Brussels Bets on Digital Sovereignty: DAIDS Project Aims to Secure EU Defense Data Without Foreign Reliance

The European Union is taking decisive steps toward digital and military sovereignty by pursuing a fully independent defense data infrastructure, free from reliance on American…

The European Union is taking decisive steps toward digital and military sovereignty by pursuing a fully independent defense data infrastructure, free from reliance on American technologies. In early February 2026, the European Commission and the European Defence Agency (EDA) aligned on a strategic direction to develop the European Defence Artificial Intelligence Data Space (DAIDS), a secure, federated platform for sharing sensitive military information among member states. This initiative, targeting full operational capability by 2030, represents a pivotal shift in Europe’s defense posture amid growing concerns over strategic vulnerabilities tied to foreign digital…

Romania and the U.S. Just Ran a Tank Drill Like It’s 2014 - In the FPV Drone Era

If you watched the footage without context, you’d think you were seeing a classic armored training vignette: big guns, tracked steel, coordinated maneuvers, day-and-night live firing, and the…

CSG and PGZ Establish Cooperation on the Offering of a Modular Mining Deployment System on a Tatra Chassis for Export Markets

The industrial and technological group CSG, whose majority shareholder and CEO is Michal Strnad, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Polish state-owned company Polska Grupa…

Budget Impasse in Taipei Raises Alarms in Washington Over Taiwan’s Readiness Against Chinese Pressure

Taiwan is intensifying efforts to bolster its defense amid escalating military pressure from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Beijing views Taiwan as an inalienable part…

U.S. Army Unveils M1E3 Abrams Prototype: Lighter, Smarter, and Ready for Tomorrow’s Battlefield

The future of the American main battle tank is taking shape in the spotlight at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, where the first early prototype…

Leopard 2 Crew Catches Russian Infiltrators

A Ukrainian Leopard 2 crew from the 155th Brigade has cleared the eastern outskirts of Hryshyne after russian infantry slipped into the area in the wake of a failed mechanized…

Fiocchi Munizioni: 150 Years of Italian Precision and Global Expansion

From a family business on the shores of Lake Como to the largest manufacturer of small-caliber ammunition in the Western world—this is the journey of Fiocchi…

Excalibur Army Wins Record Export Contract for Patriot Vehicles

CSG Group, through its subsidiary Excalibur Army, has secured contracts in Southeast Asia for the delivery of more than 100 Patriot armored vehicles in various configurations. The…

UK’s F-35 Fleet: From 138 Ambition to 75 by 2033 – A Retrospective on Delays, Dependencies, and Nuclear Recommitment

The UK’s F-35 Lightning II acquisition program, part of the multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) initiative led by the United States, has been a cornerstone of British…

CSG & Aselsan Unveil Korkut Air Defense System on Tatra

Czech defense firm Excalibur International, part of the CSG group, and Türkiye’s defense electronics leader Aselsan have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to establish…

Night Hunt in Belgorod: Ukraine’s FPV Drones Find a Solntsepyok

Ukraine’s expanding drone campaign has crossed another symbolic threshold, according to a new battlefield report from the country’s 72nd Brigade. The Bulava Unmanned Systems Battalion says…

Germany Accelerates IRIS-T Deliveries to Ukraine: Nine Systems Operational, More on the Way

Germany once again underscored the pivotal role of the IRIS-T air defense system in its ongoing military assistance to Ukraine. With Russian aerial assaults on civilian and…