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@warsight.bsky.socialThe summer of 2026 has ushered in a new phase in Russia’s air offensive against Ukraine. Warsight correspondent Matthew Palmer was on the ground in Kyiv and experienced the bombing first hand.
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@warsight.bsky.socialINEOS Automotive announced in early October 2026 that it had secured “substantial contracts” for the supply of INEOS Grenadiers from the Italian Army and the Austrian government. The contracts give further impetus to Team Grenadier's bid for the UK LMV programme.
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@warsight.bsky.socialAs NATO gears up for the annual ‘Steadfast Noon’ nuclear exercise, winds of change are sweeping through Europe’s nuclear deterrence strategies.
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@warsight.bsky.socialEarlier today, GDELS handed over the first ASCOD Hunter IFV to the Latvian Armed Forces.
But what makes the new Hunter different to earlier members of the ASCOD family?
Read all about it here: warsight.com/2026/08/27/h...
@warsight.bsky.socialThe first Saab Gripen E licence-manufactured by Brazil’s Embraer completed its maiden flight from Embraer's Gavião Peixoto aerodrome in São Paulo State on 6 October 2026.
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@warsight.bsky.socialAs Brazil seeks to replace its ageing tank fleet, lighter and more flexible platforms are emerging as a potential solution. Yet the balance between cost, mobility, firepower and survivability raises questions about whether an FSV can truly meet the force's future needs.
@warsight.bsky.socialIn the shadow of the burgeoning People’s Liberation Army Navy, the naval forces of Southeast Asia are doing what they can to modernise.
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@warsight.bsky.socialColt Canada has officially launched its C25 carbine in Europe while embarking on a ‘rebrand’ with a consciously more proactive PR operation in support of sales initiatives beyond the company's Canadian prime customer.
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@warsight.bsky.socialThe US Department of the Air Force has awarded Boeing a USD 2.38 billion Lot 7 contract to manufacture 22 more F-15EX Eagle IIs, meaning that Boeing is now under contract with the USAF for the production of 120 of the type.
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@warsight.bsky.socialAt the Bergen military training area, the German Army Development Agency (AHEntwg) recently tested over 40 unmanned systems as part of the Experimental series ‘Land’.
The exercises aimed to test whether the systems would improve the Bundeswehr's combat effectiveness.
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@warsight.bsky.socialThe Turkish Navy has spent several years testing unmanned aircraft and surface vessels at sea. During Exercise Denizkurdu-I/2026 it became clearer how the force is incorporating uncrewed platforms into its training, planning, and fleet architecture.
@warsight.bsky.socialThe UK government has committed GBP 580 million to building a state-of-the-art biodefence lab at Porton Down. Official announcements have been scant on detail, other than noting that the new lab will form part of ‘Project Andromeda’. @dankaszeta.bsky.social reports.
@warsight.bsky.socialWhile dozens of companies are understood to have shown interest in the UK Ministry of Defence’s Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) programme, the list of competing teams in the contest has been narrowed down to seven ahead of the programme’s trials stage.
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@warsight.bsky.socialThe Finnish Air Force has formally received the first Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II aircraft for operations in Finland, less than five years after the procurement decision was announced.
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@warsight.bsky.socialFollowing the award of a UK Defence Innovation contract to develop its underwater prediction software for acoustic communications, UK company SEA will demonstrate the evolved capability at a forthcoming AUKUS ‘Maritime Big Play’ exercise.
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@warsight.bsky.socialA UK Royal Navy platform- and sonobuoy-agnostic sonar sensing package can broaden anti-submarine warfare outputs across its crewed and uncrewed naval vessels. The capability was demonstrated at the REPMUS 2026 exercise.
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@warsight.bsky.socialThe UK Ministry of Defence has celebrated the penultimate Astute-class SSN for the Royal Navy leaving its construction yard for sea trials. The reality, however, is somewhat less rosy than that event suggests.
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@warsight.bsky.socialThe pace of both uncrewed maritime technology development and its implementation is accelerating, as events in September 2026 have demonstrated.
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@warsight.bsky.socialAt a REPMUS 26 serial, the Portuguese Navy’s M-class frigate NRP Bartolomeu Dias was deployed to patrol a NATO maritime exclusion zone, escorted by up to 30 USVs and UAVs. The frigate was attacked by a force numbering more than 60 USVs and UAVs.
