Category: Notizie Estero

ISTANBUL — Pakistan has reportedly ditched a $1.5 billion deal to acquire a total of 30 attack helicopters from Turkey due to a U.S. embargo on the choppers’ engines, opting for Chinese-made aircraft instead.

The related statement was made by Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar, director general of Inter-…

The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has chosen Arianespace to launch four new Galileo satellites for Europe’s own satellite navigation system. With this order, EUSPA takes over the role of placing launch services contracts for Galileo from ESA, which acted so far in the name an…

Two decades ago, the notion of arming an uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) was little more than a niche pursuit. Today, at least 20 countries have weaponised UAV systems in their inventories, with other nations pursuing acquisition, while the capability is also proliferating to non-state actors.

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David Spirk, the Defense Department’s chief data officer, said the department is focusing data on joint warfighting activities and actions put in place in the past are bearing fruit.

Spirk spoke during a Howard Baker Forum of the Defense Writers’ Group yesterday. He said DOD is actually “doing we…

STUTTGART, Germany — As part of an ongoing effort in enhancing Special Operations Forces capabilities as a keystone for regional stability, US Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) has made the decision to locate a forward-based SOF headquarters, on a rotational basis, in Albania.

The loc…

SEATTLE — Boeing and Atlas Air Worldwide today announced an order for four 777 Freighters. The order, placed in December, rounds out a record-setting 2021 for Boeing’s freighter family including new-production and converted models.

Boeing has forecast that the global freighter fleet will grow …