Spain Defence News

Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

The Spanish Navy Replaces Harpoons with NSM

11 Sep, 16:16
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The Spanish Navy decided to replace the Harpoon missiles, which are currently out of service, with the Naval Strike Missile (NSM).

Land Unmanned Systems

Spanish Army receives the first THeMIS UGV from Milrem

10 Aug, 13:52
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Estonia-based Milrem Robotics company has delivered the first THeMIS Unmanned Ground Vehicle to the Spanish Defence Ministry.

Navy / Maritime

Saudi Arabia received the Second Avante 2200 Class Corvette

28 Jul, 16:03
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RSNF received "Al Diriyah", the second of five Avante 2200 class corvettes ordered from the Saudi Kingdom as part of the Alsarawat project.

Air

Airbus’ A400M to fight Fires

27 Jul, 16:50
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During a flight test campaign in Spain, Airbus successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new-generation airlifter.

Air

Ejection Seat Malfunction Grounds Eurofighters

24 Jul, 15:38
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The German, British and Spanish air forces suspended Typhoon flights due to a statement from Martin-Baker's notification about the Mk16A-EF ejection seat.

Navy / Maritime Unmanned Systems

Navantia Integrates USV Vendaval On Spanish Navy Vessel

17 Jul, 00:41
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Navantia Shipyard has integrated Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) Vendaval aboard a Meteoro-class offshore patrol vessel.

Air Expo and Air Show

Spain to replace F-18s with latest generation Eurofighters

24 Jun, 10:21
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Spain has ordered 20 Eurofighter jets to replace the Spanish Air Force's ageing fleet of U.S.-made F-18 fighters.

Navy / Maritime

Navantia Delivered HMS AL-JUBAIL to Saudi Navy

03 Apr, 11:33
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Navantia Shipyard announced that it handed over the first of five Avante 2200 corvettes, HMS AL-JUBAIL, to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) in Cadiz.

Air

US Approves Possible Sale of MH-60R Helicopters to Spain

16 Mar, 19:00
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The State Department approved a potential FMS to Spain of MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters for an estimated $950 million.

Bilateral Relations Regional / Strategy

Biden Administration’s Strategic Mediterranean Tour

06 Mar, 14:01
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has started her Mediterranean Countries Tour, including Turkey, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt.

Air Modernisation

OCCAR has awarded Airbus the upgrade of 60 Tiger

04 Mar, 17:28
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OCCAR has awarded a contract to Airbus for the development, production, and initial in-service support of the Tiger MkIII attack helicopter upgrade programme.