Category: Notizie Estero

VIENNA — The decision has been made: the Ministry of Defense is buying 18 Leonardo AW169M helicopters. The procurement is carried out in cooperation with Italy and amounts to around 300 million euros.

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Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner announced the decision on Mond…

BISHKEK — Kyrgyzstan appears to have acquired a Chinese short-range air-defense system. Recent footage of the Kyrgyz military indicates that Bishkek imported the “Flying Leopard 6C,” a Chinese-made mobile short-range air-defense system that can engage targets up to six kilometers away.

The foot…

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $351,810,277 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-4314 for the USS Boise (SSN 764) early production period that encompasses continued advance planning, execution services, production and availability…

The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $463,002,062 cost reimbursement option contract for support to the Air Force from MITRE as the administrator of the National Security Engineering Center Federally-Funded Research and Development Center.

Work will be performed in Bedfor…

MANILA –– Four out of the six new Embraer Defense and Security A-29 “Super Tucano” close-air support aircraft, which are intended to beef up the Philippine Air Force (PAF)’s close-air support capabilities, have landed in Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Pampanga on Saturday.

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Last week, the IAF held a “Wargame” exercise with the participation of the Aerial Defense Division commander, Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav, and the division’s battalions. The exercise that takes place annually focuses on simulating war and emergency scenarios that the battalion commanders are required to m…