New PATRIOT systems for Ukraine—and possibly long-range missiles. A shift in Trump’s stance? 15/07/2025 | Pietro Batacchi After weeks of stalled negotiations, President Trump has taken a decisive step: he has approved new military support for Ukraine while issuing a 50-day ultimatum… [leggi la notizia]

Reading between the lines of the Starmer-Macron summit 11/07/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The recent UK-France summit represents an opportunity to confront a fundamental truth that European policymakers have long avoided: the continent's defence preparedness is not a… [leggi la notizia]

US’ FY 2026 Budget Request: early observations and notable developments 02/07/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli We already knew the FY 2026 budget request would bring quite a few big developments, including dramatic program cancellations, particularly on the Army’s side. We… [leggi la notizia]

NATO Summit: defence spending to reach 5%, but with gradual implementation and flexibility 25/06/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The historic NATO Summit currently taking place in The Hague will be remembered as the Summit of Wars and the 5% Summit—the event in which… [leggi la notizia]

Tipping point: the change of paradigm is complete now 22/06/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The world witnessed a profound transformation on the night of June 21, 2025, when American B-2 bombers struck three Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz,… [leggi la notizia]

Dassault's UCAS at the Paris Air Show along the RAFALE F5 20/06/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Two mock-ups of Dassault’s UCAS have been presented officially at the Paris Air Show, one at the Dassault’s booth and the other at the Armée… [leggi la notizia]

Bourget 2025: drones in a World at War 17/06/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The 2025 edition of the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget opens in a moment of historic geopolitical tension, with two wars underway—one in Ukraine… [leggi la notizia]

Moscow’s Bet on a Drone-Ready Generation 11/06/2025 | Massimo Annati As part of its ongoing efforts to support the so-called "Special Military Operation", Russia has launched a new initiative: drone piloting courses for 8th and… [leggi la notizia]

UK: a chaotic release for a vague Review 03/06/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Before the Secretary of State for Defence finally stood up in the House of Commons, in the afternoon of Monday 2 June, to officially unveil… [leggi la notizia]

UK PM announces agreement with Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands and lease back Diego Garcia 27/05/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Labour administration has forced through its deal with Mauritius to settle the controversy over the sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a group of 7… [leggi la notizia]

Freedom is not for free - President Macron tries to explain foreign policy to the French 15/05/2025 | Giulia Tilenni In a wide-ranging interview with French broadcaster TF1 on Tuesday evening, French President Macron discussed several foreign and domestic policies, starting from the war in… [leggi la notizia]

Trump in Saudi Arabia: $142 billion of US armaments for the Kingdom. Goodbye Eurofighter? 14/05/2025 | Giulia Tilenni President Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, still ongoing as we write, is of enormous economic and political-strategic importance. According to a statement released by the… [leggi la notizia]

The countdown to DEFEA–Defence Exhibition Athens 2025 has commenced 02/05/2025 | EDITORIAL TEAM DEFEA 2025 will host 436 exhibitors from 37 nations, 18 national pavilions, and 98 official delegations from 45 countries, reinforcing its role as a pivotal… [leggi la notizia]

India and Pakistan on the brink of war 30/04/2025 | Pietro Batacchi After last week's attack that killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam, in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad are rising to… [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]

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]

China vs. the US: the (for now cold) war begins 16/04/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The systemic competition between China and the United States has entered a new phase, that of war not war, or cold war if you prefer.… [leggi la notizia]

China and the Underwater Data Warfare 11/04/2025 | Massimo Annati On March 25, 2025, the South China Morning Post reported on a new Chinese underwater system, described as capable of cutting submarine data cables regardless of their level of protection or… [leggi la notizia]

Sea-Air-Space 2025: US naval build up takes the stage 10/04/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone (Reporting from the US) From April 7–9, the Sea Air Space Conference and Exhibition took place at the Gaylord National Harbor in Maryland, United States. As the exhibition concludes,… [leggi la notizia]

US Tariffs "really separate" from NATO's scope, says Rutte 07/04/2025 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Despite NATO's Article 2 calling on its members to "eliminate conflicts in [their] international economic policies," the US tariffs against Europe are a "really separate"… [leggi la notizia]