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DAMASCUS, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, (BM) - The United States is preparing a very serious provocation near the borders of Russia, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Avia.pro and Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Read more: Military and defense analyzes, comments, opinions and rating – Defweek.com Read more: A fight between the…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 23 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russian fighter jets scrambled 20 times on interception missions in past week Russian fighter jets have been scrambled 20 times in the last week on interception missions near Russian borders, TASS reported. According to the defense…

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Swedish company Saab announced on Tuesday (15th January 2019) that it has signed a contract with Vard Group AS to deliver the communication system for the Norwegian Coast Guard vessels under project P6615, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Under that contract Saab will deliver, starting in 2021, for…

OBERNDORF AM NECKAR, Germany (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Norwegian Armed Forces will receive HK416 Assault Rifle Sets from Heckler & Koch under a supply order of the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency as announced on 8th Januarry 2019 from the company. The order is at approximately 22 million Euro and will run over 36 months, starting this…

LILLESTRØM, Norway (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Yesterday, 29th November 2018, the AIBN (Accident Investigation Board Norway) published a preliminary report on the collision between the KNM Helge Ingstad frigate and the Maltese registered tanker Sola TS in Hjeltefjorden, outside the Sture terminal in Øygarden Municipality in Hordaland County, Norway.…

KONGSBERG, Norway (BulgarianMilitary.com) - GKN Aerospace Norway announced last week that the company has signed an eight-year contract with Pratt & Whitney for the manufacturing of F135 engine components that include diffuser cases, low pressure turbine cases and shafts, learned BulgarianMilitary.com The scope of the contract also includes…

HELSINKI, Finland (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Yesterday, 13th November 2018, the Norwegian Defence Ministry stated that GPS location signals were disturbed by the Russian forces in the Arctic during the recent NATO's large exercise Trident Juncture 18 held in Norway, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Read more: NATO’s Biggest Military Exercise in…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – In the period between 12 and 16 November, a group of Russian inspectors is set to visit envisaged regions in Norway, Poland and Germany, in order to perform military activity assessments. This information was published today by the Russia’s Defence Ministry, referring to a statement made by…

STURE TERMINAL, Bergen, Norway (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The KNM Helge Instad frigate of Norway is in danger of sinking as reported by The Associated Press. While returning from one of NATO’s largest training events in recent years Trident Juncture 18 exercise (25 October - 7 November 2018), the frigate was hit by an oil tanker and images posted by…

SOFIA, Bulgaria, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – On 30 October, Bulgaria’s Deputy Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Dimitar Iliev attended the day for high-ranking quests, part o f the biggest NATO-led military exercise Trident Juncture 18, which is held in Norway, reports the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence. In Trondheim, he congratulated the Bulgarian…

TRONDHEIM, Norway (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The gasoline-powered Alpha 800, will be presented by Alpha Unmanned Systems at NATO’s Exercise Trident Juncture in Trondheim, Norway, learned BulgarianMilitary.com The live field exercise Trident Juncture 18 started on 25th October 2018 and is taking place in all three domains – air, land and sea, in…

BRUSSELS, Belgium (BulgarianMilitary.com) - NATO's biggest military exercise in recent years, as reported, Trident Juncture 18, starts today, 25th October 2018. It will take place in central and eastern Norway; the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the Swedish and Finnish airspaces and will continue…

SOFIA, Bulgaria, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - In October, the Republic of Bulgaria will send 41 military personnel of its Joint Forces Command and Land Forces in Norway to participate in most visible part of the largest NATO-led exercise, Trident Juncture - 2018, conducted since the eighties of the last century on the territory of the country. The…

HEERBRUGG, Switzerland (BulgarianMilitary.com), 18 July 2018, Editor: Galina Zdravkova, Photo credit: Safran The Norwegian Armed Forces (NAF) will acquire Safran’s next generation thermal imagers MOSKITO TI™ and JIM Compact™. This was revealed last Friday, 13th July 2018. The subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense - Safran Vectronix AG…

TRIESTE, Italy (BulgarianMilitary.com), June 27, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova, Photo credit: en.wikipedia.org The Norwegian Coast Guard will receive three vessels from Vard Holdings Limited (“Vard”), which is a subsidiary of one of the largest shipbuilders in the world Fincantieri, headquarted in Trieste, Italy, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.…

KONGSBERG, Norway (BulgarianMilitary.com), June 22, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova, Photo: Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace AS (Naval Strike Missile) Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace AS (Norway) announced on 20th June that it has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency at the amount of 220M NOK (EUR 23.31 million) for a…

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia, Canada), June 8, 2018, Author: Bm team, Photo: Mark Harkin/ Wikimedia Commons (Norwegian Air Force Lockheed P-3 Orion) A P-3 Orion maintenance contract has been awarded to one of Canada’s largest Canadian-owned aerospace and defence contractors - IMP Aerospace by the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO). IMP…

STOCKHOLM (Sweden), June 7, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova, Photo: Saab The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) has placed a second order at the amount of $12.5 million for Saab’s ammunition for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system with delivery in 2018, reported Shephrad Media. That was announced by Saab on Monday, 4th June.…

TUCSON (Ariz., the USA), June 5, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova, Photo: Raytheon (NSM demo US Navy) The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) of Raytheon and Kongsberg Gruppen has been selected by the U.S. Navy for equipping its littoral combat ships and future frigates and thus meeting the over-the-horizon requirement. That was announced from Raytheon on…

DONAUWÖRTH (Germany), May 3, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova, Photo: Airbus (H135 Helionix) The final H145 helicopter has been delivered to Norsk Luftambulanse AS (NOLAS) – the air rescue operator of Norway, announced from Airbus Helicopters on 2nd May 2018. After this final delivery the Airbus fleet of NOLAS numbers total of eight H145 and…