A small but potentially significant change has appeared on an Italian Navy patrol vessel following maintenance work in Augusta. The Comandante Foscari, a Comandanti-class offshore patrol vessel, has r...

A second group of six U.S. Air Force F-16C fighters is moving from Aviano Air Base, Italy, toward the CENTCOM area today, marking another step in the ongoing Coronet East 116 deployment. The aircraft,...

The Italian Navy has formally launched the DDX programme, with Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signing a €3.7 billion contract for two next-generation destroyers. Signed on 24 September with OCCAR, the agree...

An Italian Air Force E-550A CAEW (reg. MM62293) conducted a test flight in the Phoenix area yesterday, flying for approximately two hours after around three months without detectable public tracking a...

Belgium is increasingly looking at Italy’s FREMM EVO as an alternative to the troubled Dutch-led frigate programme, according to an internal Belgian Navy assessment seen by VRT NWS. Brussels is consid...

Warnings that Russia could be preparing drone attacks against Spain, France or Italy have been denied by Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, and there is currently no publicly available evidence ...

The Russian naval group that entered the Mediterranean on August 27 has completed its visit to Tartus and is now heading back toward Russia. The formation includes the Udaloy-class anti-submarine dest...

Three U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotankers departed Bucharest this morning and flew toward Spangdahlem, Germany, where twelve F-16Cs of the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s 138th Fighter Wing had been st...

An Italian Gulfstream E.550A CAEW (reg. MM62303 – c/s PERSEO71) was briefly tracked over the Red Sea this afternoon, heading south from the area of western Saudi Arabia. The flight is the first ADS-B ...

An Italian Air Force Lockheed C-130J Hercules (reg. MM62177 – c/s IAM4640) has conducted an extensive series of flights across the Horn of Africa and Middle East between 10 and 19 September, connectin...

The Italian Navy’s FREMM frigate ITS Carlo Bergamini (F590) has escorted the Italian merchant vessel Jolly Oro through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in recent hours, while operating under the European Aspi...

An Italian Air Force F-2000 Eurofighter was hit during overnight attacks on King Fahd Air Base at Taif, Saudi Arabia, where Italy has deployed a Task Force Air supporting regional air defence and surv...

A RAF RC-135W Rivet Joint (reg. ZZ666 – c/s RFR7121) is returning to Souda Bay today, 17 September, after spending the previous days operating from the Greek base over and around the Black Sea. The ai...

Today, five NATO and allied ISR aircraft were active across the northern and southeastern flanks, covering areas from Finland and Poland to the Black Sea. The activity included an RAF RC-135W Rivet Jo...

A NATO RQ-4D Phoenix (reg. MM-AV-SA0014 – c/s MAGMA10),operating over the Black Sea today has interrupted its mission after squawking 7600, indicating a loss of radio communications. The drone, was la...

NATO deployed a dense mix of maritime patrol, airborne early warning, tanker and signals-intelligence assets across Northern Europe today, with activity extending from the waters off Murmansk to Kalin...

Italian Air Force Eurofighters deployed in Lithuania shot down an unidentified drone over Lithuanian territory shortly after midnight on September 15, after it entered the country’s airspace from the ...

Today, the Royal Air Force has once again sent a Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint (reg. ZZ666 – c/s RRR7274) from Souda Bay, Crete, toward the Black Sea. The aircraft flew across Greece and Bulgaria before ...

The eastern Mediterranean and Libya are once again attracting close attention, with a particularly interesting coincidence emerging today. In the past few hours, the U.S. Army Bombardier Challenger 65...

Two specialized NATO intelligence aircraft were active today across widely separated but strategically important areas of Europe: the Swedish Air Force Gulfstream S102B Korpen (reg. 102003 – c/s SVF68...

The Italian Air Force has ordered two additional MQ-9A Reaper Block 5s from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI), together with the associated Block 30 Ground Control Stations (GCS). The two ...

A U.S. Air Force E-11A BACN (reg. 21-9045 – c/s BLKWF01) departed Warner Robins, Georgia, on September 9 and is now moving toward the Middle East, with its tracked route passing through Ramstein befor...

The Italian Air Force is monitoring a second Russian naval group transiting the central Mediterranean. Today, an ATR P-72A MPA (reg. MM62280 – c/s IAM4101) operated west of Sicily, flying directly tow...

NATO surveillance activity over the Black Sea continued today, following the multi-platform operation we documented yesterday. A NATO E-3A AWACS, an A330 MRTT tanker and an RAF RC-135W Rivet Joint wer...

Italy and Greece have signed today in Rome the implementation agreement for the transfer of two Italian Navy FREMM frigates, ITS Carlo Bergamini (F 590) and ITS Virginio Fasan (F 591), to the Hellenic...

A French E-3F AWACS (reg. 36-CB – c/s FAF902) departed Avord today and headed east toward the Black Sea, supported by a French A330 MRTT (reg. F-UJCM – c/s FAF4091) from Istres and a NATO A330 MRTT (r...

The Russian-flagged Ro-Ro cargo ship Lady Mariia (IMO 9220641) was reportedly struck by multiple aerial drones in the Mediterranean on September 6 while sailing east toward Syria. Video circulating on...

A new US Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission is underway today over the Norwegian and Barents Seas, with an RC-135W Rivet Joint operating toward Russia’s Kola Peninsula. Th...

Twelve F-16s from the Ohio Air National Guard are continuing their eastbound deployment toward the CENTCOM area of operations as part of Coronet East 110. Today, the fighters were tracked moving onwar...

Yesterday afternoon, a coordinated wave of U.S. and British intelligence, surveillance and maritime patrol aircraft operated across the Norwegian Sea and toward the Kola Peninsula. The activity, proba...

Twelve U.S. Air Force F-16Cs from Aviano Air Base have returned to Italy after apparently operating from the Gulf region for the past two months. The redeployment took place in the early hours of toda...

The agreement was signed on August 31 in Tel Aviv by Major General Ioannis Bouras, Director General of the Greek General Directorate for Defence Investments and Armaments (GDDIA), and Major General (R...

On August 30, the Italian Navy’s ITS Paolo Thaon di Revel (P430) boarded the tanker MV SUN south of Sicily during an EUNAVFOR MED IRINI operation. The vessel, suspected of being part of Russia’s shado...

It had been about two months since the presence of Russian warships had last been recorded in the Mediterranean. The gap, which began in late June with the departure of the last Russian naval unit fro...

The U.S. Navy appears to have restored its MQ-4C Triton presence at Prince Hassan Air Base, Jordan, following the temporary withdrawal of the aircraft to Sicily. A Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton (reg. ...