The US pushes CCA in Europe, raising concerns over the Continent’s strategic autonomy 06/11/2025 | Editorial Team After the first 2 days of the International Fighter Conference, organized in Rome by Defence IQ and closing today, a strong impression arose: the United… [read more]

Indonesia moves toward acquiring 42 Chinese J-10 Fighters 29/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli On October 15, Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadhewa announced to the press that the acquisition of 42 Chinese Chengdu J-10 fighters is planned. The… [read more]

Turkey signs for 20 Eurofighter TYPHOON 28/10/2025 | Editorial Team Turkey has signed an agreement with the United Kingdom worth £8 billion for the purchase of 20 new Eurofighter TYPHOON. The deal was formalized during… [read more]

Taiwan is ready to build its own T-DOME air defense system 21/10/2025 | Fabio Di Felice In one of his last speeches to the nation, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te announced, for the first time, plans to build a “T-DOME” air defense… [read more]

L3Harris’ WOLF PACK hits maturity after 45 flights and multi-platform tests 17/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli L3 Harris has announced that the number of successful test flights for its WOLF PACK family of small modular aerial vehicles have now passed the… [read more]

Germany signs contract for 20 Eurofighter TYPHOON 16/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Eurofighter and NETMA (NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency) have signed yesterday the contract for the acquisition of 20 Eurofighter TYPHOONs and 52 EJ-200 engines… [read more]

The evolution of US Army Aviation: modernisation plans for 2026 14/10/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The U.S. Army Aviation branch is one of the components most affected by the Army’s ongoing Transformation Initiative, which aims to modernize structures and equipment… [read more]

First live ammunition launch test for Baykar’s KIZILELMA UCAV 10/10/2025 | Editorial Team On 9 October, Turkey’s Baykar KIZILELMA unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV)/loyal wingman conducted its first live ammunition release test, successfully launching Roketsan’s TEBER-82 and Aselsan’s… [read more]

Lockheed’s Skunk Works unveils VECTIS, a new stealth drone 22/09/2025 | EDITORIAL TEAM Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has unveiled VECTIS, a new low-observable drone concept. Positioned in the high-end segment, the system is clearly intended to meet future… [read more]

South Korea unveils HYCORE hypersonic cruise missile 22/09/2025 | Fabio Di Felice South Korea has presented, for the first time, some images of its HYCORE hypersonic cruise missile, showing the weapon system during its testing. Until last… [read more]

DSEI: Dedrone solutions for the fight against drones 12/09/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Multiple vehicles on the DSEI floor, at multiple stands, have one thing in common: a compact antenna which is none other than the Dedrone On-the-move… [read more]

Avio Aero, Rolls-Royce and IHI launch GCAP propulsion consortium 10/09/2025 | EDITORIAL TEAM A new consortium has officially been established by Rolls-Royce (UK), Avio Aero (Italy) and IHI (Japan) to develop the next-generation propulsion system for the core… [read more]

New G2E consortium to deliver GCAP core platform’s sensing and communications suite 09/09/2025 | EDITORIAL TEAM The opening day of London’s DSEI 2025 saw the official launch of GCAP Electronics Evolution (G2E), a new consortium tasked with developing the advanced sensing… [read more]

DSEI 2025: MBDA unveils its latest developments 09/09/2025 | Eugenio Po (Reporting from London) During the DSEI exhibition, which opened today, Tuesday, September 9, at the ExCel exhibition center in London, MBDA presented numerous innovations. The most interesting is… [read more]

Su-57 procurement problems: missing pods and rising costs 08/09/2025 | Andrea Mottola The Su-57 is said to be the most advanced fighter jet in the Russian Air Force. Back in the fall of '22, the Author had… [read more]

Boeing releases first image of its proposal for the US Navy's F/A-XX program 03/09/2025 | Francesco Bossi Boeing has released a computer-generated image of its proposal for the US Navy's F/A-XX fighter jet. Even though it is only a conceptual rendering, it… [read more]

Beechcraft M-346N, the ‘American’ M-346 to train US Navy pilots 31/07/2025 | CAROLINA PAIZS As part of the partnership between Textron Aviation Defense and Leonardo for the Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) programme, it has been announced that the… [read more]

GA-ASI demonstrates CCA integration in air combat scenario using MQ-20 AVENGER 23/07/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed a new, key demonstration on July 8 when one of its MQ-20 AVENGER jet-powered, low observable, uncrewed aircraft… [read more]

BAE offers some info on the progress of the UK GCAP demonstrator in build 22/07/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli During RIAT, BAE Systems has released a new computer graphic image of the national demonstrator being built on the way to the Global Combat Aircraft… [read more]

China’s J-35 fighter is moving closer to entering service 22/07/2025 | Lisa Tomé A recent photo, probably posted on the Chinese website Weibo, shows two 5th generation J-35 fighter jets with visible construction numbers (0011 and 0012), suggesting that… [read more]