Defence`s Feeds

The Royal Saudi Naval Force will receive four C-27Js in the new Maritime Patrol Variant, with deliveries expected to start in 2029. Leonardo has announced that it will supply four C-27Js in the new Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) variant to Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense. The aircraft will be operated by the Royal Saudi Naval […]

Following her Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) landslide victory in the 8 February general election, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wants to accelerate the intelligence reform efforts she already announced when first appointed in October (IO, 12/11/25).Former intelligence service members and [...]

United States – Major agencies resume gradual recruitmentAfter more than a year of hiring freezes, accompanied by voluntary and forced [...]

The Ukrainian air force has in recent weeks quietly put together an international squadron tasked with operating its new F-16s, [...]

Complaints and allegations regarding the behaviour of Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence (DNI), have mounted up since late January, [...]

Several commercial operators of intelligence data fusion platforms were surprised [...]

The use of phone hacking by the French DGSI domestic [...]

Addressing the F-35’s operational independence from the U.S. amid tensions between Europe and the Trump administration, Secretary Gijs Tuinman made the claim to Dutch radio station BNR Nieuwsradio.  The bold claim, the veracity of which is unverifiable from an outside perspective, came as part of a wider dialogue over the operational independence of the F-35 […]

The Boeing 757 Excalibur Flight Test Aircraft began its latest series of test flights last week sporting a brand new radome grafted onto its nose, along with new fuselage fairings.  The Boeing 757-200, formerly a passenger aircraft for a number of airlines, completed its first modification phase in late 2024 and undertook a short program […]

Mission autonomy software by Collins and Shield AI was integrated on the YFQ-42 and YFQ-44 CCAs by using the government-owned A-GRA architecture. The U.S. Air Force has reached a new milestone in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, demonstrating that government-owned Autonomy Government Reference Architecture (A-GRA) can be successfully integrated with mission autonomy software. As part […]

 

Note. I'm not quite sure what's going on with the Royal Marines but from the outside looking in it appears that the whole outfit has been placed under the UK's Special Operations Command. Don't know the facts of the thing but 42 Commando is certainly part of it now. So now in addition to the big two (SAS & SBS) the Brits have added their version of the Rangers, I THINK their Airborne and parts of their Air Force Security Forces under their Special Ops banner. All that remains of conventional forces seems to be about a division or two of Armored and Mechanized Infantry.
 

The U.S. Navy’s newest supercarrier is heading back towards the Middle East having already been recalled across the Atlantic to station off Venezuela. Already in its eighth month at sea, this new assignment – which will require the third Atlantic transit of its current deployment – in the midst of heightened tensions between the U.S. […]

Speaking at a geopolitics and aerospace conference in Rome, the Commander of the Italian Air Force’s Operational Forces said the service is evaluating the possibility of operating F-35s from highway strips if conventional airfields are threatened. Italy is assessing the possibility of landing and operating its F-35A Lightning II 5th generation aircraft from selected highway […]

The landmark bill to expand the powers of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service so it can better counter "hybrid threats" is gradually taking shape at the federal Chancellery. Legal experts are hard at work implementing Chancellor Friedrich Merz's wishes.Announced in [...]

Intelligence Online can reveal that between 2023 and 2024, Saudi Arabia shipped three 155mm M777 artillery batteries, along with plenty [...]

The joint committee between Cambodia and Russia on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy held its fourth working meeting – [...]

The administrative court in Nouméa, the capital of France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on 29 December rejected an appeal [...]

Two Latin American soldiers from Ukraine's 3rd Corp Azov are relaxing at the rear of Abrams military apparel store in Kyiv's [...]