Norway

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

WASHINGTON (the USA), March 26, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova (Bm), Photo by Wired It turns out that the first few years of the next decade will be quite busy for the Norwegian Armed Forces if all planned and intended purchases of…

Norwegian company Kongsberg and Germany-based thyssenkrupp Marine Systems have established a new joint venture (JV) firm known as kta Naval Systems The newly formed company is set to develop, manufacture and maintain combat systems as an…