The defense budget for 2021 has been increased by NOK 306 million as a result of increased revenues.

The Storting approved the state budget for 2021 in December last year. In order to create a match between appropriations and needs, the government proposes a regrouping of the funds that have been…

MOSCOW — The Project 12700 (Alexandrite-class) mine countermeasures ship Anatoly Shlemov currently under construction at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in Russia’s northwest will enter service with the Pacific Fleet next year, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov said on Friday.

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Since 2018, the Swedish Armed Forces have contributed with personnel to the Canadian-led training and exercise mission Operation Unifier. The Swedish contribution currently consists of four individuals. There are plans for it to be extended in the years to come.

Together with other countries, the…

Bayraktar TB2, Turkey’s first original and domestically-made UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle), successfully completed 400,000 flight hours, setting a new record. This was another important milestone for Turkish aviation and thus, making Bayraktar TB2 the longest-serving national aircraft in the…

Innovation and experimentation will be at the heart of a modernised British Army, with an expanded relationship with defence industry and its first Land Industrial Strategy. It comes as the British Army implements its most radical transformation programme in over 20 years, called Future Soldier.

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On November 11, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the installation and operation of hotlines between the Navy and Air Force of the two countries.

The MOU was signed by Director General for International Policy Kim Sang-jin on the Korean side, an…