NATO

Air/ Missile Defense Europe 

Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defence System in Romania Completes Scheduled Update

August 11, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Aegis Ashore, Aegis BMD System (ABMD), NATO, Naval Support Facility Deveselu, Romania

NATO’s Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defence site in Romania completed a long-planned update on Friday, August 9. “This update, which

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Europe Land 

Rheinmetall Modernizing Puma IFVs, Equipment for NATO Spearhead VJTF 2023

July 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), Germany, Infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), NATO, NATO VJTF Spearhead Force, Projekt System & Management GmbH (PSM), Puma (IFV), Rheinmetall, System Panzergrenadier VJTF 2023

Rheinmetall is taking on a key role in equipping the NATO spearhead Very High Joint Readiness Task Force 2023 (VJTF

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Deployments Europe 

NATO Conducting Routine Patrol in Black Sea

July 5, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Black Sea, Exercise Sea Breeze, HMCS Toronto (FFH 333), HMS Duncan (D37), NATO, ROS Regele Ferdinand (F-221), Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), TCG Turgutreis (F-241)

Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) arrived in the Black Sea on July 2 to conduct a routine patrol to

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Europe Misc 

Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions Receives Order to Install Digital Tower at NATO NAEW&CF E3A Component in Germany

June 28, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Germany, NATO, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, NATO E-3A Component, Saab

Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions has received an order to install a digital tower at NATO NAEW&CF E3A Component in

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Asia-Pacific Misc 

Two U.S. Service Members Killed in Afghanistan

June 26, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Afghanistan, NATO, Operation Resolute Support, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

Two U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. The

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Air Europe 

Airbus Conducts Integration Flight Tests of Elbit Systems’ DIRCM Onboard NATO MMF A330 MRTT Aircraft

June 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus A330 MRTT, Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM), Elbit J-MUSIC, Elbit Systems, Infrared countermeasure (IRCM), NATO, NATO Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF)

NATO, Airbus and Elbit Systems have successfully executed the integration of the J-MUSIC DIRCM (Direct Infra-Red Countermeasures) self-protection system onboard

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Europe Naval 

Exercise BALTOPS 2019 Begins in Baltic Sea

June 8, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Baltic Sea, Europe, Exercise BALTOPS, Military exercise, NATO

Maritime forces from 18 nations commenced the in-port operations for the 47th annual multinational exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) in the

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Deployments Europe 

US Deploys THAAD Anti-Missile System in First Deployment to Romania

June 3, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Aegis Ashore, Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), NATO, Naval Support Facility Deveselu, Romania, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. has deployed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to Romania in support of NATO Ballistic

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Europe Misc 

Elbit Systems’ BrightNite Declared Operational by Air Force of NATO Country

May 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma, Elbit Systems, Elbit Systems BrightNite, Helicopter, NATO

Elbit Systems delivered BrightNite systems for SA 330 Puma helicopters of an Air Force of a NATO country, the company

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Europe Misc 

Albanian Soldier Killed, 2 Injured in Accidental Explosion at Latvia’s NATO base

May 7, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Ādaži Military Base, Albania, Albanian Armed Forces, Latvia, NATO

An Albanian Armed Forces soldier lost her life and two others were injured by accidental ordnance explosion during combat training

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