Yearly Archive: 2020

SYDNEY — Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan, with senior commandos reportedly forcing junior soldiers to kill defence-less captives in order to “blood” them for combat, a four-year investigation found.

Australia said on Thursday that 19 …

BERN / BERLIN — Airbus and the Federal Republic of Germany today submitted their official offer to the Swiss Federal Office of Armaments armasuisse for the sale of Eurofighter aircraft to Switzerland.

The offer has been prepared in cooperation with the other Eurofighter nations as well as the …

BERN — On November 18, 2020, the government agencies of the eligible candidate submitted to armasuisse their second bids for the new combat aircraft and the new long-range surface-to-air defense system. Work to draft the evaluation reports will now begin for armasuisse, so they can be finalized du…

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson today signed an order that paves the way for the Boeing 737 MAX to return to commercial service. Administrator Dickson’s action followed a comprehensive and methodical safety review process that took 20 months to complete.

During that time, FAA employees worked di…

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — On November 18th & 19th 2020, Naval Group participates to the 32nd edition of Netherlands Defense and Security exhibition which will be held online in order to adapt to the health crisis.

It is an opportunity for Naval Group to give visibility to its unique submarine e…

SYDNEY — Australia and Japan have agreed on a historic defense pact that would allow both countries to strengthen military ties in the face of rising tensions with China.

This is Japan’s first agreement covering the presence of foreign military forces on its soil since a deal in 1960 that perm…