DefenceTalkSpain on Thursday said test flights of Airbus A400M military planes that have already rolled off the assembly line could resume, after suspending them in May following a crash that killed four people. Airbus executives met with Spain’s National Institute of Aerospace Technology on Thursday to discuss resuming flights after one of the massive transport […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spain-allows-a400m-test-flights-to-resume-after-deadly-crash-64472/

DefenceTalkSeveral safety protocols were allegedly ignored during the final assembly of the A400M military plane which crashed in Spain, killing four, reportedly to make up for delays in delivery, online news site El Confidential said Tuesday. “Several protocols were ignored,” it said citing unnamed aeronautical sector sources. The computer system that controls the plane’s engines, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/safety-protocol-breaches-may-be-behind-spain-a400m-crash-report-64387/

DefenceTalkEight French and two Greek nationals were killed Monday when a fighter jet crashed on takeoff at a military base in Spain housing a NATO training center for elite pilots. The F-16 jet “lost power” as it took off from the base near the southeastern city of Albacete and crashed into an area where other […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ten-killed-in-fighter-jet-crash-during-nato-exercises-in-spain-62238/

DefenceTalkSpain said Friday it was starting negotiations with Washington to host a permanent US Marines intervention force for deployment on missions to Africa. The Spanish government said it was ready to permanently extend an agreement under which the force has been based at Moron de la Frontera, near Seville in southern Spain. The government approved […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spain-negotiates-permanent-us-marines-africa-force-62220/

DefenceTalkA Eurofighter jet crashed while attempting to land at an air base in southwestern Spain on Monday, killing its pilot, the defense ministry said. “A Eurofighter crashed on landing at the start of the runway of the Moron base,” near Seville, a ministry spokeswoman told AFP. The sole pilot of the plane, 30-year-old air force […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-jet-crashes-in-spain-pilot-killed-59818/

DefenceTalkUSS Ross (DDG 71) departed its Norfolk homeport June 3 on her way to Rota, Spain, as the second of four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers to be forward deployed there. To enhance the security of the European region, two additional ballistic missile defense (BMD)-capable destroyers – USS Porter (DDG 78) from Norfolk and USS Carney […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uss-ross-to-be-forward-deployed-to-rota-spain-59779/

DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab’s Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Skeldar is now operationally deployed on-board the offshore patrol vessel BAM Meteoro. Skeldar is supporting the Spanish Navy with surveillance capabilities while taking part in the EU Atalanta operation in the Gulf of Aden. Earlier this year Saab announced a contract to deploy the Skeldar Unmanned […]https://www.defencetalk.com/skeldar-uas-operationally-deployed-by-the-spanish-navy-49655/

DefenceTalkIndra worked with the Civil Guard to launch the first test at sea of the Perseus (Protection of European BoRders and Seas through the IntElligent Use of Surveillance) R&D project. This initiative is led by the technological multinational and is aimed at developing new maritime surveillance capabilities for all of Europe. The goal is to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spain-tests-future-european-maritime-surveillance-system-49185/

DefenceTalkSituated in sight of unstable north Africa and on the shipping route to the Middle East, Gibraltar has military and intelligence facilities that still make it a strategic asset for Britain, analysts say. Spain ceded Gibraltar to Britain in perpetuity in 1713 following a military struggle but has since the 1960s fought to have the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/gibraltar-still-strategic-asset-for-britain-analysts-48790/

DefenceTalkBritain is considering legal action against Spain over the continued imposition of additional checks at the border with Gibraltar, Downing Street said today. A No 10 spokesman said it was looking at the “unprecedented step” after the Spanish government failed to lift the extra controls over the weekend. “Clearly the Prime Minister is disappointed by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-considers-legal-action-over-gibraltar-48731/