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EU’s Weapons Fund Runs Dry As Ukraine Seeks More Arms

EU’s Weapons Fund Runs Dry As Ukraine Seeks More Arms

A much-touted EU fund meant to help countries replace weapons shipped to Ukraine is increasingly unable to cover an influx of reimbursement requests — and it hasn’t even sent out its first payment.

Days after Russia’s war began, the EU set up a €‎500 million pot, encouraging countries to arm Kyiv…

Poland Checks Out Integration of Wizla Air-Defense System

Poland Checks Out Integration of Wizla Air-Defense System

On October 14, at the Aviation Techniques Workshop in Toruń, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr. Andrzej Duda, and the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of National Defense, Mr. Mariusz Błaszczak, a demonstration of elements of the Polish WISŁA air-d…
First of Five Embraer KC-390s Lands in Portugal

First of Five Embraer KC-390s Lands in Portugal

The first KC-390 aircraft acquired by the Portuguese State is already on Portuguese soil.

Escorted by two Air Force F-16Ms, this morning, October 16, the first of five aircraft landed at Air Base Nº 11 I Beja, sporting national colors.

The phase of integration of NATO equipment will now begin,…

Saab Starts Deliveries of New Lightweight Torpedo to Sweden

Saab Starts Deliveries of New Lightweight Torpedo to Sweden

Saab has made the first deliveries of the new lightweight torpedo (Saab Lightweight Torpedo) to Sweden’s defence procurement agency FMV.

Saab Lightweight Torpedo, named Torped 47 by the Swedish Armed Forces, is Sweden’s new lightweight torpedo system for defence against foreign submarines. The to…

EU Task Force Presents Initial Conclusions

EU Task Force Presents Initial Conclusions

Today, the Defence Joint Procurement Task Force presented its work and interim achievements, and the way forward at a meeting with EU Member States.

Based on the response from Member States, the Task Force presented areas of common interest for possible joint procurement in different equipment ca…

Dutch Soldiers Evaluate MilRem Autonomous Vehicle

Dutch Soldiers Evaluate MilRem Autonomous Vehicle

Defense is developing methods to do more work with the same number of people. An example is the use of so-called Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) for land operations. Experiments are now underway for further development of this. This week, the RAS unit conducted the first tactical exercise in L…

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