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Slovakian MinDef Says 2% Should Be Military Spending Baseline

Slovakian MinDef Says 2% Should Be Military Spending Baseline

Among NATO partners, an expenditure of 2% of gross domestic product may no longer be enough for military spending, said Slovakian Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad’ during a press briefing today in Slovakia’s capital, Bratislava. 

“We talked about the fact that 2% of GDP as the cost of defense is no…

Lithium-Based Battery System for U212-class Submarines Advances

Lithium-Based Battery System for U212-class Submarines Advances

The U212 NFS new Battery System (Lithium based) successfully completed its System Design Review (SDR). This milestone marks a mandatory step forward in the development, possible production and integration on board of the U212 NFS fleet.

SDR core objectives were safety and the increase of the oper…

Ukraine President Appeals for Help as US Gaze Turns to China

Ukraine President Appeals for Help as US Gaze Turns to China

Washington turned its gaze at Beijing on Thursday, with U.S. President Joe Biden scheduling a rare phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a high-stakes conversation as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy begged the world for help fighting against a three-week Russian invasion.

China has …

China’s MoT Orders Six AW189 Helicopters for SAR Missions

China’s MoT Orders Six AW189 Helicopters for SAR Missions

ROME — Rescue and Salvage Bureau of Ministry of Transport, PRC (MOT CRS) has signed a contract for six AW189 super-medium twin-engine helicopters, which will be utilised across the coastlines of China for maritime SAR operations. The fleet deliveries will be completed by 2023.

The PRC (MOT CRS…

EDA Marks 10 Years of Cooperation with Switzerland

EDA Marks 10 Years of Cooperation with Switzerland

Ten years ago, to the day, on 16 March 2012, was signed the ‘Framework for cooperation between the European Defence Agency and the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport of the Swiss Confederation’.

This so-called Administrative Arrangement (AA), the second of only four AA so …

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