Category: Notizie Estero

Despite improvements to the Ministry of Defence’s 2021-2031 Equipment Plan there is a risk to its affordability because of over-optimistic assumptions about future budgets, costs and the likely achievement of savings targets, according to the National Audit Office.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) p…

Airbus A400M, the world’s most advanced multi-role airlifter utilised by military forces around the globe, has demonstrated an airborne launch of a drone, fulfilling a vital function for the Future Combat Air System.

During a recent test, an A400M deployed a drone from its opened rear cargo ramp …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his Defense Ministry to send Russian troops into eastern Ukraine’s two breakaway regions, according to a decree published early on Tuesday, after he said Moscow would recognize their independence.

The Kremlin said Putin ordered the Russian forces to …

China decided to take countermeasures against Raytheon and Lockheed Martin after the two US defense firms acted as the main contractors in the latest US arms sale to the island of Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

To safeguard China’s sovereignty and security interests,…

MANILA –– Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana will sign the contract for the acquisition of 32 additional S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters from PZL Mielec of Poland on Tuesday afternoon.

“Bukas po ng hapon, Mr. President, ay pipirmahan ko ‘yung kontrata p…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet announced Monday the launch of a new joint fleet of unmanned drones with allied nations to patrol vast swaths of the region’s volatile waters as tensions simmer with Iran.

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who leads the 5th Fleet,…