BERN — The deterioration of the security situation is prompting the Federal Council to want to fill the gaps in military capabilities more quickly than expected. During its sitting on May 18, 2022, it authorized the Ministry of Defense (DDPS) to bring various proposals from the Council of States S…

NEW DELHI — India is looking to domestic firms and eastern European nations for military gear and ammunition, as the world’s biggest buyer of Russian arms seeks alternative suppliers at a time when Moscow is fighting a war with Ukraine and facing sanctions.

New Delhi has long talked of diversif…

MOSCOW — Russia’s satellite Cosmos-2555, launched with an Angara rocket on April 29, has burned up in the atmosphere, as follows from a statement by the North American Aerospace Defense Command NORAD made on Wednesday.

The satellite left its orbit and entered the atmosphere in the morning of Ma…

On Wednesday, May 18, the Minister of Defense Jana Černochová informed the Government of the Czech Republic that she had agreed with the German Minister of Defense Christine Lambert on the donation of 15 Leopard 2 A4 tanks. At the same time, both parties will start discussing the possibility of acqu…

SIGONELLA, Italy — The NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Force has again demonstrated a sustained capability to conduct Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) flights for the Alliance during long-distance missions along the NATO’s eastern flank.

“With this intense Surge Wee…

ISTANBUL — The fourth Gökbey, Turkey’s first homegrown multirole helicopter, has taken off for the first time, the head of the company developing the aircraft said late Tuesday.

Temel Kotil, head of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), made the related statement via his Twitter account.

He sh…