Monthly Archive: Giugno 2020

Senate Committee Unveils $740Bn Defense Bill, Targets China

Senate Committee Unveils $740Bn Defense Bill, Targets China

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday unveiled its version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill setting policy for the Defense Department on everything from troop salaries and equipment purchases to great power competition with …
US Senate Committee Approves $9.1Bn for 95 Lockheed F-35s

US Senate Committee Approves $9.1Bn for 95 Lockheed F-35s

PARIS — The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday released its version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizing the purchase of 95 Lockheed F-35 fighters at a cost of $9.1 billion in FY2021.

The 95 aircraft are 14 more than requested by the Pentagon. The comm…

Taiwan Intercepts Chinese Fighters in Its Airspace

Taiwan Intercepts Chinese Fighters in Its Airspace

Taiwan reported intercepting several Chinese fighter jets on Tuesday, the same day a U.S. military transport plane overflew the island, according to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense.

Chinese fighters “briefly entered Taiwan’s southwest airspace” and were intercepted that morning, a ministr…

Lockheed Wins $368M for Six F-35 Aircraft for Italy

Lockheed Wins $368M for Six F-35 Aircraft for Italy

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $368,194,942 not-to-exceed, undefinitized contract modification (P00036) to previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-17-C-0001.

This modifica…

Successful Launch Qualifies M51 Missile on Final French SSBN

Successful Launch Qualifies M51 Missile on Final French SSBN

PARIS — Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, expressed her great satisfaction after the successful June 12, 2020 launch of an M51 strategic ballistic missile by the nuclear-powered missile submarine Le Téméraire from Audierne Bay in the Finistère.

The Minister sent her warmest congratu…

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