Yearly Archive: 2022

The first KC-390 aircraft acquired by the Portuguese State is already on Portuguese soil.

Escorted by two Air Force F-16Ms, this morning, October 16, the first of five aircraft landed at Air Base Nº 11 I Beja, sporting national colors.

The phase of integration of NATO equipment will now begin,…

Saab has made the first deliveries of the new lightweight torpedo (Saab Lightweight Torpedo) to Sweden’s defence procurement agency FMV.

Saab Lightweight Torpedo, named Torped 47 by the Swedish Armed Forces, is Sweden’s new lightweight torpedo system for defence against foreign submarines. The to…

Today, the Defence Joint Procurement Task Force presented its work and interim achievements, and the way forward at a meeting with EU Member States.

Based on the response from Member States, the Task Force presented areas of common interest for possible joint procurement in different equipment ca…

Defense is developing methods to do more work with the same number of people. An example is the use of so-called Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) for land operations. Experiments are now underway for further development of this. This week, the RAS unit conducted the first tactical exercise in L…

In an important milestone for the Australian Defence Force, the Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle has reached Initial Operational Capability on schedule under Project Land 400 Phase 2.

The Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart said the Boxer was tested during Exercise Sea Raider and is…

Even before sanctions cut off access to vital components and technologies for President Vladimir Putin’s defense industry, an internal Russian government review found years of attempts to reduce reliance on imports had largely failed.

Previously unreported assessments show a program with specific…