Monthly Archive: Luglio 2022

On July 13 and July 21, 2022, the Directorate General of Armaments took delivery of the 8th and 9th ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft modernized to Standard 6, and delivered them to the French Navy at the Lann-Bihoué air base.

This modernization was carried out by Sabena as a subcontractor to Dassau…

GETAFE, Spain — Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new generation airlifter during a flight test campaign in Spain.

The test campaign took place in daylight conditions with a minimum operating height of 150ft, flight speeds as low as 125 knots …

ANTWERP, Belgium — Armor, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and equipment from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, began arriving at the port in Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, July 21st, as the unit begins its deployment to Europe.

The Brigade will move approximately 4,200 Soldier…

Ben Wallace, the first Defence Secretary to visit Slovakia in over a decade, met with Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad in Bratislava for talks on how we can work even more closely to enhance our support.

The Defence Secretary visited Slovakia today (Mon 25 July) to meet his counterpart and discuss o…

Germany’s Bundeskartellamt has today cleared the creation of a joint venture between Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, German FCMS GbR and MBDA Deutschland GmbH. For this purpose, the three companies will each acquire one third of the shares in a civil law partnership (Konsortial GbR).

Andreas Mund…

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany — Sensor solutions specialist Hensoldt will deliver its latest-technology Identification-Friend-or-Foe (IFF) products to ELTA Systems Ltd, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI).

Hensoldt was awarded by ELTA several contracts worth approximately 10 million …