Yearly Archive: 2022

On 18 March 2022, at the Fincantieri shipyard at Muggiano (La Spezia), the ceremony marking the delivery to the Navy of the first Multipurpose Offshore Patrol (PPA), Paolo Thaon di Revel, a new milestone in the Italian Navy’s modernization plan.

Paolo Thaon di Revel was launched on June 15, 2019 …

SEOUL — South Korea on Tuesday held a ceremony launching a new 2,800-ton frigate with enhanced anti-submarine capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said.

The ceremony for the Chuncheon took place at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. in Ulsan, some 410 kilometers southeast o…

It’s been nearly a month since Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, and Russian forces have been unable to achieve what Pentagon leaders believe to be their goals.

“We’re on day 26 [and] the Russians have clearly not achieved many, or almost all of the objectives that … we believe they were settin…

The Bundeswehr has contracted with Rheinmetall to look after, maintain and repair Germany’s Sikorsky CH-53G transport helicopters at two additional bases. Starting in March 2022, the company has been supporting the German Air Force at Laupheim in Baden-Württemberg and Holzdorf-Schönewalde on the bor…

TRIESTE, Italy — Fincantieri Marine Systems North America (FMSNA), a company specialized in marine systems, components and services which is part of the US subsidiary Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), was awarded the maintenance contract for the U.S. Navy’s “Avenger”-class minesweepers.

The progr…

The order for 120 mm explosive grenades for the Swedish tanks that FMV is now carrying out takes place in a joint venture with Finland.

A bilateral agreement between Sweden and Finland makes it possible to procure ammunition for the German-made Leopard tank, which is used by both the Swedish and …