Yearly Archive: 2020

The growth process of the F-35 component of the Italian Air Force continues through the acquisition and consolidation of new operational capabilities

On 26 November, for the first time ever in the national field, a training mission was carried out by an F-35A and an F-35B of the 13th Flight Group…

What is the purpose?
The MPR is an annual review of the Department of Defence’s major defence equipment acquisitions, undertaken at the request of the Parliament’s Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA).

Its purpose is to provide information and assurance to the Parliament o…

BALTIC SEA — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) completed a series of air defense and fighter control exercises with NATO air forces in the Baltic Sea, Nov. 28, 2020.

German Eurofighter F2000 aircraft from NATO Air Command conducted a series of flyovers while Ros…

United Engine Corporation has started serial deliveries of М55R diesel-gas turbine units for frigates of the “Admiral” series of project 22350. The first unit was shipped to PJSC SZ Severnaya Verf.

The М55R diesel-gas turbine unit has been fully successfully tested. The product was created withi…

The FMV project which evaluates biofuels in bilateral cooperation with the United States has taken another step. This time, it was a biofuel produced by Swedish Biofuels that was tested in the Gripen engine RM12 at GKN’s facility in Trollhättan. No change in thrust or fuel consumption was detected.
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President Xi Jinping called on Saturday for scientists and engineers working on deep-sea equipment and exploration to keep contributing to China’s rise as a strong maritime country, as well as humanity’s understanding, conservation and development of the oceans.

Xi, who is also general secretary …