Yearly Archive: 2021

GATINEAU, Quebec — The Government of Canada is acquiring 88 advanced fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) through a competitive process that will ensure the requirements of the RCAF are met while ensuring best value for Canadians.

Today, the Government of Canada announced that …

Earlier this year, Germany’s Bayerische Landesbank quietly decided it did not want to do business with defence companies any more.

“BayernLB has not announced it to the public yet,” a bank spokesman told me this week. “We are fading out business relationships with companies . . . [having] above 2…

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The U.S. Air Force’s top enlisted leader, after getting bombarded with pleas for help from military community members fighting the German government’s attempts to tax their pay, said Wednesday she will advocate for the affected airmen and their families.

For more th…

A Danish Challenger aircraft is now being sent to the English Channel to monitor the sea area and help stop the human traffickers operating in the area. It is the EU’s border agency Frontex that has asked Denmark for support for the task.

Minister of Defense Trine Bramsen states: “It is important…