Category: Notizie Estero

WASHINGTON — As Russia escalates its invasion of Ukraine, the United States is sending a delegation of former defense officials to Taiwan while keeping communication channels open with Russia’s ally, China.

U.S. officials say China’s decision to back Russia amid its military campaign in Ukrai…

On the afternoon of February 28, minehunters “Sulzbach-Rosenberg” and “Homburg”, minesweeper “Siegburg” and tender “Elbe” set sail from Kiel. Their mission is to train and strengthen NATO’s northern flank.

In the morning, the minehunters “Datteln” and “Fulda” had already left their home port of…

Jarred awake from its 30-year slumber by events in Ukraine, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in a special session of the Bundestag on February 27 that a massive shift in defense policy approach will now be undertaken. After years of neglect, low serviceability rates for key equipment and…

L3Harris Technologies Inc., Rochester, New York (N00039-22-D-0070), is awarded an estimated cumulative $3,690,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of Portable Radios and Ancillary Parts Program.

The procurement includes fielding of handheld…

Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia (HC104722D0002), was awarded a competitive, single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $11,504,145,491, with firm-fixed-price, labor hour, and cost reimbursable line items for the Defense Enclave Services (DES).

The DES …

Poland will buy the MALE MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, sources tell Defence24.pl. The purchase is to be made as part of an urgent operational need in connection with the situation in the East.

The purchase of Reapers is to be interventionist and not to be part of the Zefir MALE UAV acqu…