Monthly Archive: Novembre 2020

WASHINGTON — Three U.S. senators said on Wednesday they would introduce legislation seeking to halt the Trump administration’s effort to sell more than $23 billion of drones and other weapons systems to the United Arab Emirates, setting up a showdown with the president just weeks before he is due …

On November 18, 2020, the Director General of Armaments, Martin Sonderegger, and Project Manager Roger Schwenter signed the contract for the extension of the service life of the Grenadier 2000 (CV9030) tanks. Due to the current COVID-19 situation, no joint signature could be organized with the gener…

SYDNEY — Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan, with senior commandos reportedly forcing junior soldiers to kill defence-less captives in order to “blood” them for combat, a four-year investigation found.

Australia said on Thursday that 19 …

BERN / BERLIN — Airbus and the Federal Republic of Germany today submitted their official offer to the Swiss Federal Office of Armaments armasuisse for the sale of Eurofighter aircraft to Switzerland.

The offer has been prepared in cooperation with the other Eurofighter nations as well as the …

BERN — On November 18, 2020, the government agencies of the eligible candidate submitted to armasuisse their second bids for the new combat aircraft and the new long-range surface-to-air defense system. Work to draft the evaluation reports will now begin for armasuisse, so they can be finalized du…

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson today signed an order that paves the way for the Boeing 737 MAX to return to commercial service. Administrator Dickson’s action followed a comprehensive and methodical safety review process that took 20 months to complete.

During that time, FAA employees worked di…