Monthly Archive: Settembre 2022

MANAMA, Bahrain — The U.S. Navy prevented a support ship from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel operated by the U.S. 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 29-30.

While transiting international waters around 11 p.m. (local time), Aug. 2…

The EU will work to “define the parameters” of a collective mission to help train the Ukrainian army in fighting Russia’s invasion, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said.

The US, UK, and several EU countries have already provided training for Ukrainian forces, shown here with an L119 light gun, we…

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s flagship carrier China Airlines (CAL) on Tuesday announced the purchase of 16 Boeing 787-9 passenger jets to meet demand in an anticipated post-pandemic boom.

The aircraft, the first of which is set to be delivered in 2025, will become the mainstay of CAL’s medium-capacity wid…

WARSAW — The problem of how to replace the old Mi-24D / W helicopters of the Land Forces’ Aviation, which are today practically useless, seems to be close to a happy ending. In the Kruk attack helicopter program, the final ‘gunfight’ will take place between the Bell AH-1Z Viper and the Boeing AH-6…

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $972,184,161 non-competitive, firm-fixed-price incentive modification (P00022) to previously awarded contract FA8675-21-C-0034 for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 36.

The modification provides for…

ANKARA — The US Army Materiel Command has grounded its entire fleet of Chinook helicopters manufactured by Boeing due to a risk of engine fires, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

US officials who spoke to WSJ said around 400 CH-47 Chinook helicopters were grounded “out of an abundance o…