DefenceTalkSpain’s defence ministry said Tuesday it has opened an investigation after one of its Eurofighter jets accidentally fired a missile in the skies over Estonia during a routine training mission. “A Spanish Eurofighter based in Lithuania accidentally fired a missile without causing any harm,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that the incident happened […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spanish-jet-accidentally-fires-missile-above-estonia-71772/

DefenceTalkAirbus Defence and Space has delivered to the Spanish Air Force the first two Eurofighter Typhoons to be produced in the latest configuration with enhanced air-to-surface capabilities. The aircraft were manufactured at the Getafe Final Assembly Line in the P1Eb FW (Phase 1 Enhanced Further Work) configuration which marks a key step in the overall […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-delivers-latest-standard-eurofighter-to-spanish-air-force-71153/

DefenceTalkHMA Ships Darwin, Melbourne and Parramatta have escorted the Spanish Armada’s Cristobal Colon into Sydney Harbour as part of her role in providing platform and familiarisation training to Australian personnel. Over the next three months the ship will assist in enabling Australian Navy people to have advance training for Australia’s first Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spanish-armadas-frigate-arrives-in-sydney-69593/

DefenceTalkPresident Donald Trump told Spain’s leader Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday that the United States is committed to NATO, the White House said, despite his past criticism of the transatlantic military alliance. Trump’s first conversation with Rajoy since taking office on January 20 served to “reaffirm the strong bilateral partnership across a range of mutual interests,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-tells-turkish-spanish-leaders-he-backs-nato-69086/

DefenceTalkIndra will equip Spanish A400M aircraft with its InShield infrared countermeasure system (DIRCM or Directional InfraRed Counter Measures), to protect said aircraft from surface-to-air missile attacks. The contract awarded by the Ministry of Defense for the characterization and verification of the first unit is worth 4 million euros and will run until 2018. The Spanish […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indras-inshield-system-to-protect-spanish-a400m-aircraft-from-missile-attacks-67680/

DefenceTalkThe Royal Navy has fired a warning shot at a Spanish patrol boat which sailed too close to a US nuclear-powered submarine as it sailed in waters off Gibraltar. Flares were fired across the bow of the Spanish Guardia Civil vessel Rio Cedena as it twice attempted to sail across the front of the ballistic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/royal-navy-warning-shot-at-spanish-boat-in-gibraltar-67405/

DefenceTalkNavy destroyer USS Carney arrived at its new home in southern Spain on Friday (25 September, 2015), the fourth American multi-mission ship to be stationed in Europe and contribute to NATO’s ballistic missile defence shield. “The arrival of the USS Carney marks an important step for European security and for transatlantic cooperation,” said NATO Secretary […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fourth-us-missile-defence-ship-arrives-at-its-new-home-port-in-spain-65503/

DefenceTalkAeroVironment, Inc. today announced it has received a contract from the United States Army totaling $3.4 million for RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to supply the Spanish Ministry of Defense via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Raven is the most widely used UAS in the world today. It is designed for rapid deployment […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-contract-rq-11b-raven-uavs-spanish-army-65099/

DefenceTalkSpain’s government has given the go-ahead for the project launch regarding a procurement of new-generation frigates. The new class of ships will be referred to as the F-110 series and will replace the six Santa Maria-class frigates (F-80) commissioned into Spanish Navy service between 1986 and 1994. Together with Spain’s state-owned shipbuilding giant, Navantia, the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spain-green-lights-new-generation-frigate-project-65058/

DefenceTalkU.S. and Spanish officials yesterday signed an amendment to the nations’ defense agreement that will change the deployment of the U.S. crisis response force at Moron Air Base from temporary to permanent, defense officials said today. In the State Department’s Treaty Room, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Ignacio […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-crisis-force-spain-permanent-64572/