According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, the Kongsberg’s PROTECTOR MCT-30 medium caliber turret, selected for the U.S. Army’s Stryker Dragoon infantry carrier vehicle, will now be used for the Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicles. Jane’s has reported that the PROTECTOR MCT-30, the latest extension to the Kongsberg’s PROTECTOR RWS family, selected for the U.S. Marine Corps’ […]

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, a leading supplier of remote weapon stations, has received the award for delivering its Protector Remote Weapon Station (RWS) to Lithuanian Armed Forces as part of $170.8 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The company’s website said the Protector is the world’s most fielded Remote Weapon System with more than 20,000 […]

Norway’s new F-35 stealth fighter jets intercepted two Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft and one MiG-31 fighter jet flying in international airspace south of the so-called GIUK gap (Greenland-Iceland-UK), officials said. According to a statement issued Saturday by Norwegian Luftforsvaret (Royal Norwegian Air Force) Russian one Tu-142MK and one Tu-142MR escorted by […]

Norwegian Luftforsvaret (Royal Norwegian Air Force) has sent four F-35 Lighting II fighters to police Iceland’s airspace, marking the first deployment abroad for the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s most advanced fighter. NATO’s Air Policing mission in Iceland, formally called Airborne Surveillance and Interception Capabilities to meet Iceland’s Peacetime Preparedness Needs, is responsible for monitoring the airspace […]

The Australian Government and Kongsberg announced on Thursday an agreement worth about 1.6 billion NOK ( $186 million) for delivery of the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) components. The Australian Government, Raytheon Australia and Kongsberg announced the approval of the program on March 25, 2019 in a ceremony at Raytheon Australia`s new […]

The U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and international defense company Nammo signed a teaming agreement to jointly develop and produce the next generation of extended range artillery projectiles. New strategic agreement leverages the companies’ combined expertise in guided munitions, projectiles and ramjet propulsion. Aims to provide artillery projectiles capable of delivering highly accurate extended range fires. […]

Early last week, the Norwegian F-35A fighter aircraft assigned to 332 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force conducted the first practical launches of an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) air-to-air missile at the Halten proving ground northwest of the Orland air base. The Norwegian Ministry of Defence selected the F-35A to fulfil its […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has announced an agreement with AIM Norway for jointly establish the world’s first Lockheed Martin-licensed F-16 ‘Falcon Depot’ center for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) and other regional F-16 customers. The facility will be located in Kjeller, Norway, at an existing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility […]

Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace company has confirmed the sale of a Joint Strike Missile (JSM) for Japanese fleet of F-35 fighter aircraft. According to company’s news release, Kongsberg has entered into the contract with Japan to supply the initial deliveries of JSM (Joint Strike Missile). “This is an important international breakthrough which demonstrates the […]

A news report from the journalist owned Independent Barents Observer online newspaper claims that the group of Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer tactical bombers simulated an attack on Norwegian Arctic radar. According to the newspaper, flying in attack formation, the group of eleven Su-24 strike aircraft from Russian Monchegorsk air base on the Kola Peninsula made […]