On October 5, 2020, the multi-mission frigate FREMM Alsace went out for her first sea trial. She is the first of two air defence frigates designed for the French Navy as part of the FREMM program. Alsace benefits from the same anti-submarine warfare performances as the previous units but with enhanc…

The U.K. won defense orders worth 11 billion pounds ($14.2 billion) in 2019, keeping its place as the world’s largest exporter after the U.S.

The year was Britain’s second-best ever, behind a record 14 billion pounds won in 2018, according to figures from the Department for International Trade. T…

The Norwegian government proposes an increase of about NOK 3.5 billion, which gives a defense budget of about NOK 64.5 billion in 2021. This is a real increase of 4.1 per cent from the budget this year and a real increase of 30 per cent since 2013.

The defense budget has increased quarterly unde…

GETAFE, Spain — The Luxembourg Armed Forces have taken delivery of its Airbus A400M military transport aircraft, which was accepted at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville (Spain) and has performed a ferry flight.

It will make a first stop in Luxembourg before continuing its journey to the…

KUALA LUMPUR — Littoral Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) has completed its deployment in the Indo-Pacific region and is now assigned to the U.S Navy’s 3rd Fleet, USNI News has learned.

U.S Indo-Pacific Command had posted two tweets on its Twitter account on Oct. 6, the first stating …

SAN DIEGO, CA. — General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that a milestone of 4,492 catapult launches and landing arrestments using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system has been successfully and safely achieved aboard U…