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An Airbus Helicopters H145M. Airbus photo by A. Pecchi.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

Hungary orders 20 H145M

01/07/201802/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4202 Views 0 Comments H145M

Hungary’s Ministry of Defence has ordered 20 H145M military helicopters equipped with the HForce weapon-management system in the frame of

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A formation of Douglas DC-3/C-47 Dakotas
Europe News Overseas Veterans 

Daks over Normandy – history in the making – again

25/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6714 Views 0 Comments C-47 Dakota, Daks Over Normandy, Douglas DC-3

Two years ago, a small team of friends in Europe began preparing for a World War II commemoration with no

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A French Navy Alouette III lifts off from Ile Des Pins airfield during Exercise Croix du Sud 2016 in New Caledonia. Photo by Corporal David Said.
ADF Australian Europe News 

French/Australian defence cooperation boosted

02/05/201802/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3181 Views 0 Comments France, logistics-support agreement

During French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Australia this week, several Defence issues were discussed and initiatives initiated. FILE PHOTO: A French

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Items from the ANZAC Gallipoli Archaeological Database (AGAD)
Australian Europe News Overseas Veterans 

New on-line database of Gallipoli artefacts

27/04/201827/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3779 Views 0 Comments

The results of five seasons of archaeological surveys of the First World War battlefield on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey

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Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull takes a tour of the Sir John Monash Centre at Villers-Bretonneux War Cemetery, France, after officially opening the new interpretive centre. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.
Australian Europe News Veterans 

Sir John Monash Centre officially opened

25/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3632 Views 0 Comments Sir John Monash Centre

The centrepiece of Australia’s Anzac Centenary 2014-18, the Sir John Monash Centre, opened in France yesterday afternoon local time –

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Australian Europe News Veterans 

Opening Sir John Monash Centre – PM’s speech

25/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2884 Views 0 Comments Sir John Monash Centre

Prime Minister of the French Republic, his Excellency Édouard Philippe, Madame Genevieve Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister for

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Lance Corporal Mark Goldsmith leads a Maori Cultural Group into Chanak Consular Cemetery in Canakkale, Turkey.
Europe New Zealand News Overseas Veterans 

NZDF honours men who died at Gallipoli in 1918

19/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3829 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli

The New Zealand Defence Force contingent in Gallipoli to commemorate Anzac Day have honoured 11 men who died at Gallipoli

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Canberra Glassworks promotional image
Australian Europe News Veterans 

Glass Rising Sun destined for France briefly displayed in Canberra

16/02/201816/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2733 Views 0 Comments Rising Sun

A glass sculpture of the Rising Sun, commissioned for Australia’s Sir John Monash Centre in France, has gone on public

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The first of 36 retrofits ordered by the French Ministry of Defence – and designated by France as Tiger Mk II. Airbus Helicopters photo.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

France receives first Tiger retrofit/upgrade

22/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5178 Views 0 Comments Tiger helicopter

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first Tiger retrofitted into the HAD version to the French Army Aviation, after having previously

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Pictured left to right at Buckingham Palace: Major General Robert Magowan (outgoing Commandant General Royal Marines), His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh (outgoing Captain General Royal Marines), His Royal Highness Prince Harry (incoming Captain General Royal Marines) and Major General Charles Stickland (incoming Commandant General Royal Marines). Official photo.
Europe News Overseas 

Prince Harry becomes Captain General of the Royal Marines

20/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4853 Views 0 Comments Prince Harry

The Queen has been pleased to give her formal approval to the appointment of His Royal Highness Prince Henry of

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H145M helicopter with 'plug-and-play' weapon systems attached. Airbus Helicopters photo by Anthony Pecchi.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology Videos 

Airbus ‘armed civvie’ chopper first test fire

10/11/201710/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6813 Views 0 Comments H145M

Airbus Helicopters recently completed a ballistic development test of an HForce weapon system on a H145M in Hungary. CAPTION: H145M helicopter

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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook fires a Standard Missile 3 during exercise Formidable Shield 2017. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Theron J. Godbold.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

SM-3 intercepts ballistic missile

18/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3805 Views 0 Comments

A Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea as part of a multinational operational exercise off

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Corporal Kyle Genner visits his great-great-great-uncle Arthur Genner's grave at Buttes New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium.
Australian Australian Army Europe News Overseas Veterans Videos 

Corporal Kyle Genner visits grand-uncle’s grave in Belgium

26/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3142 Views 0 Comments Battle of Polygon Wood, Corporal Kyle Genner, Passchendaele

Corporal Kyle Genner is an Army photographer busy in Belgium documenting official commemoration activities for the 100th anniversary of the

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An RAAF A330-based KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) refuels a United States Air Force C-17A Globemaster III. USAF photo.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

Germany/Norway join Dutch/Lux shared MRTT fleet

26/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4728 Views 0 Comments A300, KC-30A, MRTT, NATO

Airbus Defence and Space has received a firm order for five Airbus A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker Transports to be

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A Menin Gate Lion sits in front of the Menin Gate Memorial in Ieper, Belgium. Photo by Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
ADF Australian Europe News Overseas Veterans 

Menin Gate Lions to be replicated/gifted

26/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4297 Views 0 Comments Menin Gate Lions

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan today announced that Australia would produce replicas of the famous Menin Gate Lions and

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Members of Australia’s Federation Guard stand at ease during the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate, Belgium, as part of 100th Anniversary commemorations of the Battle of Polygon Wood. Photo by Corporal kyle Genner.
ADF Australian Europe News Overseas 

100th anniversary of the Battle of Polygon Wood

26/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3934 Views 0 Comments Passchendaele, Polygon Wood, Third Battle of Ypres

The Australian Defence Force today honours the service and sacrifice of those who fought in Belgium during the First World

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An Airbus Helicopters H145M with HForce modular weapons system fitted. Photo by Christian Keller, Airbus Helicopters.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

Airbus weaponising ‘civvie’ choppers

11/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4997 Views 0 Comments H145M

HForce is a comprehensive new modular and cost-efficient weapon system by Airbus that can be used on any military version

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Patria Nemo Container – containerised 84mm mortar system. Patria photo.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology Videos 

Containerised mortar system demonstrated

02/09/201705/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6003 Views 0 Comments Patria Nemo Container

Defence manufacturer Patria says its Patria Nemo Container, showcased for the first time at the IDEX 2017, has successfully completed

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Italy's first home-built F-35B rolls out of final assembly. Lockheed Martin photo.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

Italy builds first F-35B outside USA

06/05/201706/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3905 Views 0 Comments F-35B

The first short take-off/vertical landing F-35B assembled outside the United States rolled out of its Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO)

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USAF F-35As fly in formation on their way to Europe. US Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw.
Europe News Overseas Science & Technology 

F-35 deploys on first exercise in Europe

16/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3795 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

F-35A Lightning II, airmen and accompanying equipment arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, yesterday, marking the aircraft’s first training

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