Europe

Europe Naval 

French Navy Orders Four Logistic Support Ships (LSS)

February 13, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, Fleet Support Ship, FLOTLOG (Flotte Logistique) French Navy, France, French Navy, Italy, La Direzione degli Armamenti Navali (NAVARM) Italy, Logistic Support Ship (LSS) France/Italy, Naval Group, Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR)

The French Navy has ordered four Logistic Support Ships (LSS) as part of the Franco-Italian LSS Program led by OCCAr

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AEW&CS Air Europe 

Russia’s Beriev A-100 AEW&C Aircraft Makes First Flight as Part of Preliminary Flight Testing

February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments AEW&CS, Beriev A-100, Beriev A-50, Beriev Aircraft Company, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)

Russia’s Beriev A-100 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft made the first flight as part of the preliminary flight

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Air Europe 

Royal Air Force Tornado Combat Jets Return Home From Operations for Last Time

February 6, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ground-attack aircraft, Panavia Tornado, RAF Marham, Royal Air Force (RAF), UK

After almost 40 years serving the UK on military operations across the world, the Royal Air Force (RAF)’s iconic Tornado

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Air Europe 

Airbus, Dassault Aviation Sign Joint Concept Study Contract for Future Combat Air System (FCAS)

February 6, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus/Dassault New Generation Fighter (NGF), Dassault Aviation, Fighter aircraft, France, Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Europe, Germany, Next Generation Weapon System (NGWS)

France and Germany have awarded the first-ever contract – a Joint Concept Study (JCS) – to Dassault Aviation and Airbus

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Air Europe 

Lockheed Martin Rolls Out First Operational F-35A Lightning II for Royal Netherlands Air Force

February 6, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), USA

Lockheed Martin had rolled out the first operational F-35A Lightning II for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) at its

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Ballistic Missiles Europe 

Russia Conducts Combat Training Launch of RS-24 Yars Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Equipped With Multiple Warheads

February 6, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, ICBM, Kura Missile Test Range, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, RS-24 Yars, Russia, Russian Strategic Missile Troops

The Russian military has carried out a combat training launch of its RS-24 Yars solid-fuel, mobile, land-based, intercontinental ballistic missile

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Europe Misc 

QinetiQ Orders Third-Generation Robonic KONTIO Pneumatic Launcher

February 6, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerial Target Drone, Pneumatic UAV launcher, QinetiQ, Robonic KONTIO, Robonic Ltd Oy, Safran Electronics and Defense, Safran Group, UK, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Robonic Ltd Oy, a subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense, is to deliver in March 2019 a third-generation KONTIO pneumatic

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Air Europe 

Saab Offers Gripen for Finnish Air Force HX Fighter Program

January 31, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments fighter, Finland, Finnish Air Force (FAF FiAF), Finnish Defence Forces, Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command, HX Fighter Programme (Finland), Saab, Saab Gripen E, Sweden

Swedish defence major, Saab has submitted its proposal for the Finnish Air Force HX fighter program on Jan. 30 offering

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Air Europe 

Saab Offers Gripen E Fighter Jet to Switzerland

January 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Fighter aircraft, Saab, Saab Gripen E, Sweden, Swiss Air Force, Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement (armasuisse), Switzerland

Saab has, on Jan. 25, submitted its proposal for the Swiss New Fighter Aircraft procurement to armasuisse, the Swiss defence

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Air Europe Missiles 

MBDA to Integrate its Brimstone High-Precision Strike Missile onto Royal Air Force’s Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft

January 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air-to-ground missile (AGM), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), General Atomics MQ-9B Protector, General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian, MBDA Brimstone, MBDA Missile Systems, Royal Air Force (RAF), UK, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

MBDA has received a contract for the integration of its Brimstone high-precision strike missile onto the Royal Air Force’s Protector

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