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US Approves $22M Sale of PGM for NATO Allies

US Approves $22M Sale of PGM for NATO Allies

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency of Precision Guided Munitions and related equipment for an estimated cost of $22.7 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the require…
New UK Air Defense System Reaches Initial Operating Capability

New UK Air Defense System Reaches Initial Operating Capability

DE&S is working with industry to implement a new command and control (C2) system called GUARDIAN to protect the UK from aerial threats.

Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for GUARDIAN has been declared with the roll-out of a Control Reporting Centre (CRC) at RAF Boulmer, Northumberland, providing…

French Paratroops Drop into Estonia for Airmobility Exercise

French Paratroops Drop into Estonia for Airmobility Exercise

PARIS — On 22nd June 2022, the French Armed Forces conducted Operation THUNDER LYNX, a force projection operation towards Estonia.

Operation THUNDER LYNX enabled, at very short notice, to deploy about 100 paratroopers from the 11th Airborne Brigade over an area secured by Estonian soldiers.

Norway Details Future Defence Acquisitions for 2022–2029

Norway Details Future Defence Acquisitions for 2022–2029

A central feature in the annual updating of the Investment Plan is the preparation and publication of an unclassified overview of long-term requirements and objectives.

This publication does not examine each planned project in detail but establishes a platform for in-depth discussions between the…

First Ariane 5 Launch of 2022 Orbits Two Satellites

First Ariane 5 Launch of 2022 Orbits Two Satellites

— The Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, has successfully placed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit: MEASAT-3d for the Malaysian operator MEASAT, and GSAT-24 built by the Indian Space Agency ISRO on behalf of NSIL.
— Carrying out its first mission of the year, and the 113t…

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