Spain Acquires Excalibur Projectiles
The U.S. has decided to sell Excalibur Projectiles to Spain with an estimated cost of $48.2 million.
Spain News
Ammunition
Weapon / Missile
The Spanish Navy to Receive the Fifth-Generation NSM
The Spanish Navy will receive the fifth-generation Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from Kongsberg, Norway, in 2027.
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
Serbian EDePro Doubles 122 mm Rockets Range
Serbian defence company EDePro attended the FEINDEF 23 and presented its 122 mm G2000 rockets that achieve a maximum range of 40.1 km.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Navantia, SAES and Perseo to develop UUV
Spanish companies Navantia, SAES and Perseo Techworks have announced their intention to develop a line of unmanned underwater vehicles for surveillance.
Air
India’s First C295 Aircraft Completes Maiden Flight
India’s first Airbus C295 transport aircraft completed its maiden flight with the aim of its delivery by the second half of 2023.
Air
Eurofighter Typhoon Appoints Mezzanatto as New CEO
Giancarlo Mezzanatto has been named CEO of Eurofighter GmbH, the corporation in charge of the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Navy / Maritime
TCG ANADOLU L400 Commissioned
TCG ANADOLU Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD) is commissioned today at the Turkish Navy. The vessel will soon serve as the flagship of the Navy.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Investment
Alpha UAV Maker Completes First Round of Investment
The Spanish company Alpha Unmanned Systems (AUS), announces closing its first seed round of external investment capital.
Weapon / Missile
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Bilateral Relations
Spain Trains Ukraine on the Hawk Air Defence Systems
The Spanish MoD stated that 225 Ukrainian soldiers are now in Spain. They will be trained to use the Hawk air defence missile system donated by Spain.
Country
Bilateral Relations
Spain Exported Defence Material Worth More than 200 Million Euros to Ukraine in the first half of 2022
The Spanish Secretary of State for Trade, belonging to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, has published the report on "Spanish exports of defence material, other material and dual-use products and technologies in the first half of 2022", in which reflects exports of military material to Ukraine worth 209,750,099 euros.
Land
TESS Defence Starts Production of Spanish VCR8x8 Dragon
Santa Bárbara Sistemas, started to manufacture the barges of the first VCR8x8 Dragon of the Spanish Army, based on Piranha 5.
Air
Europe’s FCAS on the Way to the First Flight
French, German and Spanish aviation companies Airbus, Dassault Aviation and Indra issued a press release about the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
Navy / Maritime
Saudi Arabia Receives 3rd Avante 2200 Corvette from Navantia
Spanish state-owned Navantia shipyard delivered the third of five corvettes built in its shipyards in the Bay of Cadiz to the Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF).
Air
Investment
Demonstrator Deal Inks for FCAS
New developments exist on the FCAS front. Germany claimed there was an agreement on industrial participation, while French Dassault denied it.
