RAFALE, rupees and algorithms: Dassault’s 2026 power triangle 04/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Dassault Aviation entered 2026 as a group under intense strategic pressure but with a historically high orderbook and a clear ambition to shape the next… [read more]

Iran strikes US radar and communication systems in the Gulf 04/03/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA In the first 4 days of the war, Iran struck virtually all US military bases (or locations from which US aircraft operate) in the Gulf.… [read more]

War on Iran: details from the Pentagon press conference 04/03/2026 | Editorial Team The first joint press conference between Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces Gen. Dan Caine on Operation… [read more]

Sustained US–Israeli strikes in Iran and Tehran’s response in the Gulf 03/03/2026 | Andrea Mottola US-Israeli air operations in Iran have continued at a steady pace over the last 36 hours. Since the early hours of yesterday, Israel has also… [read more]

NATO stakeholders set out steps for further increasing CUI security 03/03/2026 | Dr Lee Willett (reporting from Gothenburg) Further enhancing cross-government and multinational collaboration, and further harnessing technology, are key steps NATO stakeholders can take in continuing to augment capacity and capability to… [read more]

From Turkey, claims that the Eurofighter TYPHOON build-up will be faster and larger 03/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Turkish media outlet Milliyet reported that Ankara plans for fielding the Eurofighter TYPHOON have been expanded with the aim to quickly build a force of 56… [read more]

More warheads, less transparency - the hardening of French nuclear strategy 02/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Today, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech at Île Longue, officially updating France’s nuclear posture. The speech confirmed the five-pillar architecture of French deterrence… [read more]

JFS-M: Germany’s new power play in European deep fires 02/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone MBDA Deutschland’s Joint Fire Support Missile (JFS-M) is emerging as one of the most significant indicators of Berlin’s desire to carve out an autonomous long… [read more]

War on Iran: preliminary analysis of the operations 02/03/2026 | Andrea Mottola Yesterday, Israeli-US operations against Iran continued, with missile responses from the regime, while details emerged regarding saturday's Iranian attacks and counterattacks. On this last point,… [read more]

Iran: objectives, stakes, and the risk of chaos 28/02/2026 | Pietro Batacchi At dawn this morning, the US and Israel initiated hostilities against Iran, launching a war whose duration and outcomes remain uncertain. What is certain is… [read more]

Iran responds to USA and Israel with ballistic missile launches: several american bases hit 28/02/2026 | Tommaso Massa Following this morning's U.S. and Israeli strikes - which, after the first two waves previously reported, continued throughout the day targeting ballistic missile launchers, radar… [read more]

Iran: it’s War 28/02/2026 | Tommaso Massa and Carolina Paizs Around 10:00 AM Iranian time (07:00 AM CET), Israel and the United States launched a series of air raids defined as "preemptive" against various targets… [read more]

Leonardo SONUS for the Royal Artillery passive weapon finding sensor requirement 27/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Leonardo UK has been awarded a £18.3 million contract to supply its SONUS acoustic artillery locating system to the British Army’s Royal Artillery. Leonardo’s system… [read more]

Lockheed Martin UK and ERAF join forces to propose turrets for Saudi programs, with an eye on the UK 26/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli At the World Defense Show (WDS) held in Riyadh from February 8 to 12, Lockheed Martin UK signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the… [read more]

5 MW advanced micro-reactor transported by air from California to Utah 25/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On February 15th, at March Air Reserve Base in California, the USAF transported a nuclear reactor by air for the first time in several decades.… [read more]

From patrol car to panzer, Enforce Tac at the crossroads of internal and external security 25/02/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone (Reporting from Nuremberg) Enforce Tac 2026 in Nuremberg confirms its evolution from a niche homeland security gathering into a broader defence, law enforcement and technology arena, with the… [read more]

Exercise AGNI VARSHA: Indian Army tests integrated maneuver capabilities in desert environments 25/02/2026 | Carolina Paizs (Reporting from India) Yesterday, February 24, FW MAG had the opportunity to follow AGNI VARSHA ("Rain of Fire" in Hindi), an exercise conducted under the auspices of the Indian Army's Southern… [read more]

UK missile and deep strike plans and investment: a roundup 25/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli HMG highlighted how 400 million will be spent in year for deep strike projects, but neglected to say it’ll still result in zero or near-zero… [read more]

US Navy to rethink its traditional Carrier Strike Group 24/02/2026 | Fabio Di Felice In his new “Fighting Instructions,” Admiral Daryl Caudle, US Chief of Naval Operations, has outlined how the Navy plans to organize, train, equip, and fight.… [read more]

EU goes back to Russian frozen assets over Hungarian loan block 24/02/2026 | Caterina Tani (Reporting from Brussels) If the Hungarian veto definitively blocks the proposed €90 billion loan to Ukraine, the European Union is prepared to resort to using the interest generated… [read more]