German shipbuilder NVL Group, formerly Lürssen Defense, has laid the keel of the first of two multipurpose modular patrol vessels (MMPV) for the Bulgarian Navy in Varna. The keel for the Bulgarian ship Hrabri was […]
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The German government will purchase 60 Boeing Chinook heavy-lift helicopters to equip the armed forces in a deal reportedly worth upwards of $4 billion, according to a Ministry of Defense announcement on Wednesday. The CH-47F […]
BERLIN, June 1 (GDC) – Germany will supply Ukraine with the IRIS-T air defence system, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, following pleas from Kyiv and German opposition parties to step up heavy weapons deliveries. Scholz said […]
The German newspaper Spiegel recently reported that Ukraine has received a new batch of weapons from Berlin. According to information recently obtained by Spiegel, 2,450 RGW 90 anti-tank weapon systems, 1,600 DM22 off-route anti-tank mines […]
Boeing and Airbus Helicopters signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner and fulfill the requirements of Germany’s Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) heavy-lift helicopter program. Airbus Helicopters thus joins the industrial base constituted by Boeing around the […]
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Finland’s president and government announced Sunday that the Nordic country intends apply for membership of NATO, paving the way for the 30-member Western military alliance to expand amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. President Sauli Niinistö […]
A christening ceremony was held today (21 April) at Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg for the first of five K130 Batch II corvettes, Köln, built for the German Navy. Köln is the first of the second batch […]
Sweden and Finland have agreed to submit simultaneous membership applications to the US-led Nato alliance as early as the middle of next month, REUTERS has reported. The Finnish daily Iltalehti said on Monday that Stockholm […]
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