Monthly Archive: Novembre 2022

Italy, Japan and UK Aim to Launch Future Fighter Jet by Year-End

Italy, Japan and UK Aim to Launch Future Fighter Jet by Year-End

LONDON — It sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie: a fighter jet set to take to the skies in 2035 equipped with hypersonic weapons capable of travelling at Mach 5, swarming drones controlled by artificial intelligence, and “directed energy” weapons that could use electromagnetic pulses to…
First Type 26 Frigate Launched for Royal Navy

First Type 26 Frigate Launched for Royal Navy

HMS Glasgow, the first-in-class of the Type 26 frigates, is preparing to enter the water for the first time.

Prime contractor BAE Systems has started the float-off process and, over the coming days, the ship will undertake a series of complex manoeuvres moving her from dry land in Govan shipyard,…

Fincantieri Launches Italian Navy’s Fifth PPA Ship

Fincantieri Launches Italian Navy’s Fifth PPA Ship

TRIESTE, Italy — Today, the technical launch of the Multipurpose Offshore Patrol ship (Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura, PPA) “Marcantonio Colonna” took place at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Genoa).

The vessel is the fifth of seven vessels to be built at the Integrated Shipyard of …

Turkey Launches Third of Four Corvettes for Pakistan

Turkey Launches Third of Four Corvettes for Pakistan

ISTANBUL — Turkish-made corvettes tailored for the Pakistan Navy are set to contribute greatly to the defense of the South Asian country, Commander of the Pakistan Navy Adm. Muhammed Amjad Khan Niazi said Sunday.

Niazi told Anadolu Agency (AA) in Istanbul, where the third MILGEM (National Ship)…

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