The Danish Army are reported to be currently trialling the Nammo M72 MK2 Enhanced Capability Lightweight Antitank Weapon (EC LAW) likely under a Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization tender… Continue reading "Danish Army Upgrade M72 LAW"
On 11th March, European Command cancelled what was left of the Cold Response exercise, one of several exercises to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The Norwegian-based maneuvers started… Continue reading "Cold Response and Other Military Exercises Cancelled or Scaled Down due to Covid–19"
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), General Tod D. Wolters of the United States Air Force, tried to calm concerns over the COVID-19… Continue reading "NATO to “Modify” Exercise Defender Europe 20 Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak"
Last month, a collaboration between the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt or FFI) and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (KDA) unveiled their Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) based on the… Continue reading "Nammo Radio Controlled 40mm Airburst Unveiled"
The NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program’s first RQ-4D high-altitude remotely-piloted (HARP) aircraft landed in Sigonella, Italy on the 21st November. This marks an official operational milestone for the AGS… Continue reading "First NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Program Flight a Success"
The Accident Investigation Board Norway released the first half of the final report on the collision of Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad and commercial oil tanker Sola TS… Continue reading "Investigators Blame Norwegian Navy Oversight for 2018 Helge Ingstad Collision Incident"
On November 6, the Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF), Brigadier General Tonje Skinnarland, declared that the RNoAF’s F-35A fleet has reached initial operating capacity. This follows the… Continue reading "Royal Norwegian Air Force Declares F-35 Initial Operating Capability"
On 31 October, the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (Forsvarsmateriell) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS announced the signing of a contract for the delivery of the Kongsberg Army Mobile Ground… Continue reading "Norway Contracts Kongsberg To Deliver Mobile Ground Based Air Defence"
Norway will receive its first Hanwha Land Systems K9 155/L52 self-propelled howitzer (SPH) in December after a handover ceremony in South Korea last week. The bulk of the K9s and… Continue reading "K9 Vidar Self-Propelled Howitzers for Norwegian Army"
Ever since Henry Shrapnel invented the Shrapnel shell in the early 1800s, gunners have been looking for ways to control when and how their projectiles detonate downrange. For most of… Continue reading "Programmable Munitions: Projectiles ‘Evolved’ For The Modern Era"