NATO abandons plans for the purchase of 6 E-7 WEDGETAIL 21/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli On 13 November, the Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands posted on its website the announcement that “together with a number of partner countries”, it… [read more]

General Atomics presents GAMBIT 6 CCA for air-to-ground operations 21/11/2025 | Fabio Di Felice General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has recently announced a new platform of its GAMBIT unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) series, built and enhanced for… [read more]

Roll-out of the first German and Norwegian LEOPARD 2A8 Main Battle Tanks 20/11/2025 | Eugenio Po Yesterday, 19 November, in Munich, and in the presence of German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, the official presentation ceremony was held for the first units… [read more]

Germany picks the C-UAV ENFORCER missile by MBDA for its SKYRANGER 19/11/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Following a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed by Rheinmetall Electronics and MBDA Deutschland at ILA last year, German lawmakers approved a funding proposal to develop… [read more]

Russia launches one of its largest combined strikes in months against western Ukraine 19/11/2025 | Carolina Paizs During the night, Russia carried out one of its most extensive combined attacks in recent months against targets in western Ukraine, an assault that continued… [read more]

The Fleet Solid Support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary pass Critical Design Review 17/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Navantia UK, its wholly controlled Harland & Wolff firm in the UK and BMT Defence & Security (the firm that designed the vessels) has completed… [read more]

LoI between France and Ukraine for RAFALE and SAMP/T 17/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Ukraine and France have just concluded a landmark 10-year defence agreement on Monday, 17 November 2025, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel… [read more]

US Army ARTEMIS radar aircraft spotted over the Black Sea 13/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli On Sunday 2 November, an ARTEMIS (Airborne Reconnaissance Targeting and Exploitation Multi-Mission Intelligence System) business jet, was observed on AIS while flying, over international waters… [read more]

Avio signs 2 agreements with Lockheed and Raytheon to build a new Solid Rocket Motor facility in the US 13/11/2025 | Francesca Genovese A double breakthrough in the United States for Avio, the Italian company headquartered in Colleferro and a leading player in solid, liquid, and cryogenic propulsion… [read more]

The new French Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile M51.3 enters service 11/11/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The M51.3 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM), developed by Ariane Group, has entered service with France’s Strategic Oceanic Force (FOST), the branch of the French Navy… [read more]

Trump’s nuclear gambit 11/11/2025 | Francesca Genovese On October 30, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that, “due to the testing programs of other countries,” he had instructed the… [read more]

L3Harris to deliver new underwater tracking range for Australia 11/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli L3Harris will deliver a new  Maritime Underwater Tracking Range (MUTR) in the waters of Western Australia, restoring a critical training capability. The MUTR uses a… [read more]

The British Army tests the Helsing HX-2 in Kenya 10/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli During Exercise HARAKA STORM in the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), in Africa, Helsing has supported a new round of trials and field experimentation… [read more]

Industry talks: Echodyne’s radar technology for Counter-UAS protection 10/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Recent drone incursions across European airspace have intensified scrutiny on perimeter defence capabilities and critical infrastructure protection. As unmanned aerial systems operations expand from unauthorized… [read more]

China: the FUJIAN aircraft carrier enters service - the first equipped with EMALS electromagnetic catapults 07/11/2025 | Francesca Genovese On 5 November, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) officially commissioned its third aircraft carrier, FUJIAN, which has now entered active service. The ceremony, held… [read more]

New Chinese Type 076 amphibious ship testing EMALS 07/11/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Reports from Chinese social media indicate increasing speculation that China's new Type 076 amphibious warship, the SICHUAN - likely designed to function as a drone… [read more]

Royal Navy steps up testing of Quantum technology sending it under the sea 06/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Royal Navy’s experimental / testbed submarine XV EXCALIBUR (built by MSubs in Plymouth under Project CETUS) has been tested at sea with Infleqtion’s quantum… [read more]

The US pushes CCA in Europe, raising concerns over the Continent’s strategic autonomy 06/11/2025 | Editorial Team After the first 2 days of the International Fighter Conference, organized in Rome by Defence IQ and closing today, a strong impression arose: the United… [read more]

BLACKBEARD, the "affordable" hypersonic missile, is now also headed to the US Navy 05/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Castelion announced that it has been awarded contracts by both US Army and US Navy to integrate its "affordable" hypersonic missile, BLACKBEARD, onto undisclosed “operational… [read more]

Defence innovation: inside Northrop Grumman's LUMBERJACK development strategy 05/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Northrop Grumman's LUMBERJACK is a jet-powered, modular Group 3 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) delivering affordable, attritable precision strike and electronic warfare capabilities. The 290-pound (131,5kg)… [read more]