Belgium • Page 3 of 8

Dec- 2023 -

12 December

Land

French Panhard VBL during Operation Aconit

Rojoef Manuel

France, Belgium’s Future Armored Vehicle’s Pre-Design Phase Starts

OCCAR has launched the pre-design phase of France and Belgium’s future Armored Engagement Support Vehicle.

11 December

Air

Rojoef Manuel

Lockheed Unveils First Belgian Air Force F-35A Fighter Jet

Lockheed Martin has introduced the first F-35A Lightning II stealth multirole aircraft for Belgium in Fort Worth, Texas.

Nov- 2023 -

30 November

Land

A Belgian host nation employee from Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux, 405th Army Field Support Brigade, ground guides an M1300 Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter onto an M1302 trailer at the Zutendaal Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Belgium during an EHET drivers academy held there NOV. 6-22. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

Rojoef Manuel

US Trains Belgian Workforce for Heavy Equipment Transporter Ops

The US Army has trained a Belgian workforce in Zutendaal to operate the Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter.

28 November

Europe

Joe Saballa

Belgium to Join European FCAS Next-Gen Fighter Program

The Belgian defense ministry has announced that it will officially join the European Future Combat Air System next-generation fighter program by June 2025.

Sep- 2023 -

7 September

War

Inder Singh Bisht

Belgium to Deliver Eight Sea Sparrow Surface-to-Air Missiles to Ukraine

Belgium will reportedly supply eight of the 14 Sea Sparrow air-defense missiles it recently bought from Germany to Ukraine.

Aug- 2023 -

9 August

War

Rojoef Manuel

EU Country Buys 49 Decommissioned Belgian Leopard Tanks for Ukraine

An EU country has contracted Belgian company OIP Land Systems to deliver 49 Leopard 1 main battle tanks for Ukraine to defend against the Russian invasion.

Jul- 2023 -

15 July

Europe