Yearly Archive: 2022

Belgium Awards €600M Contract to Upgrade Air Bases for F-35

Belgium Awards €600M Contract to Upgrade Air Bases for F-35

The Belgian Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday that it had awarded a Belgian-Dutch-American consortium a contract worth some 600 million euros for the construction of the infrastructure necessary for the operation of the future F-35 combat aircraft, expected to arrive in Belgium from April 20…
AeroVironment Wins $20M Order for RQ-20 Puma UAVs for Ukraine

AeroVironment Wins $20M Order for RQ-20 Puma UAVs for Ukraine

AeroVironment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $19,737,523 firm-fixed-price contract for RQ-20 Puma AE systems, reconnaissance surveillance and target acquisition kits, initial spares package, contractor logistics support and new equipment training for the country of Ukraine.

Bids we…

Romania Grounds MiG-21 Fighters to Speed Up F-16 Purchase

Romania Grounds MiG-21 Fighters to Speed Up F-16 Purchase

BUCHAREST — NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their “considerably high accident rate”, and will speed up a planned purchase of second-hand F-16s from Norway, the defence ministry said.

The move was unrelated to Russia’s invasi…

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