Category: Notizie Estero

OSLO — The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) signed a contract today with the Polish company Mesko for Piorun man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) worth approx. NOK 350 million. The new weapons are to be used by the Norwegian Army, with deliveries starting as early as 2023.

“This i…

The Ministry of Defence’s assessment that its 2022-2032 Equipment Plan is affordable continues to be based on optimistic assumptions, and does not fully reflect the impact of growing pressures on costs, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) publishes the Equi…

Air defense capabilities remain the absolute priority as Ukraine seeks to stop the Russians from further damaging the civilian infrastructure in the nation, a senior defense official said today.

Russia has been unsuccessful militarily in its unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine and has incr…

The 2022 China Military Power Report lays out the challenges facing the United States military as it works to manage relations with the emerging superpower.

The report, released today, calls the Peoples’ Republic of China “the most consequential and systemic challenge to our national security and…

WASHINGTON — The United States is working to further improve its missile warning system, the commander of U.S. Space Command said Tuesday, following a barrage of North Korean missile tests that included multiple intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches.

“We are looking at how we integ…

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $511,589,719 modification (P00025) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, and fixed-price incentive (firm target) undefinitized co…