On 11 October, Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI conducted an inspection of the merchant vessel MV Meerdijk off the coast of Libya. The ship was found to be transporting vehicles modified for military use to Libya suspected to be in breach of the UN arms embargo.

This is the second time IRINI’s seized…

On 9 November 2022, representatives from over 30 Partner Nations attended informal workshops at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, to discuss areas of common interest, including crisis prevention and management, cooperative security, counter-terrorism and human security. The Bi-annual Meeting with Partn…

AeroVironment Inc.,* Simi Valley, California, was awarded an $86,424,635 firm-fixed-price contract for the RQ-20B All Environment 3 and the Long Endurance Puma unmanned aircraft systems.

Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California, wi…

The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) received 200 Anafi micro-drone systems on October 24, 2022, bringing to 450 the number of such systems already delivered to the French armies.

The equipment in micro-drone systems meets an operational need of the three services, for both conventional and…

Underwater robots, such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), have the potential to take over lengthy and labour-intensive missions in dangerous areas from navy ship crews and special forces. As a result, the role of mobile unmanned platforms in military scenarios is becoming more and more import…