Category: Notizie Estero

Today, with the welding of a coin, the construction of the first new Dutch minehunter has started ceremonially. After the keel laying in Lanester, France, Zr.Ms. Vlissingen will continue to take shape in the coming period.

First, the hull of the ship is built in several parts. These pieces are th…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…