Israel has signed an agreement valued $1.65 billion with Greece to establish an International Flight Training Center for the Hellenic Air Force.

Announcing the deal on Sunday, the Israel Ministry of Defense said it was the biggest defense agreement inked by the two countries till date.

Israeli company Elbit Systems beat Canada’s CAE to win this contract. Within the framework of the agreement, the company will provide kits to upgrade & operate the Hellenic Air Force's T-6 aircraft. It will also provide training, simulators & logistical support.

The training center will reportedly be modeled on Israel's own flight academy and will be equipped with 10 Leonardo M-346 training aircraft.

Elbit Systems said in a statement that it will provide new M-346 training aircraft and will maintain the entire training fleet, comprised of dozens of M-346 and T-6 training aircraft for a period of approximately 20 years. It will also supply its latest advanced Embedded Virtual Avionics (EVA) onboard the training aircraft, deliver networked flight simulators and an array of Ground-Based Training Stations (GBTS) as well as a command and control systems to enable efficient management of the flight training operation.

Allies agreed on a package of tailored assurance measures for Turkey in 2015, to help Turkey respond to a volatile security environment. These measures include an increased presence of AWACS surveillance aircraft in the region; increased maritime activities in the eastern Mediterranean; Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance activities, and information sharing.

The naval aviators will cooperate with NATO Standing Naval Groups and the NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM) in Northwood. The core of the first rotation of the contingent is coming from the Naval Aviation Brigade in Gdynia and the M28B 1R Bryza patrol and reconnaissance aircraft is homebased at the Naval Aviation Base in Siemirowice.

The M28B BRYZA is a high-wing cantilever monoplane featuring a non-pressurized cabin, twin vertical tails, a non-retractable tricycle, fuselage-mounted landing gear with a steerable nose wheel. The type is a versatile, transport category airplane with a short takeoff and landing capability (STOL). The airplane is flown by a crew of two pilots (pilot-in-command and a co-pilot). For civil-aviation operations, the airplane has been type-certificated by Poland's General Inspectorate of Civil Aviation, while its military configurations have successfully undergone all State qualification testing required.

Dagger is a name new to the Royal Navy. It was due to have been assigned to a class anti-submarine escort in late World 2. But, the conflict ended and the ship was cancelled.

Only one previous HMS Cutlass has served under the White Ensign. During the 1970s with her sisters Scimitar and Sabre, not the same vessels which later served in Gibraltar. She was used to train Royal Navy and NATO ships to deal with the threat of fast missile/torpedo craft as part of the First Fast Training Boat Squadron.

The Gibraltar Squadron Fast Patrol Craft is supporting British operations and patrolling HMNB Gibraltar and British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.

The vessels will be powered by three Volvo D13-1000 engines and three MJP350X water jets. They will have a length of 19 m and will be able to reach a speed of 40 knots. The vessels will be armed with 3 purpose machine gun and will have a crew of six sailors.

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