“I think [a Nordic air operations center] would be a benefit for us, and it can be a benefit for NATO,” said Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland, chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
By Valerie InsinnaModernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
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“I think we shouldn’t underestimate [Russia’s] level of capability, because I don’t think we have seen it,” Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland, chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, told Breaking Defense.
By Valerie Insinna
Norway is demanding a refund from contractor NHIndustries, in a fight that seems destined for court.
By Christina Mackenzie
The Norwegian chief of defense, along with experts, assess Russia’s poor performance, how long the conflict will likely last, and what Russia would have to do to rebuild its early losses.
By Aaron Mehta
“We have to review all of our plans, we have to look at the investments,” Gen. Eirik Kristoffersen, Norway’s chief of defense, told Breaking Defense in a May 12 interview, just hours after Finland made its NATO move official.
By Aaron Mehta
A Lockheed official confirmed the company will compete in a Norwegian military radar competition.
By Justin Katz
The deal for six submarines and future Naval Strike Missiles is part of a long-term cooperation agreement the two countries signed in 2017.
By Justin Katz
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The US government will pay for all facilities it builds on Norwegian soil, and will not permanently base any troops there, officials in Oslo were quick to point out.
By Paul McLeary
“I guess if someone were to take a message [from the basing agreement] it’s that we’re not restricted to one particular location,” said Gen. Steven Basham, deputy commander of Air Forces in Europe/Africa.
By Paul McLeary
SMC is “working on innovative relationships with, believe it or not, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and some other places you wouldn’t think of as traditional spacefaring nations,” says Gen. DT Thompson, Space Force vice.
By Theresa Hitchens
The new fighters are part of a much larger modernization effort in Helsinki that includes replacing seven retiring guided missile ships with four bleeding edge multirole corvettes.
By Paul McLeary
“It’s pretty well-known now that our homeland is no longer a sanctuary,” Vice Adm. Daryl Caudle, Submarine Forces Atlantic says. “So we have to be prepared here to conduct high-end combat operations in local waters.”
By Paul McLeary
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center convened a dozen foreign partners, ranging from NATO allies to Israel, Japan, Korea, and neutral Finland & Sweden.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
US, British, and Norwegian vessels held wargames in the Barents Sea, near the HQ of Russia’s Northern Fleet.
By Paul McLeary
