Munich Security Conference 2025
The Munich Security Conference (MSC) was founded in 1963 as an event to discuss the issues and challenges as well as opportunities and perspectives of the Atlantic Alliance.
ASELSAN closed 2024 with over 1 billion USD export deals
ASELSAN, Turkey’s leading defence company, achieved an outstanding performance in
international sales in 2024 and exceeded US$1 billion of export contracts. Direct exports
doubled compared to the previous year, reaching US$217 million, while indirect exports
through land, naval, and air platforms totaled US$291 million,
Balanced, modern, capable!
Admiral Naveed Ashraf NI(M) T Bt was commissioned in the Operations Branch of the Pakistan Navy in 1989. The Admiral is a graduate of Pakistan Navy War College Lahore, National Defence University Islamabad and Naval Staff College (USA).
The Sky’s No Limit: Lockheed Martin’s SPY-7 Radar for Spain’s F-110 Frigate Successfully Tracks Airborne Objects
14 January 2025.– In partnership with Navantia, Spain’s national defense and shipbuilding company, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), a global leader in aerospace and deterrence, has successfully demonstrated the first live track for the Spain F-110 Multi-Mission Frigate’s AN/SPY-7(V)2 radar.
Known unknowns
The protection of critical maritime infrastructures has become a top political priority since the September 2022 attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Another incident – not far away from the destroyed pipelines – happened last November when a fibre-optic cable has been damaged. It was described t
FC/ASW programme: MBDA evolves its sovereign weapon systems for maritime superiority
Current events continue to underline that sovereign deep strike capabilities are of critical importance to European nations. Today’s context has seen both the return of high intensity conflict to Europe and demonstrated the increased density of air defence systems both on the front-line and in-depth.
People Talk: Dr. Gunter Freitag, Aeromaritime Systembau GmbH
Dr. Gunter Freitag joined AEROMARITIME Systembau as head of research & development in January 2023. He is responsible for the technical development of hardware and software of the entire product and system portfolio.
Rohde & Schwarz to deliver turnkey communications solutions for Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates
Germany’s Rohde & Schwarz has been awarded a contract by the Dutch Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT), part of the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD), to supply its turnkey integrated communications system (ICS) for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNlN) and the Belgian Naval Component. The equipment will be integrated on board the two countries‘ anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates currently on order.
Damen Naval brings Alfa Laval on board for anti-submarine warfare frigate project
Damen Naval has contracted Alfa Laval Benelux to provide fuel oil separators, cleaning tables, the Oily Bilge Water Separators and integrated logistics support for the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates on order by the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Belgian Naval Component. In June 2023,
HENSOLDT passes critical design review for Norwegian Ula class submarines
Submarines will play an increasingly important role in the defence of Norway and NATO. Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has reached another milestone in the modernisation of the Ula class (HDW Class 210) diesel-electric submarines oft he Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN).
