Keyword: IRIS-T SLM
![Following the decommissioning of the Air Defence Anti-Tank System (ADATS) in 2011, the Canadian Army spent 13 years without any GBAD assets until receiving its first RBS 70 NG systems in 2024. While Canada is an extreme example, Ottawa was not alone in a trend that saw many downsize and even eliminate GBAD. [Canadian Army]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Canadian-RBS-70-NG-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Assessing air defence requirements for ground formations on the modern battlefield")
Assessing air defence requirements for ground formations...
Ground-based air defence (GBAD) has emerged as one of the dominant procurement priorities of...
Denmark buys more IRIS-T SLM fire units,...
As part of the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), Denmark has procured additional fire...
![IRIS-T SLM key system components viewed from above, consisting of the command post (left), transporter, erector, launcher (TEL; middle), and radar (right). This system forms the MRAD component of ESSI. [Diehl Defence]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IRIS-T-SLM-system-components_Diehl-Defence-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Desolate skies: Why GBAD matters")
Desolate skies: Why GBAD matters
While drones, tanks, and artillery have grabbed headlines, Ukraine's ground-based air defence (GBAD) has...
Luftwaffe achieves IOC with IRIS-T SLM air...
With the handover of the first of six IRIS-T SLM air defence systems ordered...
Slovenia procures IRIS-T SLM from Diehl Defence...
Diehl Defence signed a purchase order under the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) on...
Latvia procures IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defence...
On 30 November 2023 the Latvian Ministry of Defence (MoD) called up a tranche...
Hensoldt Supplying Six More Air-Defence Radars to...
German sensor specialist Hensoldt has been contracted by Ukraine to supply six more of...
Hensoldt to Deliver More Air Surveillance Radars...
Hensoldt is supplying two more of its TRML-4D high-performance radars to strengthen Ukraine's air...
Germany Delivers Additional IRIS-T SL Missiles to...
On 9 November 2022, the German government revealed that it had supplied additional IRIS-T...
First IRIS-T-SLM Battery Delivered to Ukraine
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced yesterday that the first of four batteries of...