Category: Notizie Estero

WASHINGTON — Germany is once again weighing its options for replacing the country’s aging Tornado aircraft fleet, which could put the F-35 back on the table.

The plan, first reported by German press agency DPA over the weekend, follows a pledge in the coalition government agreement late last …

There were two reasons for France’s defence industry to celebrate when the United Arab Emirates agreed to buy 80 Rafale fighters from Dassault Aviation last month.

First, it was sweet revenge for the humiliation last autumn when Australia walked away from a submarine deal in favour of an alliance…

TRIESTE, Italy — Production activities for the first of two new-generation submarines, as part of the U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) acquisition program of the Italian Navy, started today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard.

The program, which also envisages relevant in-service support, an op…

ISTANBUL — Taiwan has grounded all 140 of it F-16 fighter jets after an upgraded model of the plane crashed into the sea on Tuesday.

The F-16V fighter jet went missing after taking a flight for routine training on Tuesday afternoon, Taiwan’s National Rescue Command Center (NRCC) said, adding th…

The Hungarian Government Commissioner Office responsible for defence development and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) have successfully completed the negotiations for the MS20 Block 2 capability upgrade to the Hungarian fleet of Gripen fighter aircraft. Saab will deliver the upgrade…

CANNES, France — Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a contract with Intelsat to deliver two Space Inspire software-defined satellites, Intelsat 41 (IS-41) and Intelsat 44 (IS-44). (This contract will be recorded in the IFRS…