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JSM Order is Record Contract for Norway’s Defense Industry

JSM Order is Record Contract for Norway’s Defense Industry

Forsvarsmateriell and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace today sign a contract for the delivery of missiles to Norwegian F-35s. “With this contract, we ensure a crucial capacity for our new fighter jets,” says Minister of Defense Odd Roger Enoksen.

The contract has a value of four billion kroner and i…

Netherlands Award Rheinmetall Order for Artillery Ammo

Netherlands Award Rheinmetall Order for Artillery Ammo

Rheinmetall has chalked up another success in the artillery domain. DMO, the Dutch procurement agency, has just placed an order with Rheinmetall for illumination and smoke/obscurant shells from Rheinmetall’s ammunition family.

The NATO nation will take delivery of the projectiles in mid-2023. Wo…

RAF Developing Ground Refueling Capability with A400M

RAF Developing Ground Refueling Capability with A400M

Specialist teams from two RAF units have been developing the capability of the Atlas transport aircraft to refuel fast jets by conducting a first-time trial of a new fuelling system.

Personnel from the Fuels Support Team, part of No 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron based at RAF Wittering, deplo…

Sailors Join HMS Glasgow, Royal Navy’s First Type 26 Frigate

Sailors Join HMS Glasgow, Royal Navy’s First Type 26 Frigate

Sailors are today breathing life into the first of the UK’s next-generation warships.

Half a dozen sailors have joined HMS Glasgow – under construction in her namesake city – to begin turning a lifeless hull into the world’s most advanced submarine hunter.

The ship is the first of eight Type 2…

Upgraded Destroyer Delivered to S. Korean Navy

Upgraded Destroyer Delivered to S. Korean Navy

SEOUL — The Navy received an upgraded destroyer on Friday, after more than a year of refurbishment aimed at bolstering anti-submarine and other capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said.

The 3,200-ton Gwanggaeto the Great destroyer was handed over to the Navy, the Defense Acquisition…

British Troops Kill Two Terrorists in First Mali Firefight

British Troops Kill Two Terrorists in First Mali Firefight

British Forces deployed in Mali have killed two armed terrorist fighters after being engaged by small arms fire while on patrol.

On 20 October, the UK Task Group in Mali were engaged by armed terrorist fighters while on patrol. They returned fire and killed two members of a Terrorist Armed Group….


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