Saturday 18 January, 2025

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Lithuania plans to spend 5-6% GDP on defence

Lithuania is set to raise its defence expenditure to between 5% and 6% of its gross domestic product (GDP) beginning in 2026, in response to the perceived threat of...

Saab opens new production facility in Finland for Sirius Compact

Saab has announced that it is establishing a new manufacturing plant in Tampere, Finland to support the large-scale serial production of the Sirius Compact. The move comes as the...

Fincantieri completes acquisition of Leonardo’s underwater armaments business

Fincantieri has officially completed the acquisition of the Underwater Armaments & Systems (UAS) business line from Leonardo S.p.A. This was achieved through the purchase of the entire share capital...

NATO to enhance military presence in the Baltic Sea

At a summit of Baltic Sea NATO members held in Helsinki on 14 January, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte declared the initiation of a new military operation by the...

Raytheon to produce additional SM-6 for US Navy

Raytheon, a subsidiary of RTX, has received a contract valued at USD 333 million from the US Navy for the production of Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block IA missiles. The SM-6...