South Korea approves K2 MBTs upgrade and HAESEONG-II development 21/08/2026 | Atul Chandra South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has approved two key modernisation programmes to upgrade the Republic of Korea Army’s (ROKA) K2 Main Battle Tanks… [read more]

Development and prototyping phase is now a go for the Netherlands’s embarked ASW USV 14/08/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On July 29, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence’s Materiel and IT Command authorized the start of the design phase for a new 12-metre Uncrewed Surface… [read more]

The ESSOR-MIDS Programme for the future connectivity of European fighters moves to Stage 2 03/08/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On 28 July in Bonn, OCCAR and the industry partners had a “kick-off meeting” to launch Stage 2 of the EMIDS project, or more precisely… [read more]

Belgium looking for frigate alternatives as the ASWF program with the Netherlands accumulates delays and cost growth 27/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Speaking to VTM Nieuws, the daily news broadcasts on the Flemish television network VTM on July 19, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken was scathing about… [read more]

Second source India: Dassault details new geometries for Nagpur and Hyderabad 23/07/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone In its 22 July 2026 press conference, Dassault’s CEO Eric Trappier stated that the company is actively expanding its industrial footprint and partnerships in the… [read more]

Dassault’s summer pivot: a “5th Gen” RAFALE, a national future fighter and the VORTEX spaceplane gambit 23/07/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Dassault Aviation used yesterday’s press conference in Saint Cloud to signal that, despite a turbulent strategic environment, the group is entering the second half of… [read more]

Farnborough: Saab and Embraer scale up GRIPEN production for a hot market 22/07/2026 | Braid Archer Brazil’s expansion of the GRIPEN final assembly line at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto site marks a decisive shift from licensed production to genuine co-production of a… [read more]

Massed Modular Aircraft: an open solicitation to US and international vendors for the post MQ-9 16/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli In a solicitation open to both US and international vendors, the US “Joint Force”, not just the Air Force, ask industry for their proposal for… [read more]

UK and Netherlands join forces (again) on the future Amphibious Transport Ships 15/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On 7 July, the outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a key agreement with Netherlands Prime Minister Rob Jetten on the sidelines of the NATO… [read more]

One year on, the “Entente Industrielle” over missiles for UK and France is a badly deflated balloon 14/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On 10 July 2025, the UK announced that a new “Entente Industrielle” was being forged with France, reinforcing the collaboration on joint projects in particular… [read more]

The UK aircraft demonstrator progresses as the £4.6 billion international GCAP development contract is announced 09/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli BAE Systems has made great progress in its Samlesbury plant in the manufacture of the major structural sections of the national demonstrator aircraft connected to… [read more]

The UK looks set to attempt to jump directly from METEOR to a successor missile 08/07/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli As the true implications of the freshly published Defence Investment Plan slowly surface, the MoD reveals that it has cancelled its plans for a Mid… [read more]

Kawasaki Heavy Industries eyes Eurodrone maritime ASW variant 29/06/2026 | Atul Chandra Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus D&S) to explore the development of a Japanese… [read more]

Rheinmetall and General Atomics together for 155 mm maneuvering precision shell 25/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Rheinmetall and and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 21, during Eurosatory 2026, to explore joint production arrangements… [read more]

Hyundai Rotem selects FFG as partner in the development of the recovery variant of the K2 tank for Poland 25/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On June 15, during Eurosatory 2026, South Korean company Hyundai Rotem signed an agreement with Germany’s FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH (FFG), bringing the German… [read more]

EU accelerates on Ukraine, but Costa’s Kremlin channel divides leaders 19/06/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Ukraine has taken centre stage at this week’s European Council meeting. While EU leaders reaffirmed their long-term support for Kyiv and signalled a willingness to… [read more]

Eurosatory: Oman Munition Production Company to manufacture Czech Republic MSM’s medium and heavy-calibre ammunitions 19/06/2026 | Atul Chandra Oman Munition Production Company (OMPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Czech Republic's MSM Group, one of Europe's leading ammunition manufacturers and a… [read more]

Hegseth ties future US NATO commitment to allied performance 19/06/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) It had been expected for some time, though few anticipated it would come this soon. On 18 June, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth officially… [read more]

Poland: all 3 MIECZNIK-class frigates now in build as steel is cut for ship 3, the future HURAGAN 05/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The ceremony for the first steel cut for the future HURAGAN was held on 28 April 2026 at the PGZ shipyard in Gdynia. Now all… [read more]

FN Browning acquires Accuracy International, cementing its UK position ahead of key MoD projects 02/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Belgian firm FN Browning has announced its acquisition of the historical, iconic british maker of sniper rifles, Accuracy International. Founded in 1978, Accuracy International… [read more]