BERN — Martin Sonderegger, Director General of Armaments, receives Italian Lieutenant General Luciano Portolano, Secretary General of Defense and National Director of Armaments, on the occasion of a bilateral discussion organized in Emmen. At the heart of this exchange, the acquisition of the F-35…

The biggest success of the Czech presidency in defense and security.

Under the leadership of the Czech Presidency, the member states agreed on the wording of the European regulation to support the defense industry through the joint procurement of military equipment – the so-called EDIRPA.

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Realistic, changeable and complex air operations. This consisted of the air defense exercise Falcon Strike in Italy, which ended today after 2 weeks. About 1,000 soldiers from the Netherlands, Italy and the United States trained their tactics, techniques and procedures with no less than 50 different…

Defense is becoming increasingly dependent on space for its deployment. Consider, for example, the large number of satellites, which are important for communication, navigation and observation. The Defense Space Agenda (DRA) describes how Defense wants to develop in the space domain in the coming ye…

NORFOLK –– The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), flagship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), returned to Naval Station Norfolk, after successfully completing its inaugural deployment throughout the Atlantic while conducting exercises and port visits with…

MANILA –– The Philippine Navy (PN) formally commissioned into service the first two of its fast attack interdiction craft missiles (FAIC-Ms), the BRP Nestor Acero (PG-901) and BRP Lolinato To-Ong (PG-802).

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin led the commissioning rites for the two missile boats a…