The Netherlands’ recent engagement with the U.S. Collaborative Combat Aircraft initiative reflects more than an interest in a new generation of uncrewed combat platforms. It also highlights a deeper shift in how Western air forces are approaching manned–unmanned teaming, and exposes a growing divergence inside Europe over how the next generation of combat air power […]
In Europe, satellite navigation, GPS, Galileo, and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), is no longer just an engineering issue. It has become an operational and safety risk for aviation, maritime traffic, and critical infrastructure that relies on precise timing. Since the war in Ukraine began, GNSS jamming and spoofing have surged across the Baltic, […]
For years, the Franco-Italian SAMP/T MAMBA system sat on the slidelines of European air and missile defense: technically impressive, sparsely deployed, and largely untested in combat. That began to change with its deployment to Ukraine and a recent series of high-intensity live-fire campaigns off the French Mediterranean coast. The SAMP/T MAMBA is a ground-based air defense […]
Confronted with aging, opaque tankers in the shadow fleet, Europe is no longer relying solely on blacklists and port bans. It is deploying a web of sensors (SAR and RF satellites, coastal radars, VTS, “sniffer” RPAS), tying them into fusion centers (EMSA/IMS, SafeSeaNet, THETIS), and projecting air and naval assets to turn suspected sanctions-evasion into […]
Recent events in Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia are not isolated incidents. They are part of a worrying trend: increased pressure on European airspace. These incidents, combined with the recent overflights of Copenhagen and Oslo airports in September 2025, reveal a deliberate testing strategy aimed at disrupting civilian infrastructure, sowing confusion, and assessing the resilience of […]
FibreCoat GmbH, based in Aachen, Germany, has unveiled a groundbreaking fiber‑reinforced composite reportedly capable of drastically reducing radar cross-section (RCS), making platforms far harder to detect. This innovation marks a strategic evolution in passive stealth materials, shifting from reflection-based coatings to materials that actively absorb radar energy. Strategic context: why passive stealth matters now? Modern […]
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) represents a major step forward in European defense. It aims to ensure Europe’s autonomy and sovereignty in terms of defense and security. Estimated at 100 billion euros, the FCAS is at the heart of a new-generation weapons system (NGWS). The birth of the project The FCAS was initiated in […]
