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Estonia Boosts 2022 Defense Budget by 130M€

Estonia Boosts 2022 Defense Budget by 130M€

According to Minister of Defence of Estonia, Kalle Laanet, defence expenditures in the 2022 state budget agreed upon in the government is set to increase to EUR 748 million, which is 2.31% of the forecasted GDP. It includes costs associated with Allies, a defence investment programme, and new capabi…
CRS Reports on B-52 Re-Engining Program

CRS Reports on B-52 Re-Engining Program

On May 19, 2020, the U.S. Air Force released a request for proposals to replace the TF33 engines powering the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet with 608 new engines, in a contract running up to 17 years. The request does not give a dollar value for the contract, but the Air Force had previously esti…
Ministers Agree European Intervention Initiative

Ministers Agree European Intervention Initiative

Joint statement, European Intervention Initiative, Meeting of the ministers of Defence in Stockholm, Sweden, 24. September 2021.

Since the launch of the European Intervention Initiative in 2018, it has grown to include thirteen European states who share the aim to develop a common strategic cultu…

Nordics Agree to Enhance Operational Cooperation

Nordics Agree to Enhance Operational Cooperation

A serious security crisis in the Nordic region would affect us all, and we need to be prepared and equipped to act together in peace, crisis and conflict. Coordination of national operational planning will improve our ability to act together if so decided.

All Nordic countries and surrounding are…

SeaGuardian Makes First Approved Point-to-Point UAV Flight in UK

SeaGuardian Makes First Approved Point-to-Point UAV Flight in UK

LOSSIEMOUTH, Scotland — The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for the first time approved a point-to-point domestic flight of an unmanned aircraft that utilized the UK’s airways structure when General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew its MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraf…
Boeing to Build Loyal Wingman Drone in Australia

Boeing to Build Loyal Wingman Drone in Australia

TOOWOOMBA, Queensland — Boeing, in partnership with the Queensland Government, has selected Toowoomba as the preferred site for the company’s first aircraft assembly facility of its kind outside of North America.

Boeing Australia will establish the facility in the Wellcamp Aerospace and Defence…


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