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Navantia Unveils F-110 Flight II / IAMD Frigate - Naval News

Navantia reveals the F-110 Flight II IAMD frigate at DALO 2026. Features a 64-cell VLS and more powerful AN/SPY-7 radar for high-intensity air defense.

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[Redav]

Portugal and Spain have signed a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition of 75 URO VAMTAC light armored tactical vehicles for the Portuguese Marines.

Portugal, Spain strike deal for 75 VAMTAC vehicles

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[Mike1976]

Finland, Israel quietly extend defense agreement for 10 years | The Jerusalem Post

The agreement was signed in 2024, during the height of the war in Gaza, and despite strong criticism from Finnish opposition

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[muck]

The German Navy has just announced that it test fired a SRBM for the first time. The Israeli-made LORA missile was launched from a frigate in the North Atlantic against a dummy target some 500 kilometres away, apparently off the coast of Norway. The service now seeks to quickly introduce the weapon in considerable quantities. (Source)

 

[haze99]

Spain buys South Korean SPH

Hanwha Wins Spain's €4.55B K9 Contract With Full Technology Transfer, Indra Gets Carte Blanche to Modify Design, Continuing Same Model That Armed Turkiye, Poland, Australia | Defense Express

128 tracked SPHs plus 120 ammo carriers and 32 support vehicles replace M109s as Hanwha files mandatory Korean disclosure after exceeding 2.5% revenue threshold

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[PEMM]

Finland, Israel quietly extend defense agreement for 10 years | The Jerusalem Post

The agreement was signed in 2024, during the height of the war in Gaza, and despite strong criticism from Finnish opposition

www.jpost.com

Even the current opposition will stay quiet if they are in the next government. They are not that stupid to call off any of these deals.

 

[PEMM]

Finland holds largest civilian defense exercise in Europe since WWII.

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In a civil defense shelter hewn into rock, behind doors designed to withstand a nuclear or biological attack, two Finnish conscripts wearing hazmat suits and breathing masks are measuring radiation levels as they take part in an exercise to turn a cave into a place of safety for thousands of people. (AP Video: Kostya Manenkov)

 

[BeNder]

A Danish drone boat sitting at anchor in the Baltic filmed a 330-foot Russian corvette running past at 650 feet with its transponder off, tagged the crew and the helicopter on the pad, and got the quadcopter wrong, from a hull 39 feet long that trave

Defense Express went through the material image by image and noted that the X-Wave's recognition software correctly tagged crew moving on deck and the Ka-27

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[Kadir93]

Germany successfully tests Naval LORA Israeli-made ballistic missile, officials say.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/germany-successfully-tests-israeli-ballistic-missile-officials-say-2026-09-02

 

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[Mike1976]

Patria’s First Finnish-Assembled F135 Engine Reinforces NATO’s Northern F-35 Sustainment Architecture

Patria assembles Finland’s first F135 engine, adding domestic propulsion expertise to NATO’s growing F-35 sustainment network.

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[Mike1976]

Netherlands signs Letter of Intent with Sweden to procure Saab GlobalEye early warning aircraft

The Netherlands and Sweden signed a Letter of Intent on September 10, 2026, to jointly acquire and operate Saab GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft within a shared four-jet pool.

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[Mike1976]

Sweden buys 10 HIMARS rocket launchers from US in $729 million deal to create first long-range strike unit

Sweden buys Lockheed Martin M142 HIMARS rocket systems and GMLRS munitions in a 7 billion SEK deal to build its first deep-strike artillery force by 2027.

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[Mike1976]

Finland buys 100 Patria Tremos 120mm mortars to maximize firepower in Arctic conditions

Finland has finalized a 49.9 million euro serial procurement contract with Patria for over 100 Tremos 120 mm mobile mortar systems, designated 120 KRH M3. Deliveries run through 2028 with options for hundreds more, bringing advanced shoot-and-scoot tactical mobility, hydro-pneumatic recoil

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[haze99]

Germany

Germany turns to €3.4 billion Typhon and Tomahawk purchase to field 2,500-kilometer strike capability after U.S. cancels deployment

Germany is considering spending nearly €3.4 billion on U.S.-made Typhon launchers and Tomahawk cruise missiles, Politico reported, citing a government planning document.

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