Monthly Archive: Maggio 2022

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Egypt of CH-47F Chinook Helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.6 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification …

BRUSSELS — Today, the Commission announced the adoption of the second annual work programme of the European Defence Fund (EDF). The EDF 2022 work programme will allocate up to a total of €924 million in funding.

One week after the Joint Communication on Defence investment gaps, the Commission …

WARSAW — Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak announced by Twitter about sending a Letter of Request (LOR) to the United States regarding the acquisition by Poland of “over 80” M142 HIMARS heavy missile system batteries with 500 launchers under the Homar program.

Such a purchas…

Despite an enormous advantage in numbers, Russian forces attacking the Donbas region of Ukraine have made only “incremental progress,” a senior defense official said today.

Russia has deployed 110 operational battalion tactical groups in Ukraine, the official said. The majority are in the south, …