Just this week, Denmark’s first F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, with the nickname L-001, made its first flight.  Denmark is the fifth European NATO nation to fly and operate an F-35, strengthening NATO’s 5th generation airpower foundation. The L-001 will now go through a series of comprehensive tests to ensure that all systems in the aircraft […]

General Dynamics European Land Systems, a Europe based business unit of General Dynamics Corporation, was awarded a contract from the Danish Ministry of Defense for EAGLE 4×4 vehicles.  General Dynamics’ European Land Systems division was awarded a $52,1 million contract to deliver 56 PATROL vehicles and a first prototype of the RECONNAISSANCE Open variant to the […]

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing take part in a reconnaissance training mission at Bornholm, Denmark. According to a recent Air Force news release, Airmen have participated in reconnaissance training in support of a combined readiness exercise, at Aalborg Air Base, Denmark. “Special operations forces adapt in contingency environments, […]

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The Danish Ministry of Defense has announced that the first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for the Royal Danish Air Force recently headed to the final assembly in Fort Worth, Texas F-35 production facility. It is a significant milestone for Denmark’s first F-35 jet, known as AP-1, as it moves down the production line at […]

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Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded a contract modification from the Naval Air Systems Command for Airborne Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS). The contract modification, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $182 million and covers production, delivery and integration of 24 ALFSs for the government of India; eight […]

The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) and Royal Danish navy Absalon-class command and support ship HMDS Absalon (L 16) conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) in the Arctic waters off the coast of Greenland, Aug 16, according to Chief Petty Officer Brian Finney. According to a statement released by the Commander, […]

Belgium successfully transferred 92 GPS-guidance kits for precision-guided munitions (PGMs) to Denmark under a new and much-accelerated process, according to NATO’s statement. “The exchange conducted under the NATO multinational Air-to-Ground PGM project allowed the two Allies to bring down the required time for the transfer from months or weeks to days,” said in a statement. […]

The Royal Danish Air Force has received its two and final MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, the Ministry of Defence announced in a 1 August statement. The MH-60R Seahawks helicopters will replace the existing fleet of British-produced Lynx helicopters in service of the country’s Air Force. It was previously reported that the Government of Denmark has requested a […]

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles to the United Kingdom and Denmark. The sales, which was announced by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on 10 July, is valued at USD650 million for the United Kingdom and USD90 million for Denmark. According to the statement,  the Government of […]

MyDefence has introduced its latest WingMan series of wearable drone detection platform – The WingMan 103 – the most advanced wearable drone detection solution available on the Counter UAS market, said in the announce of the company. According to the company, the WingMan 103 has been engineered to meet the requirements of elite forces, designed to be the wingman […]