Lockheed Martin unveils HIMARS FLEX 10/07/2026 | Andrea Mottola During Eurosatory 2026, Lockheed Martin announced HIMARS FLEX, a modular evolution of the M-142 HIMARS high-mobility rocket artillery system. The variant introduces a configuration with… [read more]

US Marines in Okinawa received their first NMESIS and MADIS systems 06/07/2026 | Fabio Di Felice US Marines in Okinawa officially received the first Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) and Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS). The 2 systems have been… [read more]

Northrop Grumman proposes the 50 mm XM913 gun as a C-UAV/AA solution 30/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli At Eurosatory, Northrop Grumman showcased, although for now only in the form of a scale model, a C-UAV and air defence palletized turret armed with… [read more]

Eurosatory, Rheinmetall and South Korea's LIG team up for air defense systems targeting EU and NATO markets 19/06/2026 | Carolina Paizs (Reporting from Paris) At Eurosatory 2026, Rheinmetall and South Korean firm LIG Defense & Aerospace (LIG D&A) announced a strategic partnership for the development and marketing of air… [read more]

Eurosatory: IDV, a Leonardo company, unveils the new CL2X UGV 18/06/2026 | Eugenio Po (reporting from Paris) At Eurosatory, running this week at Villepinte (Paris), IDV - making its first appearance at a show as a Leonardo company - presented, together with… [read more]

Eurosatory 2026: MBDA Presents the Land Cruise Missile System Mk-2 16/06/2026 | Carolina Paizs (reporting from Paris) At Eurosatory 2026, MBDA displayed the Land Cruise Missile System Mk-2 (LCM Mk-2) in its outdoor static exhibition area. The system had made its debut… [read more]

Eurosatory 2026: Rheinmetall Unveils Containerized Launcher for the FV-014 Loitering Munition 16/06/2026 | Carolina Paizs (reporting from Paris) At Eurosatory 2026, currently underway at the Villepinte exhibition center north of Paris, German defense company Rheinmetall has unveiled a new containerized launcher for its… [read more]

Eurosatory 2026: A Super Show 16/06/2026 | Eugenio Po (reporting from Paris) Eurosatory opened today, June 15, at the Villepinte exhibition center north of Paris — the world's most important event dedicated to the land-warfare sector. This… [read more]

Israeli SMEs bring future land warfare to Eurosatory through laser walls and iron waves 08/06/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone As it is often the case, Israeli small and mid-sized defence companies are arriving at Eurosatory 2026 as a coherent technology vanguard, translating hard battlefield… [read more]

US Marine Corps looks to acquire airfield-building robots 28/05/2026 | Fabio Di Felice USMC announced its project “Automated Expeditionary Airfield Assembly,” seeking for robots that can do the “grunt” work of laying down the matting used to quickly… [read more]

France and Belgium agree the requirements for the VBAE 27/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On May 19, the French Général de Corps d'Armée Patrick Justel and the Commander of the Belgian Land Component, Major General Baugnée, jointly signed a… [read more]

Poland to build Europe's first maintenance hub for ABRAMS AGT1500 engines 20/05/2026 | Francesco Bossi Poland will host Europe's only authorized maintenance center for the AGT1500 gas turbine engines that power the US-made M1 ABRAMS main battle tanks. The facility… [read more]

IDEB 2026: FNSS unveils the CFL-120 KARPAT light tank and signs cooperation agreement with CSG 14/05/2026 | Eugenio Po Today, on the opening day of the IDEB exhibition in Bratislava, the Turkish company FNSS unveiled the CFL-120 KARPAT "medium tank" (in reality a light… [read more]

Saab unveils BARRACUDA PONCHO, the new individual multispectral camouflage system 11/05/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA Saab unveiled the BARRACUDA PONCHO, a new individual multispectral camouflage system designed to protect dismounted soldiers from detection across the visual, thermal and infrared spectrum.… [read more]

Saab unveils HEAT 758: a new CARL-GUSTAF anti-tank round built to defeat ERA 07/05/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA (Reporting from Karlskoga) On 5 May 2026, at the Bofors Test Center in Karlskoga (Sweden), Saab conducted a live-fire demonstration of the CARL-GUSTAF M4 recoilless rifle before an… [read more]

MDM 2026: Marines discuss short-term goals of UGV technology, Forterra & AM General unveil prototypes 06/05/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (reporting from Washington DC) Keep autonomy technology simple and focus on logistics: that was the overall message at the Autonomy/ Collaborative Autonomy/ Autonomy Afloat panel at the recently concluded… [read more]

Romania to procure Rheinmetall LYNX KF-41 as its new IFV, with SAFE funding 06/05/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli As anticipated by FW MAG, the Government of Romania has delivered to Parliament a list detailing the military programs to be delivered with the use… [read more]

The military use of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors 01/04/2026 | Claudio Boccalatte Progress in the field of small-scale civil nuclear reactors, particularly in safety and versatility, is opening the way to their possible wider use on naval… [read more]

Lebanon, Hezbollah hits a MERKAVA tank with an FPV: a first 27/03/2026 | EDITORIAL TEAM Last night, Hezbollah released a video showing an FPV drone striking an Israeli MERKAVA tank in an unspecified location in southern Lebanon. At this stage, the… [read more]

Ukraine, Roboneers unveils the SHABLYA K-2 remotely operated turret 26/03/2026 | Francesco Bossi Ukrainian company Roboneers has developed a remote-controlled combat module designed to be mounted on UGVs and enhance infantry fire support in close-quarters engagements. The system,… [read more]