The Spanish Secretary of State for Defense, Angel Olivares, on 17 June chaired a meeting to follow up on the “Dragón” Vehiculo de Combate sobre Ruedas (VCR), or Combat Vehicle on Wheels, program which was held at the General Dynamics European Land Systems-Santa Barbara Sistemas Factory in Alcalá de Guadaira ( Seville). Angel Olivares, said […]

Spanish Air Force A400M Atlas military transport aircraft suffered a bird strike while landing in Zaragoza. The bird-aircraft collision happened when an A400M was performing a landing to Zaragoza Air Base, according to the Breaking Aviation News. The aircraft successfully landed and performed a roll-out as the captain informed Air Base tower that they had […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday that through partnerships with the U.S. Government, Spain, Japan, and Canada, company’s solid state radar (SSR) technology will provide front-line defense to nations around the world with cutting-edge air and missile defense capabilities. These nations are part of a growing SSR family of 24 platforms, […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp, announced on Thursday that it recently signed a contract with Navantia to equip five new F-110 multimission frigates and their land-based test site (Centro de Integración de Sistemas en Tierra or CIST) – with Lockheed Martin’s first naval installation of its solid state S-band radar. The new F-110 […]

The U.S. Navy has announced on 23 July that guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) returned to Naval Station Rota, Spain, after completing a four-month patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. Carney departed Rota March 23, 2019, and began its sixth Forward-Deployed Naval Force (FDNF) patrol in support of regional allies and […]

France aerospace giant Dassault Aviation and European defense, security and aerospace company Airbus SE have unveiled mock-up of the New Generation Fighter at the Paris Air Show 2019. Dassault Aviation and Airbus SE have delivered a joint industrial proposal to the governments of France and Germany for the first Demonstrator Phase of the Future Combat […]

Two the United States Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing were deployed to Spain participated in the Tactical Leadership Programme Flying Course. This NATO training course is designed to provide multilateral training and increase NATO interoperability among participants by sharing standard tactics, techniques and procedures. Together with Allies from […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has been awarded a $34,3 million foreign military sales contract for MQ-9 Block 5 remotely piloted aircraft. The U.S. Department of Defense announced on 29 March that General Atomics has been awarded a $34,3 million contract action for the Spain MQ-9 Block 5 procurement undefinitized contract action definitization effort. As […]

The U.S. Department of State has approved a deal to sell Assault Amphibious Vehicles and related equipment to Spain for an estimated cost of $107 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced Thursday. If approved by Congress, the Assault Amphibious Vehicles, or AAVs sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the […]

Spanish Army has announced on 7 March that soldiers assigned to 7th brigade “Galicia”, stationed in Pontevedra (Galicia) tested new artillery truck developed by UROVESA. According to a statement, the new truck designed to town lightweight lightweight howitzer and called the VAMTAC SK95. The VAMTAC SK95 truck uses a modified VAMTAC ST5 chassis and has […]