Lockheed Martin presented Belgium’s first F-35A Lightning II to the Belgian government during a rollout ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 production facility. This event marks a significant milestone in the Belgian Air Force’s history and strengthens the alliance between the United States and Belgium, a key NATO ally. Chief of Defense for the Belgian Armed Forces, ...
Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions (SDATS) has been selected for a long-term framework agreement by skeyes, the Air Traffic Control organisation of Belgium, for their Digital Tower programme. The agreement calls for a phased introduction of Digital Towers for up to six airports and three centres in Belgium. The framework agreement ...
The EDA has begun its first deployment of a new fixed-wing aeromedical evacuation service for civilians to support Belgian forces. The civilian fixed-wing Aeromedical Evacuation (AIRMEDVAC) service has been sent to Niger to assist Belgian Forces working in the country. In 2019, EDA concluded several framework contracts with international aeromedical providers ...
An archaeological project has lead to 13 of 110 missing soldiers being laid to rest at the Commonwealth Wytschaete Military Cemetery near Ypres. A crowdfunded archaeological project discovered 110 previously missing soldiers from Commonwealth nations who were buried at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s (CWGC) cemetery. A service was attended by ...