Yearly Archive: 2022

BERLIN — The timely improvement of equipment and acceleration of armaments projects remain challenging. Because the projects are characterized by delivery bottlenecks, price increases and unavoidable adjustments due to the continuously changing technological and military framework conditions. The …

PARIS — The Belgian army will acquire nineteen Caesar self-propelled howitzers in addition to the nine already ordered from France, the office of Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said on Thursday, the Belga news agency reported, confirming information published by the newspaper L’ Echo.

In Ma…

STOCKHOLM — The government has today decided on additional military support to Ukraine. The support consists of equipment that Ukraine has requested, such as anti-tank weapons, support weapons and demining equipment. In total, this support amounts to a value of approximately SEK 500 million.

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The UK has announced an increased contribution to NATO as the Prime Minister and Defence Secretary attend the NATO summit in Madrid.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace MP said: “We have always been clear that our strength and security comes from our alliances, and NATO is at the heart of that.

“The…

As part of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), the Portuguese Navy launched a tender limited by prior qualification for the design and construction of a multifunctional naval platform. The tender was published this month in the Diário da República and in the Official Journal of the European Unio…

HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded an approximately $220 million contract to supply precision guidance kits for airborne munitions to a country in Asia-Pacific. The contract will be performed over a period of 15 months.

Under the contract, Elbit Systems will …