undergone a major modernization for a number of years but has now been handed over from the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) back to the Armed Forces.

HMS Gävle, with pennant number K 22, was launched in 1990 and is of Gothenburg class.

The modernization of HMS Gävle and the sist…

NAPLES, Italy — In a historic moment for the region, a Freedom-Variant Littoral Combat Ship, USS Sioux City (LCS 11), deployed to U.S. Sixth Fleet’s area of operations, supporting U.S. and NATO Ally and Partner interests in Europe and Africa.

The deployment provides an opportunity for Sioux Cit…

At the beginning of 2022, the new-generation articulated tracked vehicle (VAC NG) was tested by the mountain troops of the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade (27th BIM) in the Cerces massif above Valloire.

The first tests took place in mainland France on specific terrain, then in French Guiana for t…

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have signed an agreement worth 1.4 billion NOK for supply of composite fuselage panels and hatches for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program.

The agreement covers deliveries of production Lots 15-20, with a period of performance runn…

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A small company of U.S. Marine engineers on Camp Lejeune are exploring new ways to build for a future fight.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Engineer Support Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, recently completed a company field exercise to experiment and gauge the effec…

There are still mounds of winter snow near the banks of the frozen Lake Valkiajarvi at the Niinisalo Training Camp in the west of Finland. But as the white dissipates into grit and dirt in the slightly rising temperatures, an array of military personnel, armoured vehicles and equipment forms a stead…