Category: Notizie Estero

THE HAGUE — Defense will take major steps to make the Netherlands stronger, Europe safer and NATO more powerful. The Defense Memorandum 2022 presented today explains how.

— Stocks of ammunition, fuel and equipment are increased.
— Improve working conditions for staff.
— Firepower on land,…

PARIS — The German Air Force is the major beneficiary of the new special fund of 100 billion euros for the Bundeswehr, according to a confidential list of projects to be financed with the extra billions of the Special Defense Funds. Titled ” Bundeswehr Special Fund Projects 2022,” the document obt…

China is training its air force pilots in South Africa by using former French pilots, according to a new report. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) uses a subsidiary and partner of its largest aerospace-defense contractor, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), to do the job.

AVIC purchas…

In a major boost to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (Self-Reliance—Ed.) the Ministry of Defence on May 31, 2022 signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for supply of ASTRA MK1 Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air to air missiles (AAM) and associated e…

KOBLENZ, Germany — Represented by the international NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA), the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) and the French procurement organization, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), entered into a long-term ser…

BEIJING — A full-state new-configuration model of China’s AG600 large amphibious aircraft conducted a successful maiden flight on Tuesday, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

This new-configuration AG600 amphibious aircraft took off from the Zhuhai Jinwan Airport in …