Yearly Archive: 2022

It’s not here yet, by most accounting, but we’re within spitting distance of spending $1 trillion annually on the U.S. military. This might actually be a good thing, if more spending made us safer. But it doesn’t. It only makes us feel safer, which is a devil’s bargain.

The Senate version of the …

AUGSBURG, Germany — The German Air Force will receive 38 new Eurofighter combat aircraft over the next few years as part of the so-called Quadriga contract (Tranche 4). Deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled to begin in 2025 and be completed in 2030. Premium AEROTEC has now successfully delivere…

On 11 October, Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI conducted an inspection of the merchant vessel MV Meerdijk off the coast of Libya. The ship was found to be transporting vehicles modified for military use to Libya suspected to be in breach of the UN arms embargo.

This is the second time IRINI’s seized…

On 9 November 2022, representatives from over 30 Partner Nations attended informal workshops at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, to discuss areas of common interest, including crisis prevention and management, cooperative security, counter-terrorism and human security. The Bi-annual Meeting with Partn…

AeroVironment Inc.,* Simi Valley, California, was awarded an $86,424,635 firm-fixed-price contract for the RQ-20B All Environment 3 and the Long Endurance Puma unmanned aircraft systems.

Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California, wi…

The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) received 200 Anafi micro-drone systems on October 24, 2022, bringing to 450 the number of such systems already delivered to the French armies.

The equipment in micro-drone systems meets an operational need of the three services, for both conventional and…