During Easter Dutch Defence Press joined in the United States a group of nineteen Dutch Special Forces (SF) operators from the Korps Commandotroepen (the Netherlands Army Special Forces Regiment) and two Belgium SF operators from …

The first operational deployment of the Dutch NH90 Naval Frigate Helicopter (NFH) has commenced on board the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HrMs De Ruyter.
The surface combat vessel left its homeport of Den Helder on 20 …

After much delay, Germany�s Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter will now deploy to Afghanistan for its first operational mission in early December.
Four ASGARD-F Tigers will be transported to Mazar-e-Sharif in Regional Command North of ISAF with …

The Nordic defence ministers have signed a letter of intent to promote future collaboration on air transportation, it has emerged.
Increased concerted effort on tactical air transport was the main topic during the Nordic defence ministers’ …

The Swiss air force and Armasuisse, the Swiss defence procurement agency, have recently commenced flight testing of two MALE UAS designs, it has emerged.
The Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron 1 and Elbit Systems Hermes 900 …

The Belgian Ministry of Defence has announced that it will purchase 60 Spike multi-purpose guided weapon systems to replace its current inventory of Milan medium-range anti-tank missiles.
Under a �41 million contract, the Spike missiles will …

It has emerged that the ongoing process to equip the Afghan Air Force with Italian made C-27A tactical transport aircraft will be terminated.
US Department of Defense officials announced in mid-December that a contract to maintain …

The Italian NH90 helicopter detachment to Afghanistan has been initially hampered by problems such as windshield cracks and the poor availability of spares, it has emerged.
Task Unit Nemo reached full operational capability with the NHIndustries …

The European Defence Agency (EDA) Helicopter Training Programme (HTP) will organise military rotary wing exercises over a ten year period, following the signing of a programme arrangement on 19 November.
The HTP agreement was signed at …

During the recent airshow at Batajnica near Belgrade the Serbian defence ministry provided the public with an opportunity to view the range of UAS being developed by its Military Technical Institute (MTI).
The air show which …