Yearly Archive: 2022

TRIESTE, Italy –– The steel cutting ceremony of the second Logistic Support Ship (LSS) for the Italian Navy, within a program including the option for a third ship, took place today at the Castellammare di Stabia shipyard, where the LSS will be entirely built and delivered in 2025.

The value of …

PITTSFIELD, Mass. –– General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today it was awarded a U.S. Navy contract to support development, production and installation of fire control systems for the Columbia- and Dreadnought-classes of ballistic missile submarines.

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FARNBOROUGH, England — CFM International today announced that leading European airline easyJet has extended its selection agreement for LEAP-1A engines, to power the 56 Airbus A320neo family aircraft planned to be delivered between 2026 and 2028, bringing easyJet’s total A320neo family order commi…

STUTTGART, Germany — The push to get Western arms into the hands of Ukrainian troops begins here, on the fourth floor of an old Patch Barracks conference hall that has turned U.S. European Command into a nerve center.

Dozens of troops from 26 nations occupy the computer-filled room, where the U…

16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team is relishing the opportunity to be the first Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) enhanced brigade, complete with futuristic, mechanical dogs.

Though originally descended from mighty timber wolves that hunted in packs on the frozen tundra and ancient forests of…

Defense Minister Jana Černochová informed the government today that the supersonic aircraft of the Czech army will protect the airspace over the Baltic countries until the end of September as part of the so-called Air Policing. It granted the Lithuanian side’s request for a two-month extension, and …