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European Patrol Corvette Program to Get More EU Funds

European Patrol Corvette Program to Get More EU Funds

ROME — Nations teaming to build a flagship European corvette with the help of EU funding are looking ahead to a €200 million, or $202 million, investment from the bloc’s defense coffers next year to build the first prototype.

The so-called European Patrol Corvette (EPC) program, which teams Ita…

Kongsberg Says Spain Selects Naval Strike Missile

Kongsberg Says Spain Selects Naval Strike Missile

Kongsberg has received a confirmation that the Spanish Navy will acquire the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to replace the Harpoon missile when this is retired from active service.
09 September 2022

The Spanish Navy plans to equip both the existing F-100 and the new F-110 with NSM. Additional inform…

Philippines Military Win Additional $700M Modernization Funding

Philippines Military Win Additional $700M Modernization Funding

MANILA –– The Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Program (AFPMP) is assured of receiving at least another PHP40 billion (approx.. $700 million—ed.) in fresh funding for the military’s capability-building procurement projects, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel said on Sunday.

France, US Tussle to Sell Fighter Jets for India’s New Carrier

France, US Tussle to Sell Fighter Jets for India’s New Carrier

French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation has offered to equip India’s homemade aircraft carrier with Rafale jets, but the French firm faces stiff competition from America’s Boeing, which is pitching F-18 fighter planes for the new vessel.

India this week commissioned the 43,000-ton INS Vikr…

Newly-Unveiled Vessel Upgrades IRGC Naval Capability

Newly-Unveiled Vessel Upgrades IRGC Naval Capability

TEHRAN — Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said that a domestically-developed patrol combat vessel, named after the country’s top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, boosts the IRGC navy operational capability.

“The…

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