Monthly Archive: Marzo 2022

PARIS — On Thursday 24 and Friday 25 March, Florence Parly, Minister for the Armed Forces, traveled to Greece for the signing of contracts for the acquisition of three defense and intervention frigates and six additional Rafales, in addition to the 18 aircraft acquired by Greece last year.

The …

MBDA strengthens its close relationship with Greece’s armed forces with two contracts for armaments for the Hellenic Navy and Hellenic Air Force, signed on Thursday, 24 March 2022.

The contracts were signed by Admiral Aristeidis Alexopoulos, General Director for Defence Investments and Armaments …

GETAFE, Spain — Following a competitive tender process as well as an extensive technical analysis phase, Airbus has selected Avio Aero from Italy to power the Eurodrone unmanned aerial system with its engine and propeller solution, dubbed Catalyst.

“This selection is a decisive step forward and…

Ukrainian soldiers have forced Russian invaders back from the east side of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Russians to the northwest of the city have begun digging defensive positions, a senior defense official said yesterday.

The Russians do appear to be stepping up operations in the Donbass region in …

WASHINGTON — The United States assesses that Russia is suffering failure rates as high as 60% on some days for some of the precision-guided missiles it is using to attack Ukraine, three U.S. officials with knowledge of the intelligence told Reuters.

The disclosure could help explain why Russia …

ISTANBUL — As Turkey-France-Italy, “we have decided to continue our efforts to revive steps we have taken regarding SAMP-T missile defense system,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday.

The missile defense system was developed by the Franco-Italian EUROSAM consortium.

Erdoğan was speak…