The European Space giant is born – Leonardo, Thales, and Airbus sign MoU for a new joint company 23/10/2025 | Pietro Batacchi Leonardo, Airbus, and Thales have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at merging their respective space activities into a new joint… [read more]

Russia conducts major strategic nuclear exercise amid rising tensions 22/10/2025 | Pietro Batacchi A major strategic nuclear exercise was held today in Russia, attended remotely by President Vladimir Putin. Although officially described by Moscow as a scheduled event, the exercise comes at… [read more]

Ukrainians strike inside Russia, Moscow retaliates by hitting Ukraine’s power infrastructure 22/10/2025 | TOMMASO MASSA During the night, Russia carried out massive missile and drone strikes against Ukraine’s electrical infrastructure, with a particular focus on hydroelectric power plants along the… [read more]

The US Army announces JANUS, a project for micro nuclear reactors for Defence’s needs 22/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The announcement came at a panel at Association of the United States Army (AUSA) event. Army leaders were joined by the U.S. Secretary of Energy… [read more]

France advances new ballistic missile programme amidst strategic transformation 21/10/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone France is embarking on an ambitious ballistic missile development programme that represents both a renewal of the nation's deep-strike capabilities and a strategic pivot following… [read more]

Netherlands joins USAF's Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program 21/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Dutch State Secretary Gijs Tuinman signed a Letter of Intent in Washington on October 16, formalizing his Country's entry into the USAF's Collaborative Combat Aircraft… [read more]

Taiwan is ready to build its own T-DOME air defense system 21/10/2025 | Fabio Di Felice In one of his last speeches to the nation, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te announced, for the first time, plans to build a “T-DOME” air defense… [read more]

Rafael unveils the L-SPIKE 4X at AUSA 20/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli At AUSA 2025, Israel’s Rafael presented its L-SPIKE 4X, the newest member of the SPIKE family, a 6th Generation development evolving the mission profile of SPIKE… [read more]

Ukraine’s lessons for Europe: people, not just drones 20/10/2025 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) The European Union is arming up - fast. With initiatives like Rearm Europe, SAFE, and others, Brussels is pouring billions into closing gaps in air… [read more]

A fragile ceasefire after deadly border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan 17/10/2025 | Francesca Genovese Last week, violent armed clashes broke out along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the mountainous region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On the night of… [read more]

L3Harris’ WOLF PACK hits maturity after 45 flights and multi-platform tests 17/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli L3 Harris has announced that the number of successful test flights for its WOLF PACK family of small modular aerial vehicles have now passed the… [read more]

IRIS-T SLM successfully tested aboard the German frigate BADEN-WURTTEMBERG 16/10/2025 | Editorial Team During the Maritime Firing Exercise 2025, the German Navy conducted a live-fire test of the IRIS-T SLM air defense system aboard the frigate BADEN-WURTTEMBERG (F-125… [read more]

Germany signs contract for 20 Eurofighter TYPHOON 16/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Eurofighter and NETMA (NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency) have signed yesterday the contract for the acquisition of 20 Eurofighter TYPHOONs and 52 EJ-200 engines… [read more]

Japan may develop nuclear-powered submarines 16/10/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Tokyo’s Ministry of Defense received a report by the Advisory Council for the Fundamental Reinforcement of Defense Capability, chaired by Sadayuki Sakakibara, urging the Government… [read more]

USA and Finland working together on icebreakers 15/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli On October 9, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to authorize the construction of up to 4 Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs) abroad, partially… [read more]

The evolution of US Army Aviation: modernisation plans for 2026 14/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The U.S. Army Aviation branch is one of the components most affected by the Army’s ongoing Transformation Initiative, which aims to modernize structures and equipment… [read more]

European Parliament greenlights EU action and “drone wall” vs Russian hybrid warfare 10/10/2025 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) The European Parliament has called for coordinated European action against Russia’s hybrid aggression, endorsing the creation of a “drone wall” and stronger cooperation with NATO… [read more]

First live ammunition launch test for Baykar’s KIZILELMA UCAV 10/10/2025 | Editorial Team On 9 October, Turkey’s Baykar KIZILELMA unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV)/loyal wingman conducted its first live ammunition release test, successfully launching Roketsan’s TEBER-82 and Aselsan’s… [read more]

Rheinmetall speeds up production of loitering munitions on its Italian sites 09/10/2025 | Eugenio Po Rheinmetall has announced that it has increased its production of HERO loitering munitions, systems that the German company manufactures as part of a collaboration with… [read more]

BAE and FORTERRA team to work on autonomous vehicles for the US Army 09/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli BAE Systems and Forterra have joined forces to rapidly prototype an autonomous variant of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) that BAE is producing as the… [read more]