Monthly Archive: Ottobre 2022

French Navy Carries Out First Seabed Control Operation

French Navy Carries Out First Seabed Control Operation

From October 6 to 14, 2022, the French Navy carried out its first operation, as part of the exploratory seabed control capability, with an autonomous underwater drone.

Baptized CALLIOPE, this operation made it possible to use an exploratory capacity to monitor the ocean floor by operating the dee…

Naval Group Lays Down First Hull Section of Greek FDI Frigate

Naval Group Lays Down First Hull Section of Greek FDI Frigate

On 21st October 2022, the first block of the first FDI HN frigate (Defense and Intervention Frigate) for the Hellenic Navy was laid down in dry dock at Naval Group’s shipyard in Lorient in presence of Vice Admiral Stylianos Petrakis, Chief of Hellenic Navy General Staff. This important step marks th…
France Takes Delivery of Eighth MRTT Tanker Aircraft

France Takes Delivery of Eighth MRTT Tanker Aircraft

On October 21, 2022, the DGA took delivery of the 8th Phénix A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) multirole tanker aircraft.

The DGA validated this delivery following the various verification operations it has carried out since the beginning of June, first in Spain, at Getafe, where Airbus A33…

RAF Fighters Conduct Major Missile Firing Exercise

RAF Fighters Conduct Major Missile Firing Exercise

RAF Typhoon and Lightning jets have successfully conducted their largest ever mass firing of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ASRAAM). Over the space of 10 days, pilots from eight different squadrons successfully launched a total of 53 missiles at target drones.

The Missile Practice Camp…

Poland Takes Delivery of Second of Five Used C-130H Transports

Poland Takes Delivery of Second of Five Used C-130H Transports

On October 17, the second of five C-130H planes ordered for the Polish Armed Forces landed at the airport in Bydgoszcz.

The aircraft will soon undergo periodic service (PDM – Programmed Depot Maintenance) at Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 2 SA in Bydgoszcz, and will also be equipped with aviation e…

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