Gripen Might Be Ukraine’s Alternative Fighter After F-16
Ukraine is considering the Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets as an alternative fighter after the last F-16 deliveries.
Ukraine News
Air
Navy / Maritime
Ukrainian Defence Intelligence Receives CB90 Boats
The Ukrainian MoD’s Intelligence Agency, HUR, has received three CB90 patrol boats as part of the Steel Front initiative.
Land
Ukraine Deploys T-64 MBTs in the Battlefield Against Russia
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun to activate T-64 Main Battle Tanks from its weapons storage warehouse.
Navy / Maritime
NATO Supports Ukraine in Mine Countermeasures Exercise
The U.S. 6th Fleet and NATO ships will jointly conduct Sea Breeze 2024 mine countermeasures exercise with the Ukrainian Navy in Scotland.
Navy / Maritime
Ukrainian Military: Russia Patrols Black Sea with Submarines
According to a Ukrainian military spokesperson, Russia uses submarines to patrol the Black Sea after naval losses.
Land
Weapon / Missile
Germany Integrates Skyranger 35 AD System on Leopard 1 MBT
Head of Rheinmetall Landsysteme Björn Bernhard has announced that the 35 mm air defence weapon is being integrated into Leopard 1 MBT chassis for Ukraine.
Investment
Defence Politics
G7 to Use Russian Assets to Reimburse Ukraine’s Debts
The Group of 7 countries announced they would use $ 50 billion of frozen Russian assets abroad as a debt loan to Ukraine.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Argentina Offers Five Super Étendard Fighters to Ukraine
Argentina, suffering from British sanctions, reportedly offers five Super Étendard jet fighters to Ukraine in exchange of military support from France.
Logistics
Unmanned Systems
Ukraine Introduces Home-Made Sirko-S1 UGVs
Ukrainian Azov Brigade introduces Ukrainian-Made Sirko-S1 Unmanned Ground Vehicles. The UGV were sent to the 6th Battalion.
Ammunition
Ukraine Brings War to Russia
Sky News reports that Ukrainian fighter jets have fired missiles at a target on Russian soil for the first time in this war.
Air
Bilateral Relations
France to Supply Ukraine with Mirage Fighter Planes
President Macron said, that France will provide Ukraine with its Mirage fighter planes so that it can defend itself against Russian aggression.
Unmanned Systems
New Era in Black Sea: Russian FPV hits Ukrainian USV
Russia attacked the Ukrainian Armed Unmanned Surface Vessel using a First-Person View (FPV). The result of the attack is unknown, but it hints at the future.
Unmanned Systems
Ukrainian FPV intercepts Russian UAV
Introducing FPV, drones have added new dimensions to the battlefield at the tactical level. They were used to destroy armoured vehicles and personnel.
Ammunition
GBU-39 SDB Spotted on Ukrainian MiG-29 Fighter
U.S.-made GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs were spotted under the wing of a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 NATO presses allies to cover US air and naval shortfalls - Washington is asking European allies and Canada to provide more aircraft and naval assets to NATO as...
- 15:00 AI drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could transform warfare within five years, p...
- 15:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European firms and air for...
- 15:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into infrastructure - Drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating demand for...
- 15:00 European anti-drone defence shifts toward layered effectors - European manufacturers are increasingly pairing anti-drone missiles with high-energy laser weapons,...
- 15:00 Autonomous swarm technologies gain momentum in Europe - Drone swarm challenges and uncrewed systems programmes highlighted at ILA Berlin 2026 showed growing...
- 15:00 Germany links loyal wingman ambitions to sovereign defence industry goals - German interest in collaborative combat aircraft is increasingly tied to a wider push for sovereign...
- 15:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 15:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 15:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
- 12:00 Leonardo and Baykar complete first K-SWARM flight tests - Breaking Defense reported that Leonardo’s M-346 and Baykar’s KIZILELMA completed joint autonomous fo...
- 12:00 Janes details M-346 and KIZILELMA crewed-uncrewed teaming trial - Janes reported that Baykar and Leonardo demonstrated crewed-uncrewed teaming between an M-346FA and...
- 12:00 Italy approves Leonardo-Baykar drone joint venture with conditions - Reuters reported that Italy conditionally approved the Leonardo-Baykar joint venture under Golden Po...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense reports ASELSAN lands Steel Dome contract - Breaking Defense reported that ASELSAN signed a €780 million deal to provide air-defence technologie...
- 12:00 Reuters tracks Ankara’s goal of doubling defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after export...
- 12:00 Baykar targets first serial KIZILELMA deliveries this year - Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar told Anadolu’s English service that the company aims to begin the first s...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense spotlights Baykar’s K2 kamikaze drone - Breaking Defense reported that Baykar unveiled the AI-enabled K2 Kamikaze UAV with swarm capabilitie...
- 12:00 Leonardo says Baykar partnership will produce European-made drones - Leonardo executives told Anadolu’s English service earlier this year that the Baykar-Leonardo partne...
- 12:00 Foreign coverage keeps focus on Baykar’s entry into the European market - International reporting around the Italian approval decision emphasised that the Leonardo joint vent...
- 12:00 KIZILELMA remains central to foreign reporting on Turkish UCAV ambitions - Recent foreign defence coverage has continued to focus on KIZILELMA as Baykar’s flagship step into h...
- 09:00 NATO presses allies to cover US air and naval shortfalls - Washington is asking European allies and Canada to provide more aircraft and naval assets to NATO as...
- 09:00 AI drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could transform warfare within five years, p...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European firms and air for...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into infrastructure - Drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating demand for...
- 09:00 European anti-drone defence shifts toward layered effectors - European manufacturers are increasingly pairing anti-drone missiles with high-energy laser weapons,...
- 09:00 Autonomous swarm technologies gain momentum in Europe - Drone swarm challenges and uncrewed systems programmes highlighted at ILA Berlin 2026 showed growing...
- 09:00 Germany links loyal wingman ambitions to sovereign defence industry goals - German interest in collaborative combat aircraft is increasingly tied to a wider push for sovereign...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
