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The Cartridge Debate Revisited: How Modern Ammunition Is Reinventing the Infantry Soldier
It is easy to assume that the defining technologies of modern warfare are those that dominate the headlines: drones hovering silently above contested frontiers, satellites mapping every inch of terrain, or hypersonic missiles racing across continents. Yet the infantry soldier…
Leonardo’s Renaissance: Italy’s Defence Giant Soars on Global Spending Boom
Italy’s Leonardo, long respected within the aerospace and security sectors, is currently riding a wave of renewed global defence investment that is transforming both its fortunes and its strategic significance. The Rome-based group has unveiled a strikingly ambitious industrial plan,…
Europe’s Defence Industry Enters a New Age
Across the continent, defence companies are expanding production, unveiling new technologies, and attracting unprecedented levels of investment. What once seemed a slow and fragmented sector is now transforming into a dynamic engine of security, innovation and economic growth. The developments…
BEDEX puts Brussels at the centre of Europe’s defence industry
BEDEX, the Brussels European Defence Exhibition and Conference, opens at Brussels Expo from 12 to 14 March 2026, with the first two days reserved for defence and security professionals and the final day open to the general public. The organisers…
Belgium to launch drone and interception system production with Ukraine
Belgium is to begin domestic production of drones and anti-drone systems in cooperation with Ukraine’s defence industry, in a move that reflects the growing influence of Ukrainian battlefield technology on European defence planning, according to BX1’s report on Theo Francken’s…
Strike on KuibyshevAzot highlights vulnerability of Russia’s defence-industrial rear
A fire at the KuibyshevAzot chemical plant in Tolyatti following an overnight drone strike on 11 March has drawn attention not simply because another Russian industrial site was hit, but because of what the target represents inside Russia’s wider defence-supporting…
Steel in the Rotor Wash: Two Decades of the Modern Battlefield Helicopter
For much of the twentieth century the battlefield helicopter symbolised mobility and immediacy. From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, the image of rotor blades beating the air above advancing troops became inseparable from modern warfare. Yet…
The End of Europe’s Peace Dividend
For much of the post-Cold War era, Europe indulged the belief that war had become a distant memory. Defence budgets shrank, arsenals aged, and the continent grew comfortable under the long shadow of American protection. That illusion is now dissolving…
Europe moves to secure its ammunition lifeline
Europe’s accelerating rearmament has taken another step forward with a new industrial alliance that aims to address one of the most pressing bottlenecks in the continent’s defence supply chain: the production of artillery propellant. The Prague-based defence conglomerate Czechoslovak Group…
Strategic Refuelling and Strategic Choices: Poland’s Defence Dilemma
Poland finds itself at a critical juncture in its defence procurement policy, grappling with a choice that illuminates broader questions about alliances, industrial autonomy and geopolitical strategy. At stake is not merely the acquisition of new tanker aircraft for the…