The Nordics are clearly working a way ahead for enhanced direct defense of their region. And they are doing so within the context of a reworking of NATO capabilities for Northern European defense. F-35 acquisition is one way the Norwegians are…
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A joint German-Norwegian project to procure common-design Type 212 air-independent propulsion submarines has made another step forward as ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) – the preferred contractor on the project – submitted its binding offer in October this year. As disclosed…
BERLIN (Reuters) – European weapons makers to consolidate, the German government’s armaments director said on Wednesday, and warned that failing to reduce the continent’s fragmented defence industry could make Europe obsolete. Arms makers need to move beyond mere cooperation agreements…
The Victoria-class submarines were expected to reach the end of their operational lives starting in 2022, according to documents obtained under the Access to Information law. That could have been a major problem for the federal government as it is…
Australian shipbuilder ASC has warned that the country’s programme to build next-generation submarines under Project Sea 1000 could pose a serious risk to Australian capability to sustain its Collins-class platforms. In a recent submission to the Australian Senate’s Foreign Affairs,…
Drieduizend banen belooft de CEO van Naval Group als de Fransen -in samenwerking met Nederland- de vervangers van de Walrusklasse mogen bouwen. Mooi. Maar niet het belangrijkste. De Naval Group weet echter ook te melden wat wél het belangrijkste is…
The Australian government has summoned the head of the French company tasked with building a $50bn fleet of next-generation submarines for crisis talks in Canberra. Naval Group chief executive Hervé Guillou travelled from Paris to the national capital for two…
The Netherlands has managed to maintain its own naval shipbuilding cluster, but pressure for more European cooperation is mounting. Is this a threat or opportunity? SWZ|Maritime’s November issue is a Navy Special coordinated by Jaap Huisman, a former Defence employee…
‘We must protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia, and even the United States,” French President Emmanuel Macron said earlier this month, calling for European strategic autonomy from the U.S. That autonomy would, in Mr. Macron’s words, include a “true…
Defensie greep de Dag van de Ondernemer aan om duidelijk te maken hoe belangrijk het Nederlandse Midden – en Kleinbedrijf (MKB) is voor de krijgsmacht. Minister Ank Bijleveld-Schouten ging hiervoor naar Van Halteren in Bunschoten, waar ze een dankbetuiging overhandigde….