Yearly Archive: 2022

TOULON, France — On June 13th, 2022, the SQUALE exercise was launched off the coast of Toulon. Dedicated to anti-submarine warfare, this annual exercise brings together French and allied surface ships, a submarine and aircraft from the French Navy and the French Air Force, in the midst of a realis…

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) spends billions each year buying new equipment and supporting existing equipment for the armed forces. It has allocated £238 billion on equipment procurement and support over the ten years from 2021 to 2031.

However, successive governments have struggled to deliver k…

Bison Counter, the largest and most relevant European Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) exercise, will in the future be organised directly under the auspices of EDA instead of only benefitting from the Agency’s support, as in the past.

To that end, a new EDA ‘Cat B’ project – the Biso…

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) and Thales signed today a long-term strategic agreement, further building upon their business relationship and long history of cooperation.

Under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding, the companies will work together to develop areas of cooperation …

On June 15, the German Air Force’s last Airbus A310-304 will be retired after a good 22 years. The aircraft built in 1988 with the registration 10+25 (“Hermann Köhl”) is being sold. Until the A330 fleet is certified by the Dutch authorities, its missions in the field of medical evacuation will initi…