Category: Notizie Estero

In a report today, the Public Accounts Committee says the Ministry of Defence has “once again made fundamental mistakes in its planning and management of a major equipment programme” and is “failing to deliver the enhanced armoured vehicles capability that the Army needs to better protect the nation…

The Swedish government has today decided on an extra amending budget with proposals that mean that Sweden will assist Ukraine with financial support and equipment as a result of Russia’s invasion.

The government proposes, among other things, that Sweden donate defense equipment in the form of th…

KYIV, Ukraine — On Ukraine’s battlefields, the simple act of powering up a cellphone can beckon a rain of deathly skyfall. Artillery radar and remote controls for unmanned aerial vehicles may also invite fiery shrapnel showers.

This is electronic warfare, a critical but largely invisible aspect…

ROME — Germany’s Rheinmetall has sent Italy’s Leonardo an offer for a minority stake in its OTO Melara cannon maker unit valuing the whole business at almost 430 million euros ($462 million), according to a document and two sources close to the matter.

Leonardo put OTO Melara up for sale last y…

Konštrukta Defence, the state-owned and MOD-run company, signed a commercial contract on the delivery of Zuzana 2 Self-propelled Gun Howitzers (SpGHs) to Ukraine on Wednesday 1 June 2022.

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “The conclusion of the contract was preceded by weeks of intense negotiat…

Germany will move ahead with the acquisition of Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook to meet the Bundeswehr’s (German military) long-standing heavy-lift transport helicopter requirement.

The selection of the Chinook was announced by Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to German lawmakers on June 1, with the l…