Την ετοιμότητα της Γερμανίας να συμμετάσχει στην αύξηση της ασφάλειας στα σύνορα του ΝΑΤΟ με την Ρωσία, ανακοίνωσε η Εκπρόσωπος Τύπου του Υπουργείου Άμυνας της χώρας. Ωστόσο, η συμμετοχή αυτή θα είναι με αεροσκάφη AWACS, πάνω από την Πολωνία και την Ρουμανία, όσο και με συμμετοχή σε εκπαιδευτικές δραστηριότητες στο πλαίσιο των περιπολιών πάνω από […]

ESA, the European Space Agency, and CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, signed a cooperation agreement on 28 March to foster future collaborations on research themes of common interest. This year, CERN is celebrating its 60th anniversary as ESA is celebrating 50 years of European space activities. Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, the State Secretary for Education, […]

The Navy formally decommissioned Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755), March 28, during an indoor ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Past and present crew members, their families and other invited guests attended the event. «Admiral, the watch is secured,» reported Miami’s skipper Cmdr. Rolf Spelker to Submarine Group 2 commander […]

Defence and security company Saab and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a 3 year contract for support and service of the Direct Fire Weapon Effects Simulator System (DFWES), used by the British Army. The order amounts to MSEK 220. Since 1994, Saab has supplied and operationally supported the DFWES system which is […]

On March 3, 2014, NIITEK®, Inc., a subsidiary of Chemring Sensors & Electronics Systems (CSES), part of Chemring Group PLC («Chemring»), in partnership with Minelab Australia was awarded the Australian Defence Capability Group’s Rapid Prototyping, Development & Evaluation (RPDE) Task 54 Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) handheld Device Detector prototype program with the GROUNDSHARK handheld […]

  “Ναι μεν, αλλά…” ήταν το συμπέρασμα της συνάντησης του Αμερικανού Προέδρου, Μπαράκ Ομπάμα, με τον Βασιλιά της Σαουδικής Αραβίας, Αμπντούλλαχ. Ναι μεν οι δύο χώρες παραμένουν στρατηγικά ευθυγραμμισμένες, αλλά η Σαουδική Αραβία δεν είναι ο πιστός σύμμαχος που ακολουθούσε τόσα χρόνια τις εντολές της Ουάσινγκτων. Μετά την σε σημαντικό βαθό αποδέσμευση των ΗΠΑ από […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] is on track to deliver the world’s first all-electric propulsion satellites in late 2014 or early 2015 as it has met key production milestones on its initial 702SP (small platform) satellites. Boeing recently completed static qualification testing, verification and assembly of the primary structures for 702SP inaugural customers ABS and Eutelsat, with […]

Although getting lost at work isn’t an issue for most people, experts at BAE Systems working on the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers have created the system – called Platform Navigation – to assist them in navigating the unprecedented scale and complexity of the ships, where even routine journeys can take up to 20 minutes, […]

Σε ανταλλαγή πυρών πυροβολικού προχώρησαν η Βόρεια και η Νότια Κορέα. Αν και τα πυρά έγιναν σε θαλάσσια συνοριακή περιοχή, οι Νοτιοκορεάτες κάτοικοι των γειτονικών νήσων πήγαν στα καταφύγια προς αποφυγή τυχόν απωλειών ή τραυματισμών. Οι βορειοκορεατικές πυροβολαρχίες έβαλλαν 500 βλήματα (!) μέσα σε τρεις ώρες, με 100 εξ αυτών να πέφτουν νότια της θαλάσσιας […]

Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, will be the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) prime contractor for the development and construction of the high-precision Sentinel-5 instrument worth €144 million. The instrument will monitor the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere globally on a daily basis by taking measurements of trace gases and aerosols […]

Defence and security company Saab has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Swiss company Pilatus which includes working together to provide a PC-21 training solution for the Swedish Air Force if they decide to replace their SK 60. On Friday 28 March, inBern,Switzerland, Saab CEO and President Håkan Buskhe and Lennart Sindahl, […]

U.S. Sailors and Marines from Amphibious Force 7th Fleet and the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (3d MEB) kicked off Exercise Ssang Yong 2014 March 27 in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Ssang Yong, which means ‘Twin Dragons’, is an annual combined exercise conducted by Navy and Marine Corps forces with the ROK to strengthen interoperability […]