Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), will celebrate its 100th anniversary during the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget this week emphasizing the deep and enduring relationship and the ongoing mission readiness and operational success shared by Sikorsky, its workforce in Poland and its commercial and…

Sikorsky aircraft have supported missions in Europe for decades. For example, the German Armed Forces have operated CH-53G heavy lift helicopters in Germany and during…

Patria and Lockheed Martin have signed the first Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for direct work within Finland´s F-35 industrial participation programme. This MoA covers the contractual framework for F-35 forward fuselage assemblies in Finland by Patria. 

“This agreement between Patria and Lockheed…

InVeris Training Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of technology-driven training solutions for defense forces, law enforcement agencies and commercial shooting range owners around the globe, has expanded its executive leadership team with the hire of former Atlanta and Louisville Police Chief Erika Shields…

FN Herstal, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of small calibre firearms and integrated weapon systems, recently invested in the creation of its own clean-room production line for Surface Mounted Devices to guarantee availability of these elements that are critical for the development and production…

Orolia Defense & Security, a Safran Electronics & Defense company, has announced at the Institute of Navigation’s 2023 Joint Navigation Conference that it will re-brand under a new name, Safran Federal Systems, following its 2022 acquisition by Safran, a global aerospace and defense company.

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Production activities for the second of 2 new-generation submarines, as part of the U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) acquisition program of the Italian Navy, started today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard.

The programme includes two vessels contracted in 2021 to be delivered in 2027 and 2029, a third…

The iMUGS consortium, led by Milrem Robotics and composed of several major European defence, communication and cybersecurity companies and high technology SMEs, successfully completed and delivered the project to the European Commission.

The consortium, that started work on the 32,6 MEUR integrated…

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) system was successfully fielded in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, creating air and missile defense interoperability amongst the Baltic states, NATO and U.S. forces. FAAD C2 provides command and control for their…

Rebecca Torzone, vice president and general manager, combat systems and mission readiness, Northrop Grumman: “FAAD C2 will enable the Baltic region forces to make faster, better-informed decisions…

FAAD C2 is a combat-proven, fielded system that receives air track data from multiple sources, including local sensors and external data links, to create a single integrated air…

By Mr. David Oliver, Former Deputy Editor of CBNW
Almost 50 years since the island of Cyprus has been divided into the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. A demilitarized zone called the Green Line divides the two, a buffer zone, which, according to UN estimates, remains…

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) established the UN Mine Action Centre in Cyprus (UNMACC) with funding from the European Union in 2003. Preparations began for mine clearance activities in the buffer zone, supported by UNFICYP. G4S Ordnance Management, a leading organization working for environmental…

UNMAS assistance is focused on the removal of mines and ERW that create barriers between the two communities and threaten peace. Its operations contribute to confidence building measures and enable progress towards the implementation of a final settlement agreement. 

UNFICYP data indicates that there…

The Cambodian peacekeepers have had a long history of mine clearance in their own country. In mid-1992 the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) was created and operated under the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) to implement and co-ordinate demining efforts in Cambodia. CMAC now continues its…

By Mr. Kevin Cresswell, Independent Consultant, USA
It’s not what you know – it’s what you can prove! “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.” — Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Scandal in Bohemia. In part one of two articles, Kevin Cresswell identifies the need for first…

Compared with a traditional crime scene, the CBRNe crime scene contains hazards that could significantly affect the health and safety of investigators and the validity of evidence collected. Any evidence or sample transferred from a CBRNe crime scene to a laboratory or other suitable evidence storage facility…

In his Georgian era, Marsh was simply attempting to search for a specific chemical. In the Navalny poisoning case in 2020, scientists at the Bundeswehr Institute in Germany performed the tests on samples from Navalny, similar to those used to identify Sarin poisoning. This included mass spectrometry, looking…

On-site investigation in the CBRNe context must therefore meet high quality standards to maintain the safety of investigators and preserve the evidence, but the recognition, individualization, identification of pieces of evidence collected from the site are still determined in accordance with seven basic…

The investigator at a CBRNe crime scene is required to apply specialist methods and techniques in the competent handling of hazardous materials to both ensure the security, integrity, and preservation of the evidence for the purposes of investigative processes. Cross training of scientists with CBRNe responders…