Author: Peter Bass

France Fields the Jaguar R3: The SCORPION Family’s Combat Scout Comes of Age

France Fields the Jaguar R3: The SCORPION Family’s Combat Scout Comes of Age

The French Army has begun receiving the Jaguar in its R3 configuration, the first standard that the Direction générale de l’armement and the land forces have certified…

24. 09. 2026
Four Families, One Front: Poland Is Rebuilding Its Main Battle Tank Fleet

Four Families, One Front: Poland Is Rebuilding Its Main Battle Tank Fleet

Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced the latest delivery of 35 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks. It brings deliveries under the 2022 contract for two hundred and fifty new…

23. 09. 2026
Poland First, Finland Next, Germany on the Line: Europe’s F-35 Year

Poland First, Finland Next, Germany on the Line: Europe’s F-35 Year

September 2026 will be remembered as the month when two more European air forces crossed from paper contracts into metal on the ramp. Finland’s first two F-35As landed…

20. 09. 2026
Organic Versus Layered: What the U.S. Army’s XM30 Should Actually Match in European IFV C-UAS Design

Organic Versus Layered: What the U.S. Army’s XM30 Should Actually Match in European IFV C-UAS Design

The Congressional Research Service’s September 2026 note that the XM30 may receive an active protection system against anti-tank missiles without a clearly specified organic…

16. 09. 2026
After Four Years of Delay, Germany’s First RCH 155 Howitzers Reach Ukraine

After Four Years of Delay, Germany’s First RCH 155 Howitzers Reach Ukraine

German Aid to Ukraine confirmed on 5 September 2026 that the first Remote Controlled Howitzer 155 systems have arrived with Ukrainian forces, closing a procurement saga that began when…

14. 09. 2026
Six Missiles, Same Stealth: the F-35’s 2030 Bay Upgrade will change the Air Fight

Six Missiles, Same Stealth: the F-35’s 2030 Bay Upgrade will change the Air Fight

The Pentagon has placed a deceptively simple line item on the F-35 modernization calendar: raise internal missile carriage from four weapons to six by September 2030. Listed…

11. 09. 2026
Croatia Turns to South Korea’s Chunmoo After HIMARS Limits, Seeking 290-Kilometer Strike Reach

Croatia Turns to South Korea’s Chunmoo After HIMARS Limits, Seeking 290-Kilometer Strike Reach

The Croatian government has approved the purchase of 18 K239 Chunmoo multiple launch rocket systems from South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace, a package valued at about €544 million…

10. 09. 2026
The U.S. Air Force Pushes to Replace the MQ-9 Reaper With Far Cheaper MALE Drones

The U.S. Air Force Pushes to Replace the MQ-9 Reaper With Far Cheaper MALE Drones

The U.S. Air Force entered fiscal year 2026 with only 165 MQ-9A Reaper medium-altitude, long-endurance drones instead of the minimum 189 it needed. Attrition during Operation Rough Rider…

08. 09. 2026
Two Billion Euros and Thirty Years Later: Russia’s Nuclear Flagship Rejoins the Fleet

Two Billion Euros and Thirty Years Later: Russia’s Nuclear Flagship Rejoins the Fleet

After nearly three decades out of operational service, the nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov is completing sea and state trials and is expected to rejoin…

04. 09. 2026
A Third European Navy Joins the FDI Family as Stockholm Rearms Its Fleet

A Third European Navy Joins the FDI Family as Stockholm Rearms Its Fleet

On 31 August in Stockholm, French President Emmanuel Macron and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson attended the signing of a contract under which Sweden will acquire four Defence…

02. 09. 2026
After Six Failed Bradley Replacements, the U.S. Army Finally Has Hardware: Wolf Versus Lynx

After Six Failed Bradley Replacements, the U.S. Army Finally Has Hardware: Wolf Versus Lynx

The U.S. Army’s long search for a successor to the M2 Bradley has moved from renderings and digital twins into steel. In late August 2026, General Dynamics Land Systems…

31. 08. 2026
Blueprints for Storm Shadow: Britain’s Decision Could Arm Ukraine with Precision Strike Power

Blueprints for Storm Shadow: Britain’s Decision Could Arm Ukraine with Precision Strike Power

In a significant escalation of Western support for Ukraine’s defence efforts, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham authorised the release of classified technical data…

28. 08. 2026