Sweden has ordered further MBDA CAMM missiles 21/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli MBDA has signed a contract amendment with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration - FMV (Försvarets MaterielVerk) - to enable follow-on deliveries of the Common Anti-air… [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]

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]

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]

Germany and UK kick-start the acquisition of new M3EVO rigs 03/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli OCCAR announces the joint signature of the first key contract for the Joint UK – Germany Wide Wet Gap Crossing programme, also known in the… [read more]

Hybrid Air Vehicles announces the first ever formal reservation of 3 AIRLANDER 10 for military use 29/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the British company betting on hybrid airships as environmentally-friendly airlift solutions, has announced that an undisclosed customer has reserved 3 AIRLANDER… [read more]

New EW capability for GRAY EAGLE ordered by the US Army 24/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli On 13 October, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced that the US Army awarded it a contract to add a new open-architecture Electronic Warfare… [read more]

Project VANQUISH: the Royal Navy begins its quest for the embarked Autonomous Collaborative Platform 07/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli At DSEI, the new First Sea Lord announced the intent to fly a first jet-powered Autonomous Collaborative Platform aircraft from the QUEEN ELIZABETH-class aircraft carriers… [read more]

FN wins prototype maturation funding on the way to the Precision Grenadier System of the US Army 07/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The US Army has spent multiple years looking at the future of Infantry Section grenade firepower, pursuing a direct line of fire weapon using airbursting… [read more]

Sweden signs for 4 C-390 tactical transport aircraft with an option for 7 more 06/10/2025 | Editorial Team Today, Monday, October 6, Sweden signed a contract for the acquisition of 4 C-390 tactical transport aircraft from the Brazilian company Embraer, with an option… [read more]

South Korea selects Bombardier Defense/L3Harris GLOBAL 6500 for next-generation airborne early warning fleet 02/10/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone South Korea has concluded its competitive AEW&C II procurement programme, selecting L3Harris Technologies to deliver 4 advanced airborne early warning aircraft based on the Bombardier… [read more]

France expands maritime surveillance fleet with additional ALBATROS aircraft order 01/10/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The French Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) has ordered 5 additional Dassault Aviation FALCON 2000 LXS ALBATROS maritime patrol aircraft, bringing the total AVISMAR programme… [read more]

Germany set to increase the number of F-127 frigates to 8; could cancel F-126 30/09/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The F-127 program is meant to provide the German Navy with new and far more capable Anti-Air Warfare warships which will bring anti-ballistic missile capabilities… [read more]

Indian Air Force opts for additional RAFALEs to stem fighter decline 19/09/2025 | Mike Rajkumar Indian media outlets have reported that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has moved a proposal with the nation’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the procurement… [read more]

SAMP/T NG for Denmark 12/09/2025 | Editorial Team According to a press release issued by the Danish Ministry of Defence, Denmark will acquire the Franco-Italian SAMP/T air defence system. FW Mag has learned… [read more]

ERAM for Ukraine: from the US, funded by Europeans 03/09/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The US Department of State has approved the sale of up to 3,550 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles, equipped with as many Embedded Global… [read more]

Norway picks BAE’s Type 26 frigate and a closer cooperation with the UK 01/09/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli In a press conference at Noon on Sunday 31 August, Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has announced the selection of the United Kingdom as… [read more]

British Army’s Ground Based Air Defence capability to grow, but unclear by how much 29/08/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Ministry of Defence has announced another modest but important step in the growth of Medium Range Ground Based Air Defence through the award of… [read more]

Hanwha Aerospace gains 11th K9 SPH customer nation in Vietnam 25/08/2025 | Mike Rajkumar South Korea and Vietnam have entered into a Government-to-Government (G2G) deal for the sale of K9 155mm/52 caliber Self-Propelled Howitzers (SPH). This marks the first… [read more]