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Romania’s delayed Watchkeeper X programme moves back into delivery phase
Romania’s troubled Watchkeeper X drone programme has moved back into a delivery phase after months of delay and public pressure from Bucharest, giving the country a badly needed procurement reset on NATO’s eastern flank. The immediate news peg came on…
Cleared for Take-Off: Taiwan’s Fighter Fleet Upgrade Begins
Taiwan’s long-awaited fleet of advanced U.S.-built fighter jets is finally on the horizon, marking a significant moment not only for the island’s defence posture but also for the broader balance of power in the Indo-Pacific. After years of delays, frustration,…
Iran may have damaged US F-35 in first reported hit on American warplane
A US F-35 fighter aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at an American base in the Middle East after a combat mission over Iran, in an incident that may mark the first time Iranian forces have successfully struck…
Macron and Merz to discuss FCAS as pressure grows on Europe’s flagship fighter project
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are expected to discuss the troubled Future Combat Air System on the margins of the EU summit, as industrial conflict between Dassault and Airbus raises fresh doubts over one of Europe’s…
Ukraine Leads the Drone Revolution: A New Era of Battlefield Innovation
In a meeting between Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy today, Kyiv and London are set to expand defence cooperation with a strong emphasis on the joint production and supply of drones and advanced military technologies. This is not simply a…
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…
England Hosts Ukraine’s First Overseas Drone Factory in Strategic Defence Move
In England’s quiet Norfolk-Suffolk borderlands, far from the front lines of Europe’s most ferocious conflict, a remarkable new chapter in the Russo-Ukrainian war has quietly begun. A £200 million drone production facility, built by one of Ukraine’s most prominent unmanned-systems manufacturers,…
France-Germany rift over FCAS fighter jet raises new doubts over Europe’s flagship air combat project
A public dispute between France and Germany over the next generation of European fighter aircraft has renewed uncertainty around the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), one of the continent’s most expensive and politically significant defence programmes. The disagreement centres on…
NORAD Scrambles Jets After Russian Aircraft Tracked Off Alaska
On Thursday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked a formation of Russian military aircraft operating off the coast of Alaska, prompting a significant response from U.S. and Canadian air defence forces. According to a NORAD statement,…
“Sunray” prototype: Ukraine’s laser option for cheaper drone interception
Ukraine has tested a low-cost laser air-defence system designed to destroy small drones at close range, according to a report published by The Atlantic on 10 February 2026. In the article, staff writer Simon Shuster describes a field demonstration of…