Launched today at 4:9 a.m. (Moscow time) from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region, the Soyuz-2.1B medium-class launch vehicle successfully put the spacecraft into orbit at the set time in the interests of the Russian Defence Ministry.

The spacecraft has been accepted for the control…

On November 30 air force detachments implementing NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission tasks from Šiauliai will rotate at a hand over-take over of mission ceremony at the Lithuanian Air Force Base. After three month on duty, the Danish Air Force Detachment and the augmentation unit from Portugal will be…

On November 22, 2021, the first multi-mission frigate with enhanced air defense capability (FREMM-DA), ‘FS Alsace’, was admitted to active service. This is the seventh ship built [in France] under the FREMM program. FS Alsace is now available to conduct operations.

The FREMMs delivered to the Fre…

INS Vela, the fourth submarine in the series of six submarines of Project-75, was commissioned on 25 Nov 21 in the presence of Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff. The formal commissioning ceremony took place at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

The Scorpene Class submarines are being b…

SOCHI —. The first Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missile launchers will arrive in Serbia before the end of 2021, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Thursday.

“The first deliveries will be carried out before the end of the ye…

The Netherlands Coastguard will receive two new helicopters for search and rescue (SAR) in the 4th quarter of next year. The Ministry of Defense recently concluded a contract with Bristow Nederland B.V. That company will also maintain the aircraft and supply the crews.

With the agreement, the Coa…