Damen supports Bahamas and Colombian navies, as Caribbean threats continue 03/08/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (Reporting from Washington, DC) The Dutch shipyard Damen has announced a new contract to refit four vessels operated by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s (RBDF) Coast Guard. Damen already… [read more]

36 missile tracking satellites ordered by the US Space Development Agency from L3Harris and Sierra Space 24/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Space Development Agency awarded contracts worth $1.75 billion to build 36 new sensor satellites in support of the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile defense shield.… [read more]

UK MoD awards 3 companies for work on low-cost drone interceptors, including an air-launched solution 24/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Ministry of Defence has awarded £3.16 million to 3 companies to support their development of new low cost interceptors designed to shoot down drones… [read more]

BAE to deliver naval guns for Brazilian patrol ships 22/07/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (Reporting from Washington, DC) BAE Systems announced on 16 July the sale of two “state-of-the-art” Bofors 40Mk4 naval gun systems for Brazil. The guns will be installed aboard patrol… [read more]

NATO unveils GLOBALEYE and MQ-4C TRITON buys at Ankara Summit 07/07/2026 | Editorial Team At the NATO Summit in Ankara, Türkiye, Secretary General Mark Rutte announced on July 7, 2026 that the Alliance will begin formal negotiations with Saab… [read more]

Israel announces new upgrades for IRON DOME 06/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli At the beginning of July, the Israeli MoD and Rafael jointly announced a new wave of upgrades for the IRON DOME system, releasing footage of… [read more]

India’s indigenous NETRA AEW&C fleet receives final operational clearance 29/06/2026 | Atul Chandra India’s indigenously developed ‘NETRA’ Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system has received Final Operational Clearance (FOC) from the country’s military airworthiness authorities, marking the… [read more]

France's first mass-production drone order: the DGA bets on Harmattan AI's DELCO 23/06/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone According to a press release disseminated today by the French Ministère des Armées, on 28 May 2026 the DGA formally ordered 5,000 DELCO (Drone du… [read more]

Eurosatory: Malaysia orders 18 CAESAR self-propelled howitzers 19/06/2026 | Atul Chandra KNDS has secured an order from Malaysia for 18 CAESAR 155 mm/52 calibre self-propelled howitzers (SPH), the company announced at the Eurosatory defence exhibition. This… [read more]

Poland begins its SAFE spending spree with BORSUK IFVs, KRAB howitzers, more ROSOMAK 8x8s 10/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The spectacular growth in size and capability of the Polish army continues with the award of multiple huge contracts enabled by SAFE funding. Poland has… [read more]

The Bundeswehr expands its procurement for 150 BOXER SCHAKAL IFVs; it is also working to field new Recovery and Breacher-Pioneer tanks 08/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Bundeswehr already intends to at least partially exercise the options included in the October 2025 order for 150 BOXER SCHAKAL, the IFV variant of… [read more]

Lithuania announces acquisition plan for 936 PATRIA 6x6 04/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Lithuania’s State Defense Council, the country’s top defense decision-making body, has backed the Ministry of National Defence plan to procure hundreds of Patria XA-300 6x6… [read more]

Rheinmetall lands €5.7 billion Romanian mega-contract in company's largest-ever international deal 03/06/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone On 2 June 2026, Rheinmetall announced the largest international contract package in its recent corporate history: a €5.7 billion deal awarded by Romania's Directorate General… [read more]

Airbus secures Thai order for four C295 transport aircraft 29/05/2026 | Atul Chandra Thailand has ordered four Airbus C295 tactical transports for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) and Royal Thai Navy (RTN), expanding the country’s fleet of… [read more]

72 BOXER RCH 155 for the British Army’s Mobile Fires Platform requirement 21/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The United Kingdom has announced a “nearly £1 billion” contract for the production of 72 BOXER Remote Controlled Howitzers (RCH 155) for the Mobile Fires… [read more]

Palletized cruise missiles for launch from cargo planes are coming to the USAF in 2027 20/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The USAF’s Air Force Life Cycle Management Center announced at the end of April the establishment of a new program of record, named DRAGON CART,… [read more]

Israeli government approves plan for a 4th F-35I and a 2nd F-15I Squadrons 15/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Israel’s Ministerial Procurement Committee has approved plans to acquired additional F-35s and F-15Is that will be used to stand up a 4th Squadron of F-35I… [read more]

More emergency authorizations for export of US weapons to the Gulf 11/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On May 1st, the U.S. Department of State used the accelerated, emergency approval process to give the ok to several large Foreign Military Sales requests… [read more]

Castelion BLACKBEARD confirmed as the first US Navy air launched hypersonic weapon with new contract modification for F/A-18 integration and life firings 30/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On April 24, Castelion was awarded a 104.9 million USD contract modification that “exercises an option in support of Small Business Innovation Research Phase III… [read more]

German F-127 frigates obtain US approval for a huge FMS package for AEGIS and related systems 29/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The United States has granted export authorization for the weapon and sensor suite for Germany’s future F-127 air-defense vessels. The package includes 8 AEGIS-based Integrated… [read more]