Yearly Archive: 2022

THE HAGUE — Defense will take major steps to make the Netherlands stronger, Europe safer and NATO more powerful. The Defense Memorandum 2022 presented today explains how.

— Stocks of ammunition, fuel and equipment are increased.
— Improve working conditions for staff.
— Firepower on land,…

The UK’s stock of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) will be upgraded on Royal Navy submarines to ensure the weapon is even more effective against future threats.

In a £265 million contract with the US Government, with maintenance and technical support at the UK sites of BAE Systems, Babcock In…

Russian forces are likely to be less effective on the battlefield in future because of a lack of junior military leaders following devastating losses among the army’s lower ranking officers, according to British intelligence.

The Ministry of Defence said that brigade and battalion commanders were…

KOBLENZ, Germany — Represented by the international NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA), the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) and the French procurement organization, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), entered into a long-term ser…

In a major boost to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (Self-Reliance—Ed.) the Ministry of Defence on May 31, 2022 signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for supply of ASTRA MK1 Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air to air missiles (AAM) and associated e…

China is training its air force pilots in South Africa by using former French pilots, according to a new report. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) uses a subsidiary and partner of its largest aerospace-defense contractor, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), to do the job.

AVIC purchas…