The Finnish fighter programme is a significant opportunity for Patria, which has been actively involved in the preparation work supporting the Ministry of Defence and the Finnish Defence Forces. Patria maintains the current fighter fleet and has special skills and unique know-how to support Finlan…

MOSCOW — The unique flat nozzle demonstrated during the roll-out of the latest S-70 ‘Okhotnik’ (‘Hunter’) heavy strike drone will most likely be installed on the next modifications of the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter for stealth purposes, Russian Air Force merited pilot Major-General Vladimir Po…

TOULOUSE — Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Airbus for seven A350F freighter aircraft. The agreement will see the A350F begin replacing the airline’s existing B747-400F fleet in the fourth quarter of 2025.

“We are honoured by Singapore Airlines’ vote of confiden…

PARIS — Airbus and OneWeb have signed a distribution partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication services for military and governmental use. As the leading provider of military satellite communication services in Europe, Airbus will offer new communication services u…

In the new National Budget approved at the Seimas on December 14, national defence spending is set to increase by EUR 153 million in 2022, and correspondingly, appropriations from the Ministry of National Defence will amount to EUR 1201 million. The approved budget consolidates 2.05 percent of GDP d…

Among other things, the report appeared to criticise British government plans to replace the Royal Yacht Britannia with a “national flagship” that would cost an estimated £250 million (~$330 million).

The UK’s Royal Navy appears to be outdated and not funded enough to tackle the “significant risk…