Monthly Archive: Giugno 2022

China Launches Third Aircraft Carrier

China Launches Third Aircraft Carrier

SHANGHAI — China launched its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, in Shanghai on Friday. The carrier, named after Fujian Province, was completely designed and built by China.

The new carrier was put into the water at a launch ceremony that started at about 11 a.m. Xu Qiliang, a member of the Po…

Netherlands to Buy 5 Embraer KC-390 Tanker Transport Aircraft

Netherlands to Buy 5 Embraer KC-390 Tanker Transport Aircraft

Defense has found a successor for the C-130H Hercules in the C-390M of the Brazilian manufacturer Embraer. The aim is for the first new transport aircraft to arrive in the Netherlands in 2026. State Secretary Christophe van der Maat wrote this to the House of Representatives today.

Defence’s four…

HII Wins $1.56 Bn Order for LPD 32 Amphibious Ship

HII Wins $1.56 Bn Order for LPD 32 Amphibious Ship

Huntington-Ingalls Industries – Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $240,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2406 for the long-lead-time-material with an option for the detailed design and construction of LPD 32.

Work will b…

Six NATO Allies Launch Next-Gen Rotorcraft Project

Six NATO Allies Launch Next-Gen Rotorcraft Project

In the margins of the NATO Defence Ministerial meeting on 16 June, the Ministers of France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom dedicated 26.7 million EUR to define the future of their helicopter fleets under NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project.

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