Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced on Thursday that Norway would be supplying F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky in Kyiv. In… Continue reading "Norway Becomes Third Nation To Pledge F-16s For Ukraine"
The UK and Norway have signed contracts to deliver air defense equipment to Ukraine worth $115 milion on behalf of the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU). These include a counter-uncrewed… Continue reading "International Fund for Ukraine Orders Multiple Cortex Typhon C-UAS Air Defense Systems from Kongsberg"
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence has announced that Norway will provide eight tanks and four support vehicles to Ukraine. The aid package will also include funding for additional ammunition and… Continue reading "Norway to Donate 8 Leopard 2s to Ukraine"
The Norwegian Government announced its decision to procure 54 Leopard 2 main battle tanks (MBT) from Germany’s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. The procurement has an additional option to purchase 18 more tanks… Continue reading "Norway Orders 54 New Leopard 2 Tanks"
Norway’s Defense Minister, Bjørn Arild Gram, announced on Thursday that the Nordic country had donated 160 Hellfire anti-tank guided missiles to Ukraine. The announcement was made on the sidelines of… Continue reading "Norway Announces Donation Of Hellfire Missiles To Ukraine"
To aid Ukraine in the war against Russia, the peoples of Lithuania, Ukraine, and Poland have each recently launched Bayraktar TB2 donation campaigns. The success and interest generated by these… Continue reading "Norway Launches Fundraising Campaign To Buy A Bayraktar TB2 Drone for Ukraine"
The Romanian parliament has passed a draft bill for the purchase of 32 ex-Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 MLUs, with the June 16 approval allowing Bucharest to move closer to… Continue reading "Romania Moves Forward With Purchase Of Ex-Norwegian F-16s"
The Norwegian government announced on Friday that it was retiring its fleet of NH90 helicopters and terminating the associated program with immediate effect. The Norwegian Defence Material Agency has been… Continue reading "Norway Seeks Return, Refund Of NH90 Helicopter Fleet"
Cold Response 2022, the largest NATO military exercise this year, began in Norway, last week. The exercise comes as the war in Ukraine continues and after two exercises were canceled… Continue reading "NATO’s Cold Response 2022 Exercise Is Underway in Norway With The Participation of 30,000 Soldiers From 27 Countries"
A Norwegian P-8A Poseidon touched down in Norway for the first time on 24 February. Known as ‘Viking’ the aircraft is the second of five P-8A’s ordered by the Norwegian Defence Materiel… Continue reading "First Norwegian P-8A Arrives Home"