SCATA and Texelis anticipate agile, armed, affordable vehicle for European battlefield mobility 25/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone SCATA’s new Mk1 is emerging as one of Eurosatory 2026’s indicators of where European land mobility is heading: medium weight, affordable 4×4 platforms optimised to… [read more]

Airbus says “europeanized” XQ-58 VALKYRIE CCAs will fly within this year 25/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Airbus and Kratos first announced their teaming agreement in July 2025. The European company saw cooperation with the American Kratos as the best way to… [read more]

Sea mines reloaded - Iran, TURSO, MALAMAN, MURENA, and the future of naval ambush 18/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Sea mines have moved from a niche Cold War concern to the centre of global headlines, as Iran could weaponise them to shut the Strait… [read more]

Clearing the chokepoints: conversation on sea mines with underwater technologies specialist RTsys 17/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Maritime security in strategic chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz has once again become a central concern for global trade and naval planners alike.… [read more]

One step closer to autonomous C-130Js as Merlin Labs completes Preliminary Design Review 12/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Merlin Labs announced that it has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its C-130J autonomy solution, developed in a program with and for the… [read more]

Helsing’s HX 2 simulator at Enforce Tac - Training for algorithmic war 11/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Helsing’s presence at Enforce Tac 2026 placed the company’s AI enabled systems in a setting that traditionally focuses on law enforcement and internal security users.… [read more]

JFS-M: Germany’s new power play in European deep fires 02/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone MBDA Deutschland’s Joint Fire Support Missile (JFS-M) is emerging as one of the most significant indicators of Berlin’s desire to carve out an autonomous long… [read more]

From Karlskrona with code: Sweden’s Autonomous Ocean Drone emerges 05/02/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Saab is using NavyTech & Seabed Defence event in Gothenburg to quietly lift the veil on its Autonomous Ocean Drone, a large uncrewed undersea vehicle… [read more]

With Project GOSHAWK, the UK looks at a new low-cost interceptor for drones and low-altitude threats 04/02/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli While the UK has joined forces with Ukraine, co-developing an anti-drone interceptor under Project OCTOPUS and committing to producing “a thousand a month” or more,… [read more]

Lighter, more mobile: Northrop Grumman charts IBCS evolution 03/02/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Northrop Grumman's Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) is undergoing a fundamental transformation, already. What began as the US Army's programme of record for Integrated Air… [read more]

Modular sonar architectures: DSIT charts new path for scalable UUV deployment 30/01/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Israeli company DSIT Solutions has completed a strategic evolution from protecting harbours against underwater intrusion to equipping unmanned platforms with submarine-hunting capabilities. The January 2026… [read more]

Hanwha will integrate the US 58-calibre 155 mm ordnance into the K9 self propelled howitzer 26/01/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM-AC) has assigned the US branch of South Korea’s Hanwha (Hanwha Defense USA) a Cooperative Research… [read more]

Omnisys pushes proactive counter drone mission planning with its BRO C-UAS 26/01/2026 | Editorial Team Israeli defence technology company Omnisys is sharpening its focus on the fast evolving counter UAS domain with the launch of an upgraded BRO C UAS… [read more]

Fewer buoys, wider coverage: MCAPS signals a tactical transformation for the US Navy 09/01/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone A new medium-frequency sonobuoy now emerging from Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC) and Thales promises to change how air and maritime forces hunt submarines. The Medium-Frequency… [read more]

Rheinmetall and MBDA formalise laser joint venture to meet German Naval C-UAS requirement 06/01/2026 | Editorial Team Rheinmetall and MBDA Germany confirmed on 5 January that they will form a new private limited company (GmbH) in the first quarter of 2026, combining… [read more]

HII progresses the build of the prototype ROMULUS large USV 18/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli HII has reported progress in the building of the prototype ship in its ROMULUS project for an entire family of uncrewed, autonomous vessels. The hull… [read more]

Anduril and GKN team to build an uncrewed rotorcraft for the British Army’s Project NYX 16/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Anduril, GKN Aerospace and Archer have formed a team to work together over the development of a rotorcraft uncrewed vehicle that will compete for the… [read more]

EXCALIBUR HTK variant passes key seeker test 09/12/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The EXCALIBUR 155 mm precision-guided projectile, co-developed by Raytheon and BAE Systems Bofors, is a proven battlefield solution offering a Circular Error Probable (CEP) of… [read more]

Industry talks: Echodyne’s radar technology for Counter-UAS protection 10/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Recent drone incursions across European airspace have intensified scrutiny on perimeter defence capabilities and critical infrastructure protection. As unmanned aerial systems operations expand from unauthorized… [read more]

Royal Navy steps up testing of Quantum technology sending it under the sea 06/11/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Royal Navy’s experimental / testbed submarine XV EXCALIBUR (built by MSubs in Plymouth under Project CETUS) has been tested at sea with Infleqtion’s quantum… [read more]