Category: Notizie Estero

The French and Italian representatives, who were in Athens this week, submitted their final bids for the Hellenic Navy’s corvette procurement program on Thursday. The price tag of the program is currently estimated at €1.5 billion and involves the construction of three ships with the option of addin…

ISTANBUL — The Turkish pioneering drone maker announced on Saturday its unmanned fighter jet would soon perform its maiden flight, as it edged closer to the landmark task after a successful takeoff test where it lifted off the ground for a short duration of time.

The latest progress came after …

TOKYO — Japan’s Ministry of Defense said this week it’s interested in spending more on defensive weaponry but declined to confirm reports that it may buy 500 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States.

Two Japanese media outlets, Mainichi Shimbun and Kyodo News, citing unnamed government s…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army awarded a $430,930,711 contract to the Lockheed Martin Corporation yesterday for full-rate production of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems M142 launchers to support the Army and various U.S. Foreign Military Sales partners. The contract will allow the U.S. governmen…

BOLKIAH GARRISON, Brunei — The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), as a representative of the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space S.A.U, Spain for the acquisition of C-295MW transport aircraft today. The contract …

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Pratt & Whitney has won a $115 million contract for the F135 engine enhancement effort, also referred to as an engine core upgrade.

The F135 engine core upgrade delivers the fastest, most cost efficient, lowest risk path to F-35 Block 4 capability.

“Upgrades like this …