Monthly Archive: Dicembre 2021

It is not possible to conclusively determine the cause of the fatal accident involving an NH90 helicopter on 19 July last year: This is the conclusion of the Defense Security Inspectorate (IVD). Lt Commander Christine Martens and Lt Commander Erwin Warnies were killed in the crash in the Caribbean. …

TAIPEI — A Navy vessel known as an “aircraft carrier killer” fired new domestically made Sea Sword II missiles as a test, reports said Thursday (Dec. 2).

The Ta Chiang corvette was commissioned in September, the first of six vessels in the Tuo Chiang class equipped with modern air defense capab…

On Saturday, December 4, at 09:19 p.m. local time, a Soyuz launcher lifted off from the CSG in Kourou, French Guiana, and successfully orbited two satellites built by OHB System: Galileo FOC-M9 (23-24), SAT 27-28, as a part of Europe’s Galileo constellation.

These two satellites are the 179th and…

On November 23rd at the Non-Commissioned Officers’ Club in Rome, the Naval Armaments Directorate (Navarm) coordinated the annual session of two fundamental meetings for the National Underwater Component: the 41st Coordinating Group meeting of the Underwater Cooperation Program and the 25th ° Steerin…

The General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) took delivery of the prototype of a naval anti-mine drone system in Brest on November 25, 2021. This system brings together underwater and surface drones and is intended to allow sailors to operate at a distance from a danger zone.

This prototype is part…

Key tests in the development of the RAF’s new Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) have been completed in the USA.

A total of 16 Protectors are currently on order for the RAF but before delivery of the first example a series of rigorous tests are being undertaken by the manufa…