Yearly Archive: 2022

The last batch of three Rafale fighter jets are scheduled to arrive in India next week while work on upgrading all the Rafale jets in service to the Indian standard configuration with the 13 India specific enhancements (ISE) is currently underway in India, according to defence officials.

This w…

Today the Norwegian Intelligence Service, the Norwegian Police Security Service and the National Security Authority presented their public threat and risk assessments for 2022.
Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl and Minister of Defence Odd Roger Enoksen.

“Our national se…

The Bundeswehr National Territorial Commander, Lt. Gen. Martin Schelleis, has taken over the command of the German reinforcements for the deployment to the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence in Lithuania. The Bundeswehr is increasing its contingent on NATO’s eastern flank by around 350 soldiers and ar…

TRIESTE, Italy — Today, the technical launch of the fourth Multipurpose Offshore Patrol ship (Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura, PPA) “Giovanni delle Bande Nere” took place at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Genoa).

This PPA, to be delivered in 2024, is the first in “full” version, whi…

The Bahrain Defence Forces (BDF) select BATS for the supply of an Integrated Coastal Surveillance System, to protect the shores of a military base in the country.

The solution features multiple installations of state-of-the-art radars and electro-optics, integrated in a Command and Control cent…

More than 500 Finnish military personnel are to take part in Cold Response 2022 warfare drills in Norway next month.

Norway has hosted and led the exercises every two years since 2006. The drills aim to train Nato allies and partner nations on “high-intensity cold-weather operations,” according…