104° anniversario di “Pozzuolo del Friuli”
Nei giorni 29 e il 30 ottobre 1917, in un piccolo villaggio del Friuli chiamato Pozzuolo, poco meno di mille...
Monthly Archive: Ottobre 2021
Saab to Deliver First Four Gripen-E Fighters to Brazil Next Month
In November, Saab will start the operational aircraft delivery phase, with four Gripen E aircraft to Brazil and others to Sweden. Smart ways of working, innovative production technologies and close cooperation with customers were key to achieving this important milestone in the program, which follow…
JPO Chief in Switzerland for F-35 Contract Talks, Guarantees Data Security
BERN — Federal Councillor Viola Amherd, Head of DDPS, met Lieutenant General Eric T. Fick, F-35 Program Executive Officer, during his visit in Bern on October 28, 2021. Lieutenant General Fick also met Lieutenant General Thomas Süssli, Chief of the Armed Forces, at the air force base in Emmen. Dur…
Sweden Approves Funds for GlobalEye AEW Aircraft, Contract to Follow
The government has now decided that the Armed Forces may purchase new radar reconnaissance and command aircraft.
“Saab’s GlobalEye has a powerful radar and other sensors that increase our ability to monitor the airspace, the sea and the ground,” says the Swedish Armed Forces’ production manager J…
Russia Says Potential Customers Eyeing New Checkmate Fighter
LIMA — Potential foreign customers show a keen interest in Russia’s latest Checkmate fifth-generation single-engine fighter, CEO of the state arms seller Rosoboronexport (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) Alexander Mikheyev told TASS in the run-up to the SITDEF 2021 international arms sho…
Fincantieri Delivers the First Corvette for Qatar
TRIESTE, Italy — In the presence of Senator Stefania Pucciarelli, Undersecretary of State for Defence, the delivery of the corvette “Al Zubarah”, the first of the class of the same name of four vessels ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition p…
