RAMSTEIN, Germany –– The Spanish and French fighter detachments currently executing NATO’s Baltic Air Policing were busy last week honing their skills and safeguarding Allied airspace.

While on July 7, the Spanish F-18 fighter jets took off from Šiauliai, Lithuania, to conduct aerial drills with…

A RAF A400M Atlas and crew from RAF Brize Norton have recently participated in Exercise Ouranos in France in which they trained to land on unprepared and natural surfaces, further demonstrating the capabilities offered by the Atlas fleet.

The Atlas aircraft and its crew underwent Natural Surface …

RAMSTEIN, Germany — On July 11, 2022, General James B. Hecker, Commander Allied Air Command (AIRCOM), handed over the command of the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force during a ceremony at the Force’s Main Operating Base in Sigonella, Italy.

The Alliance Ground Surveillance system gives co…

ROME — Yesterday afternoon, at “Salone dei Marmi”, Palazzo Marina, the Italian Navy and the Italian telecommunications company Sparkle signed the Memorandum of Understanding to improve the protection of subsea communication infrastructures. The signatories were the Chief of the Italian Navy, Admir…

STEVENAGE, UK — Airbus has achieved a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) next secure military communications satellite, SKYNET 6A.

Richard Franklin, Managing Director of Airbus Defence and Space UK said: “Achiev…

MADRID — The system has passed the most demanding tests in real-world scenarios, demonstrating an extraordinary ability to locate threats quickly and accurately in the worst conditions, including extreme cold, very high humidity and high noise (clutter). It also offers the highest protection in urb…