Category: Notizie Estero

BERN — The Federal Council wants to enshrine in law the fundamental principles concerning the way in which Switzerland handles offsets in the context of armament acquisitions. During its meeting on December 2, 2022, it instructed the Ministry of Defense (DDPS) to draw up a project which will be pu…

The Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve, which was stood up last year, is a collaboration between the military services, combatant commands, industry and coalition partners with the aim of discovering new and innovative warfighting capabilities.

The idea behind this initiative is to get the bes…

The Dutch and Norwegian armed forces will launch 2 identical nano-satellites in mid-December. With these small and cheap satellites, the Netherlands and Norway maintain their independent information position. They have been developed in the MilSpace2 program together with the Dutch knowledge institu…

US jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney is preparing to close down its operations at the Blades Technology Industry (BTI) plant in Nahariya. This morning the company’s CEO sent a letter to employees explaining that, “for a long time the factory has been sustaining major losses that are only growing.”
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The Defense Department unveiled its newest bomber aircraft, the B-21 Raider, yesterday evening in Palmdale, California. As the first strategic bomber in more than three decades, the Air Force’s B-21 will serve as the backbone of America’s bomber force, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.
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On Friday, Magnus-Valdemar Saar, Director General of the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI), signed a contract with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) for the procurement of the HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems, which is an important capacity boost in the development o…