Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, recently completed a project to advance the capabilities of its Modular Intercept Drone Avionics Set (MIDAS) counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS). Aurora engineers designed, implemented, and tested improvements to the drone engagement device (DED) and on…

In the years 2022–2024, the Finnish Defence Forces will upgrade and supplement the simulator system in training use (KASI) as part of a project for simulated combat environment (SITY). The product procurements will enable continuing the use of the existing live simulators to support troop training u…

Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) visits Turku 25 – 27 April 2022. After the visit the SNMCMG1 will participate in an exercise lead by the Coastal Fleet in the Archipelago Sea 28 – 29 April 2022. The exercise prepares the Katanpää-class Mine Hunters for the upcoming NRF readiness …

During the talks with her counterpart Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon, the Minister of Defense, Jan Černochov, confirmed that the Czech Republic is ready to start negotiations on a defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with the United States of America. The US State Department has confirmed that this pro…

As the Ministry of National Defence is in negotiations on the second stage of Vilkas Infantry Fighting Vehicle acquisition, The Infrastructure Management Agency signed a contract with Jungtiniai Projektai UAB on constructions of IFV repair shop at Rukla.

A repair yard for armored tracked and whee…

The Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, traveled to Cartagena today to find out about the status of the S-80 submarine program, in particular the progress made in the tests of the S-81 ‘Isaac Peral’. She also visited the Navy Diving Center and the Salvage and Rescue Ship ‘Neptune’.

“The Spanish N…