Yearly Archive: 2022

HELSINKI — The appropriations for the defence administration in 2023 amount to EUR 6.1 billion in the Government’s budget proposal. This is EUR 1.0 billion or 20 per cent more than in the current budget.

The increase is mainly attributable to general increases in the Defence Forces’ operating …

The Government will donate artillery ammunition worth approximately SEK 500 million to help defend Ukraine.

Since February this year, Sweden has donated defence equipment to Ukraine through five different support packages. The sixth support package took the form of a training initiative. Swedish …

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to continue development and evaluation of tailored configurations of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting G…

Defense leaders have noted that the mitigation of civilian harm during armed conflict is a strategic and moral imperative. The Defense Department is putting that idea into action with the publication of Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan, or CHMR-AP.

The plan details an array of ef…

Airpower 2022, one of the most eagerly awaited airshows on the European scene, opens its doors again from 2 to 3 September in Zeltweg, Austria: a great show for military and civil aeronautics from some 20 countries as well as an unmissable opportunity for industries to present their products.

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A Y-20 large transport aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has arrived in Austria to participate in [a] air show in Europe starting on Friday.

This is the first time that the Y-20 will be put on static display for the public in Europe, a move experts believe will dis…