BERN — The first taxi trials of the reconnaissance drone system 15 (ADS 15) on the runway of the Emmen military airfield have been successful. The Reconnaissance Drone System 15 (ADS 15) thus clears another hurdle. The first flight in Switzerland is scheduled for June.

Towards the end of April …

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $217,121,769 fixed-price-incentive, firm-fixed-price contract. This contract procures 154 full-rate production Block V Tactical Tomahawk All Up Round Vertical Launch System missiles as follows: 70 for the Navy, 54 for the Marine Corps, and…

PATCH BARRACKS, Germany — Two blocks from a casino and Burger King is a medium-sized room covered with a blue carpet that until four months ago was occasionally used to welcome personnel starting their jobs at the U.S. European Command headquarters.

The fourth-floor room in the General Bernard …

BUCHAREST — Romania’s defence ministry aims to speed up the acquisition of 32 F-16 fighter aircraft from Norway and has received the necessary approvals to fly its Soviet-era MiG-21 jets for another year, after grounding them for two months following a crash.

“In the last two months, we have ac…

Lorenzo Guerini, the Italian Minister of Defence, had announced it last October, just after having signed the relevant Decree. Today, the much-awaited order has been eventually formalized: Piaggio Aerospace, the Italian aircraft manufacturer currently attending EBACE in Geneva (Switzerland), will pr…

GULF OF THAILAND — Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Admiral Karl Thomas presided over a ceremony to officially hand over the RQ-21A Unmanned Aircraft System to the Royal Thai Navy on May 24.

The RQ-21A Blackjack is an unmanned and unarmed aircraft system designed for maritime intelligence, surv…