Europe

Air Europe 

Lithuania to Procure Six UH-60M Black Hawk Utility Helicopters

October 18, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Helicopter, Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Mil Mi-8, Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk

Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence has taken a decision to start negotiations with the U.S. Government on procurement of six

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Ballistic Missiles Europe 

Russia Launches RS-24 Yars ICBM During Grom-2019 Exercise

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, Grom-2019, ICBM, Kura Missile Test Range, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, RS-24 Yars, Russia, Russian Strategic Missile Troops

The Russian military has carried out a launch of its RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during the ongoing Grom-2019

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Europe Industry 

Marshall ADG Installs Europe’s Largest Fully-Enclosed Engine Test Structure in Cambridge

October 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, UK

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has installed the largest fully-enclosed engine test structure in Europe at its UK headquarters in

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Artillery Europe 

Saab, Boeing Conduct Test Firing of Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb

October 15, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andøya Test Center (ATC), Boeing, GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB), Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Rocket artillery, Saab

Saab, together with Boeing, conducted a successful long-range test firing of the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) from the Andøya

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Europe Misc 

Safran to Deliver JIM Compact Thermal Imagers to Danish Armed Forces

October 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Danish Defence, Denmark, Safran Electronics and Defense, Safran Group, Safran JIM Compact, Thermal Imaging & Targeting Systems

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) selected Safran Electronics & Defense to deliver several dozens of JIM Compact long-range

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Europe Land Technology 

Milrem-Led Consortium Submit Unmanned Ground System Project to European Commission

October 14, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments EU Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), Europe, European Union (EU), iMUGS (integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System), Milrem Robotics, Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)

A consortium led by the Estonian Milrem Robotics and composed of several major defence, communication and cybersecurity companies and high

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Europe Naval 

ECA Group Performs Maintenance Works on French Navy Underwater Acoustic Polygon

October 14, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Acoustic signature, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, ECA Group, France, French Navy

ECA Group has completed the refurbishment and technical upgrades on the French Navy’s underwater measurement polygon, designed to assess the

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C4ISR Europe 

Russia’s Ruselectronics Develops Radar to Detect Miniature Drones

October 14, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS), Radar, Rostec Corporation, Ruselectronics, Russia

Ruselectronics Holding of the Russian Rostec state Corporation has developed a radar station to detect small-size drones at a distance

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Air Europe Naval 

First British F-35B Jets Land on Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth

October 13, 2019October 14, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, F-35B Lightning II, HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Queen Elizabeth-class CV, Royal Navy, UK

First British F-35B Lightning stealth fighter jets landed on Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth off the eastern coast

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Europe GeoPolitics/ Policy 

Germany, France Suspend Weapons Sales to Turkey

October 12, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments France, Germany, Operation Peace Spring (Turkey), Syria, Turkey

Germany and France have suspended all weapon sales to Turkey over its military offensive in northern Syria against the U.S.-backed

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