ARLINGTON, Va. — Kelli L. Seybolt, deputy under secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs and Lt. Gen. Somkiat Sampan, Thailand’s Director-General of Defence Science and Technology Department, signed a milestone agreement June 1 to collaborate on defense technologies.
On Wednesday (8 June 2022), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a conference call with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Latvian Prime Minster Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.
The Secretary General and the Prime Ministers discussed the…
BERN — At the general meeting of RUAG’s holding company (BGRB Holding AG) on June 8, 2022, the Confederation, as owner of RUAG, approved the dissolution of BGRB Holding AG. The demerger of RUAG is therefore complete. RUAG MRO, which works mainly for the Swiss Armed Forces, and RUAG International w…
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh handed over 12 High Speed Guard Boats to Vietnam during his visit to Hong Ha Shipyard in Hai Phong on June 09, 2022. The boats have been constructed under the Government of India’s $US 100 million Defence Line of Credit to Vietnam.
PARIS — The French-German-Spanish Next-Generation Fighter (NGF) program has already slipped by several years, and is now more likely to enter service in the 2050s than in the 2040s as originally planned, according to Dassault Aviation’s chief executive.
In the Armaments Message 2022, the Federal Council asks the Federal Chambers for commitment appropriations for a total amount of 9.3 billion francs. These appropriations include the acquisition of the F-35A fighter planes (6.035 billion francs) and the Patriot surface-to-air defense system (1.987 bi…