The UK and the Netherlands have announced plans for the combined procurement of new amphibious transport ships for their respective marine forces. Under the GBP 2.4 billion deal, eight ships (four for each country) will be constructed in the UK based on a Dutch design. warsight.com/2026/07/08/u...

Eight NATO allies have signed up to a USD 26.3 billion integrated air and missile defence programme, announced on 7 July 2026 at the opening of the Alliance's Ankara summit. @tayfunozberk.bsky.social reports. warsight.com/2026/07/08/n...

BAE Systems has shown its GCAP Combat Air Flying Demonstrator to a handful of journalists and issued a new CGI illustration of the aircraft. The aircraft is due to fly towards the end of next year and will serve to de-risk the main Tempest (GCAP) platform. warsight.com/2026/07/08/g...

The NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in Ankara has officially confirmed the rumours: the alliance is to procure up to 10 Saab GlobalEye platforms under its AWACS replacement programme. warsight.com/2026/07/07/n...

Canada has selected Germany’s TKMS as the preferred supplier of its future submarines. TKMS is slated to provide 12 Type 212CD SSKs to replace the four in-service Victoria-class SSKs. The first batch of four new boats is due to be delivered in 2034. warsight.com/2026/07/07/c...

Three small countries on NATO's eastern flank, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are each spending more as a share of their GDP on defence than almost any other country in the alliance. As @dankaszeta.bsky.social reports, all three are undergoing serious modernisation. warsight.com/2026/07/06/b...

At Eurosatory 2026, Armenian company BooTech showcased its range of command and control (C2) suites, aimed at providing a cost-competitive and straightforward means of speeding up decision-making cycles. warsight.com/2026/07/03/e...

The status of the F-35’s new AN/APG-85 radar has always been shrouded in secrecy, but news then emerged that six F-35Bs had been accepted by the US Marine Corps without their radars fitted. warsight.com/2026/07/02/f...

The DIP promises the British Army a mix of continuity with conventional programmes, along with smaller quantities of new capabilities. What are the good, the bad, and the moderate parts? Link: warsight.com/2026/07/01/t...

The UK MoD’s Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June, has revealed a range of uncrewed system programmes to enhance UK Royal Navy sensing and lethality against growing threats, but there is still-limited capacity to prosecute those threats with high-end platforms. warsight.com/2026/07/01/d...

Saab's now under contract to build 16 Gripen Es for Ukraine, which will be delivered around 2029-2030, while 16 Gripen C/Ds donated to Ukraine from the Swedish Air Force’s inventory will start arriving at the beginning of 2027. warsight.com/2026/07/01/s...

In its now-released Defence Investment Plan the UK Ministry of Defence moves away from simply looking at space as an enabling domain and fully acknowledges that it is now a contested one. warsight.com/2026/06/30/d...

The UK MoD’s Defence Investment Plan has revealed its vision for a Next Generation Royal Air Force that combines an evolving mix of fourth-, fifth- and sixth-generation crewed and uncrewed air systems. warsight.com/2026/06/30/d...

At long last, the UK MoD has published its long-awaited DIP. Alongside noteworthy investments in unmanned and digital tech, the DIP also comes with GBP 10.7 billion in cuts to be made by 2030. Separate analyses for each service branch due to follow. warsight.com/2026/06/30/u...

Ukrainian strikes against Russian energy infrastructure and major supply routes are making things very difficult for Putin’s ‘special military operation’, especially in Crimea. warsight.com/2026/06/30/p...

The US is slated to reduce its air power commitment to Europe. While concrete details still remain sparse, two early reports indicate the likely direction of travel. The headline figures may seem alarming, but there is more nuance here than appears at first glance. warsight.com/2026/06/29/u...

Poland today firming up its expected order for three A26 submarines from Saab will significantly resurrect the Polish Navy's underwater warfare capabilities, which currently reside in the oldest serving 'Kilo'-class boat. warsight.com/2026/06/29/p...

MARSS attended the Eurosatory 2026 exhibition in Paris in June for the first time as a subsidiary of Australian defence company EOS. MARSS also announced at the show that it has been selected to provide the C2 solution for BAE Systems’ counter-UAS systems. warsight.com/2026/06/26/m...

The Toyota Hilux Invincible X 4×4 pick-up truck has been selected as the future Recce Strike Vehicle for the British Army’s 11 Brigade under Project Niala. warsight.com/2026/06/26/t...

ST Engineering's new MUMTOS system aims to solve an unglamorous problem: right now many UGVs, UAVs and USVs come from a different vendors, using their own control systems. So how is it possible to integrate them into one unified system? warsight.com/2026/06/26/m...

Bulgarian commercial drone manufacturer Dronamics, in partnership with HENSOLDT, is eyeing an entry into the defence sphere through its Black SWAN MALE UAV platform. This represents a potential pathway for Europe to field a sovereign drone-based ISTAR capability. warsight.com/2026/06/26/d...

The German Navy’s largest ever procurement project, the acquisition of six 10,500-tonne F126 frigates, has been cancelled. In their place will come eight smaller MEKO A-200 frigates. warsight.com/2026/06/25/g...

Rohde & Schwarz recently provided Warsight with new detail on THORIS and NEMACS, two of the company’s new solutions in the respective fields of C-UAV and LPI/LPD communications. warsight.com/2026/06/25/e...

Even before the war in Ukraine the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines, was compromised by the countries that didn’t sign up to it. Now, as a direct result of the war, the convention is in even worse shape. warsight.com/2026/06/24/i...

The UK MoD’s Project Brakestop has produced three candidate low-cost, long-range, ITAR-free strike weapons that could go on to be produced for Ukraine. warsight.com/2026/06/23/e...

With the multi-purpose platform Dom João Segundo preparing for operations, Portugal is putting together a new ship, a new capability and a new way of doing things – all of which will bring new impacts for the navy and the country. warsight.com/2026/06/22/p...

Northrop Grumman is developing a guided 50 mm round for a new mobile air defence system, building on its efforts to develop a 57 mm guided round for the US Navy. How are they steered? Warsight analysis makes a case for the most probable candidate. warsight.com/2026/06/22/e...

A new GAO report looking at F-35 sustainability makes for sobering reading. Between 2021 and 2025, the US F-35 fleet's full mission capable rate fell from 38% to 25%, and lifetime sustainment costs for the programme are now estimated at USD 1.6 trillion through 2088. warsight.com/2026/06/22/u...

The UAE’s applied research and development backbone, the Technology Innovation Institute used Eurosatory 2026 to showcase three AI-focused start-ups it has spun off to enter the defence and security ecosystem. warsight.com/2026/06/22/u...

BAE Systems Hägglunds is expecting to close its Nordic Initiative, under which CV90 IFVs will be put under contract for four current CV90 customers – Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Netherlands – plus one new customer – Lithuania – by the end of this year. warsight.com/2026/06/21/c...

Within the next few months Lithuanian UAS specialist Granta Autonomy will achieve TRL 9 with its Black Wasp C-UAS interceptor not by testing it against surrogate targets over Lithuania but by travelling to Ukraine and shooting down a Russian-launched Shahed attack UAV. warsight.com/2026/06/21/g...

Israel's Esh-Tech announced the development of its new DroneLight pulse-laser-based short-range C-UAV system at Eurosatory 2026. warsight.com/2026/06/20/e...

The large-scale Denizkurdu-II naval exercise, conducted from 4 to 14 June 2026 in the Eastern Mediterranean, saw the Turkish Navy demonstrating the increasing use of domestically developed weapons and combat systems. warsight.com/2026/06/19/t...

The large-scale Denizkurdu-II naval exercise, conducted from 4 to 14 June 2026 in the Eastern Mediterranean, saw the Turkish Navy demonstrating the increasing use of domestically developed weapons and combat systems. warsight.com/2026/06/19/t...

In the wake of the Franco-German-Spanish New Generation Fighter programme collapsing just before the 2026 Berlin ILA Airshow, glimpses have now emerged at what an Airbus-designed sixth-gen fighter for the Luftwaffe might look like. warsight.com/2026/06/19/g...

The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) and Anduril production contracts for the FQ-42A and FQ-44 collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) respectively, the air force announced on 17 June 2026. warsight.com/2026/06/19/u...

At Eurosatory 2026 Warsight sat down for a brief conversation with Miles Chambers, EDGE’s senior vice president for international business, to discuss the Emirati group's strategic transformation. warsight.com/2026/06/19/e...

At Eurosatory 2026, KNDS unveiled CAPINT, its pitch to the French Army for a 'bridge' MBT between the Leclerc XLR and MGCS. The vehicle itself is significant. The concept of operations being built around it is more interesting still. @mcazalet.bsky.social reports. warsight.com/2026/06/18/e...

After years of perseverance, the UK’s SubSea Craft has finally secured a client for its Victa-class submersible maritime delivery craft in the form of the Hellenic Navy. warsight.com/2026/06/18/g...

Among the highlights of the 2026 ILA Berlin Air Show was the unveiling of a Block 3 MQ-28 Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft by Boeing and Rheinmetall. warsight.com/2026/06/18/b...

Warsight's @mcazalet.bsky.social peers into the murky world of signals intelligence (SIGINT), communications intelligence (COMINT), building threat libraries, sharing secret data securely, and how industry is leveraging AI to speed up the process of signals analysis. warsight.com/2026/06/18/s...

At Eurosatory 2026, Patria unveiled their new WISPR passive radar for the counter-battery role. Several weeks prior, at AOC Europe 2026, Patria gave Warsight an in-depth look at their MUSCL passive radar. warsight.com/2026/06/17/m...

While UK defence procurement is currently in something of a stall, the need to initiate an advanced jet trainer programme to replace the Royal Air Force’s fleet of Hawks is becoming increasingly urgent. warsight.com/2026/06/13/e...

After many years of falling military recruitment, the latest figures from the UK have seen a welcome upturn to numbers joining and declining numbers leaving, although the MoD admits there is still work to be done. warsight.com/2026/06/12/u...

NATO's Allied Under Water Battlespace Mission Network provides the architecture infrastructure to deliver command and control, and exploit data use, in seabed warfare operations. warsight.com/2026/06/11/n...

The resignation of UK defence secretary John Healey on 11 June 2026 is a clear sign that the need to significantly bolster UK defence spending continues to be undermined within Whitehall. warsight.com/2026/06/11/u...

The joint programme by France, Germany and Spain to develop and build a new sixth-generation fighter finally collapsed in the run-up to the 2026 ILA Berlin Air Show. Many had been expecting and predicting the programme’s demise for more than a year. warsight.com/2026/06/11/t...

The Baltic states have a rich heritage of partisan warfare against Soviet occupation in the post-Second World War period, but how relevant is such resistance in the modern era? warsight.com/2026/06/09/p...

In the second development firing of a MICA NG missile, the French Direction Générale de l’Armement achieved a successful first supersonic firing of the weapon. warsight.com/2026/06/09/m...

A recent dangerous and reckless Russian interception of a British RC-135W SIGINT aircraft over the Black Sea was not an isolated incident but part of a pattern of Russia increasingly exploiting grey zone operations against the NATO allies. warsight.com/2026/06/08/r...