Monthly Archive: Giugno 2020

SAO PAULO — Boeing Co has taken former partner Embraer SA to arbitration over a failed $4.2 billion deal, the Brazilian planemaker said in a securities filing on Monday night.

So far, it has only been publicly known that Embraer had taken Boeing to arbitration, angered by how the U.S. planemake…

PARIS — The Italian Ministry of Defence announced May 28 that it had authorized the award of a production contract to the IVECO-OTO-Melara consortium for a second batch of 40 Centauro II wheeled tank destroyers, with an option on a further 56.

Including the option, a comprehensive ten-year supp…

The new combat aircraft would cost a total of 18 billion francs, according to an estimate by the DDPS. In addition to the acquisition costs of 6 billion, nearly 12 billion are added for the maintenance of the jets during the entire duration of their use.

These figures published by the SonntagsZei…

WASHINGTON — The guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin conducted a freedom-of-navigation operation in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Thursday to challenge restrictions set by three nearby countries, according to the Navy.

The Mustin was challenging claims by China, Taiwan, and Viet…

BEIJING — The PLA Navy is conducting sea trials for aircraft carrier Shandong in accordance with the arrangement of the annual trial plan, said Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) at the regular press conference on Friday.

China’s first indigenou…

MOSCOW — The improved Project 955A (Borei-A) strategic nuclear-powered lead submarine Knyaz Vladimir has been handed over to the Russian Navy, the press office of the United Shipbuilding Corporation reported on Thursday.

“Today, on May 28, a ceremony was held at the Sevmash Shipyard (part of th…