for a major expansion in B-21 production capacity 05/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The USAF and Northrop Grumman communicated on February 23 the reaching of an agreement for the use of $4.5 billion in funding authorized and appropriated… [read more]

SCAF’s question mark: why Dassault says ‘NON’ on SCAF governance 04/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone During the 2026 annual press conference today, the official slide showed only a question mark for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). The room, however,… [read more]