NATO

 Finland kjøper tungt artilleri

Finland Doubles K9 Artillery Fleet With 112 New Systems as NATO Strengthens Russia Border Firepower.

• 10 Apr, 2026 - 5:33
• Defense News Army 2026

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Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border.

The 9 April 2026 government-to-government agreement with the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency adds systems, spares, and support equipment, bringing Finland’s planned inventory to 208 guns. The deal accelerates Helsinki’s shift from towed artillery toward protected, mobile 155 mm fires, improving survivability and rapid-response strike capability across NATO’s northeastern flank

Aviation24.be med nyheter

 

Aviation24.be In the 04/11/2026 edition:

NASA welcomes Artemis II crew back to Earth after historic lunar mission Wizz Air opens Turin base, expands network and capacity Traffic in Norway’s Avinor airports rises in March as international demand leads growth Loganair adds Jersey–Bordeaux route for Summer 2026 Near-collision at Los Angeles Airport highlights ground safety risks EES launch triggers major airport disruptions across Europe Lufthansa City Airlines secures first labour deal with crew unions FAA proposes $255,000 fine against American Airlines over alleged drug and alcohol violations Finnair taken to court over delayed refunds for cancelled flights French military aircraft crashes during training flight, two pilots injured

eVTOL

 

Vertical Aerospace Completes First Piloted One-Way Transition Flight

Ben Goldstein April 07, 2026

Vertical hopes to certify its Valo aircraft by 2028.

Credit: Vertical Aerospace

Vertical Aerospace has completed its first piloted one-way transition flight, marking new progress in its program to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

The VX4 prototype was flown by test pilot Paul Stone April 2 at Vertical’s flight test center at Cotswold Airport in England. The aircraft performed a one-way transition, taking off vertically before accelerating into wingborne flight and landing conventionally on a runway. During the test, the aircraft reached 65 kt., roughly half its top speed of around 120 kt.

The milestone caps several months of incremental testing that began in December, as Vertical worked to expand the transition envelope from both ends—accelerating out of hover and decelerating from wingborne flight—without fully completing the maneuver. Progress had been slowed at times by poor winter weather in the UK, as well as the deliberate pace required under the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Permit to Fly regime, which requires data review between flights.

Ukraina

 

Kunne være greit å ha noen slike hjemme også....(Red.)

Norway Funds Transfer Of Safran Hammer Guided Bombs To Ukraine

Tony Osborne February 13, 2026

Credit: Dassault Aviation via Safran

Norway is to fund the purchase of hundreds of French-made, air-launched, precision-guided munitions to transfer to Ukraine. The procurement of Safran Hammer bomb kits follows a broader strategic partnership between Norway and France that was agreed to last summer. 

Iran

 

Trump: –⁠ Vi er i gang med å rydde opp i Hormuzstredet

Amerikanske krigsskip skal lørdag ha forsøkt å krysse Hormuzstredet for første gang siden krigen startet, ifølge Axios. Iran melder at skipene har snudd etter trusler om militært angrep.

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Utgangspunktet for forhandlingen i Islamabad er helt elendig. Jeg har ikke noen tro på at det oppnås enighet. Sannsynligheten er stor for at Trump gjenopptar bombingen og Hormuz stredet vil bli stengt for absolutt alle untatt for egne fartøyer. Disse vil ble såkalte legitime mål for Trump og Netanyahu.

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Historic Vance-Ghalibaf talks must bridge deep distrust

9 hours ago

Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent, in Islamabad

Exclusive: US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say

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Trump has handed JD Vance his most 

difficult mission yet

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The War Zone med ukentlig oppdatering

 

April 10, 2026

America’s long-range kamikaze drone, a reverse-engineered clone of the Iranian-designed Shahed-136, was used in combat for the first time during Operation Epic Fury. Before the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) was known to exist, The War Zone made a detailed case for the Pentagon to mass produce this exact aircraft. Now the U.S. military says LUCAS is a huge success – with CENTCOM’s top officer calling it “indispensable” – and wants many more of them, so we wanted to know more about how these weapons were first developed. One former Pentagon official who pushed for their creation, a drive that began under the Biden administration and came to fruition under Trump, gave us unique insights into LUCAS and its genesis.

Read TWZ’s exclusive interview here.

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