Monthly Archive: Ottobre 2020

China has decided to sanction firms including Lockheed Martin, Boeing Defense, Raytheon as well as individuals and entities that are involved in arms sales to the island of Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told a routine p…

WASHINGTON — Tensions between the United States and Turkey appear to be growing, following the latest war of words between the two allies over Ankara’s purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense system.

The latest spat ignited Friday, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed earlier r…

The Gripen E, named F-39E Gripen by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), was officially presented today October 23rd, during the celebrations of Aviators’ Day and the Brazilian Air Force Day, at Wing 1, in Brasília. The aircraft flew over the air base after an air display of the Brazilian Smoke Squadron.
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TURIN, Italy — Taking off from Leonardo’s plant in Caselle (Turin), the final and most advanced Eurofighter Typhoon of the Italian Air Force was handed over during a ceremony today becoming one of the defence aircraft assigned daily to the protection of the Italian skies. The ceremony was attended…

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace, LLC (Vertex) on Oct. 20, 2020, for the Contractor Logistics and Maintenance Support (CLS) in support of the Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) program for $70,438,194 for the base year, with six options for a total…

JSC “Admiralty Shipyards” handed over the large diesel-electric submarine “Volkhov” to the Russian Navy. The solemn ceremony of raising the naval flag was held on the deep-water embankment of the enterprise.

Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC, emphasized the…