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Finnish Air Force to Participate in BALTOPS 22 with Two F/A-18s

Finnish Air Force to Participate in BALTOPS 22 with Two F/A-18s

The international BALTOPS 22 exercise will take place in the Baltic Sea region on 5‒17 June 2022. The Finnish Air Force will participate in the exercise with two F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters operating out of Turku airport on 6‒10 June 2022.

The aim of BALTOPS 22 is to enhance NATO member and…

Argentina Takes Delivery of Final Gowind-class OPV

Argentina Takes Delivery of Final Gowind-class OPV

BUENOS AIRES — The Minister of Defense, Jorge Taiana, led this morning at the Buenos Aires Naval Base the ceremony for the arrival in the country of the Multipurpose Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) ARA “Rear Admiral Cordero” (P-54), the last of the four ships acquired by the Argentina through FONDEF to …
Bundeswehr Orders Up to 249 Tank Transport Trailers

Bundeswehr Orders Up to 249 Tank Transport Trailers

On June 1, 2022, the Vice President of the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Federal Armed Forces (BAAINBw), Annette Lehnigk-Emden, signed a framework agreement with representatives of Doll Fahrzeugbau GmbH on the delivery of up to 249 semitrailers with a 70-tonne c…
Raytheon Touts GhostEye Radar to Improve NASAMS Air-Defense System

Raytheon Touts GhostEye Radar to Improve NASAMS Air-Defense System

“Today’s battlefield moves at a very rapid pace, and it’s riddled with a large portfolio of threats,” said Joe DeAntona, a retired U.S. Army colonel who is now vice president for Land Warfare and Air Defense requirements and capabilities at Raytheon Missiles & Defense. “Informed decisions must be ma…
Rheinmetall Supplies 35mm Ammunition to NATO Customers

Rheinmetall Supplies 35mm Ammunition to NATO Customers

Rheinmetall has been contracted by several NATO customers to supply 35mm calibre ammunition. Deliveries will take place in 2023 and 2024 and the contract is worth a total of around €20 million.

Between 2023 and 2024, Rheinmetall will supply the customer countries with various types of ammunition…

Russia Claims Lead in New Weapon Development

Russia Claims Lead in New Weapon Development

MOSCOW — Russia frequently outpaces many advanced armies of the world in developing new weapons, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolay Patrushev said in an interview with the government’s Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily on Thursday.

“In developing new weapon systems, we frequently outpace man…

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