BAE Systems signs a new strategic pact with Umoe Mandal, Norwegian specialist in composites 30/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli BAE Systems and Umoe Mandal have had a work partnership for more than 2 decades and at the moment the principal shared project is the… [leggi la notizia]

Italy's new ISR test bed aircraft announced 29/04/2025 | Georges France Italy continues to expand its sophisticated airborne intelligence capabilities, with recent announcements revealing plans to acquire an additional Gulfstream G550 specifically configured for national research… [leggi la notizia]

UAE found an alternative to the F-35: the Korean KF-21 29/04/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed interest in the South Korean KF-21 BORAMAE fighter jet. This interest stems from current restrictions on acquiring the F-35 LIGHTNING II from the United… [leggi la notizia]

Navantia UK gives new impetus to the modernisation of Harland & Wolff’s Belfast shipyard 29/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Navantia UK, as new owner of the sites of the historic brand Harland & Wolff after taking over the Belfast, Appledore, Methil and Arnish yards… [leggi la notizia]

Korean Air upgrades ROK's UH-60 helicopters 29/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has selected Korean Air’s Aerospace Division as the preferred bidder for the Korean military’s UH-60 performance upgrade project. Korean… [leggi la notizia]

Trump “orders” to revitalize American shipbuilding industry 29/04/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Listening to the US Navy concerns regarding stagnant shipbuilding and what that could mean for success in great power conflicts, President Donald Trump signed an… [leggi la notizia]

Indian future Infantry Combat Vehicle contenders fitted with Allison 3040 MX transmissions 28/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar All the three Government-funded Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) competing for India's Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) prototype program have opted to equip their platforms with 3040 MX… [leggi la notizia]

Lofty requirements: the ambitions of GCAP in terms of range and payload 28/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli In the latest episode of the “Future Horizons: the TEMPEST podcast”, in cooperation with “Inside Air”, the Royal Air Force’s own official podcast, some of… [leggi la notizia]

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to commence development of new combat USV for ROKN 28/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar The South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has announced that it will begin full-scale development of a combat Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV)… [leggi la notizia]

Russia and Ukraine will fight to exhaustion 25/04/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The negotiations on Ukraine are struck. The room for manoeuvre is very limited – well, it has been since the beginning – and the positions… [leggi la notizia]

The importance of robust naval communications explained through Orbit's multi-band solutions 24/04/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Naval forces increasingly rely on resilient, high-performance satellite communications for mission success. FW MAG met Asaf Punis, VP Global Marketing and Business Development at Orbit… [leggi la notizia]

EPIC: a new production facility to support critical US Army air and missile defence projects 24/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Enhanced Production and Integration Center (EPIC) in Madison, Alabama, has been built by Northrop Grumman to support the US. Army's modernization efforts for air… [leggi la notizia]

UK's project EALING demonstrates anti-swarm capabilities 24/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Ministry of Defence has completed a series of trials at a weapons range in West Wales with the Project EALING demonstrator Radio Frequency Directed… [leggi la notizia]

Red Sea lessons drive C-UAV upgrades for the US Navy 23/04/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The US Navy has announced the integration of counterdrone interceptors, Raytheon’s COYOTE and Anduril’s ROADRUNNER-M, onto ARLEIGH BURKE class destroyers. This decision was influenced by experiences… [leggi la notizia]

UK and Germany reaffirm cooperation for project TRITON 23/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli UK National Armaments Director Andy Start and his counterpart, German National Armaments Director Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, signed a “Letter of Intent” re-affirming the two… [leggi la notizia]

TKMS’ STARGAZER comes with new CONOPS in MCM and ASW missions 23/04/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone At the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) 2025 conference, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) revealed its ambitious STARGAZER autonomous underwater vehicle, positioning it as a revolutionary platform… [leggi la notizia]

The Emirates Armed Forces deploy the Israeli ELM-2084 radar in Puntland 22/04/2025 | Francesco Bossi Starting on 14 April, the United Arab Emirates deployed the ELM-2084 MMR (Multi-Mission Radar) at its air base in Bosaso, in the autonomous region of… [leggi la notizia]

New batch of F-35s for Belgium to be built in Italy 18/04/2025 | Tommaso Massa On 14 April, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken announced in an interview with a local newspaper that Belgium intends to acquire a second batch of… [leggi la notizia]

U-212 NFS for the Philippine Navy, agreement signed between Fincantieri and TKMS 18/04/2025 | Giulia Tilenni On 16 April, Fincantieri and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) signed an industrial collaboration agreement to offer U-212 NFS submarines to the Philippine Navy. Fincantieri is… [leggi la notizia]

South Korea to equip indigenous MBTS with jammers against suicide drones 18/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that domestically produced K2 BLACK PANTHER will be equipped with jammers to counter suicide drones as… [leggi la notizia]