Leonardo has successfully launched the first qualification of the Italian SAMP/T NG, featuring its KRONOS Grand Mobile High Power radar, achieving a record interception...
Defense
On 2–3 December 2025, the Italian Chief of Defence, Gen. Luciano Portolano, was received by the Italian Ambassador to Jordan, H.E. Ambassador Luciano Pezzotti, and held...
Italy is pressing for a more coherent and efficient EU defence architecture, insisting that political decisions taken by member states must guide the Union’s emerging...
A moment of broad, common-sense alignment emerged in Italy after the University of Bologna refused to activate a philosophy program for a small group of young Army...
Europe’s defence suffers from structural fragmentation — multiple systems, different standards, limited interoperability. Leonardo’s new Michelangelo Dome aims to act as...
Italy is using the DECI forum to reinforce security in the Adriatic–Balkan region, align partner countries with NATO and EU military standards, and consolidate Rome’s...
Decode39 spoke with Elena Donazzan, Member of the European Parliament for ECR/FdI and shadow rapporteur on the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP), to understand...
General Luciano Portolano, Italy’s Chief of Defence, two days ago received in Rome General Arai Masayoshi, Chief of Staff of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force.
Decode39 spoke with Giuseppe Lacerenza, partner at Keen Venture Partners, after the firm completed a €150 million first closing for its European Defence and Security...
Italy is under attack, and not in the conventional sense. Defense Minister Guido Crosetto’s newly released “non-paper lays” out a stark reality: the country is already...
