Yearly Archive: 2022

“Until 2015, i.e. until the PO-PSL coalition ruled, the Polish Army was reduced. Military units were retired, and production in the domestic defense industry plants was also reduced. An example is Huta Stalowa Wola. Since 2016, we awarded orders worth 6 billion zlotys. These are mainly the Regina Sq…

Russia claimed Tuesday it has assumed control over almost all of Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine, but Ukrainian officials said their troops are standing their ground in fierce fighting with Moscow’s forces in the streets of the region’s key industrial city of Sievierodonetsk.

After weeks of a…

Four months after the start of production on January 11 at Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard near La Spezia, the U12 NFS program is taking shape, with the beginning of the assembly of bow section 50, which will form part of the pressure hull of the first U212 NFS submarine.

Production processes of …

Egypt is close to finalising a $3bn deal with Italy to acquire combat aircraft, following three years of negotiations, according to an Italian newspaper.

Il Fatto Quotidiano quoted an Italian government official as saying that the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is awaiting confirmation f…

Norway has donated 22 M109 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers. The donation also includes gear, spare parts and ammunition.

“The Ukrainian Armed Forces depend on Western support and are in need of weapons and equipment to withstand Russian attacks. Ukraine has specifically requested this type…

In March, shortly before federal election, the Coalition government released a defence budget that continued its record of delivering the funding it promised in the 2016 defence white paper and 2020 defence strategic update.

For 2022–23, the consolidated defence funding line (including both the D…