Category: Notizie Estero

As of today, [third-party] states can participate in defense projects of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) of the European Union. The compromise proposed by German was accepted on October 28, 2020 in Brussels. The objection period expired today.

The compromise provides for an admissio…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as $2.9 billion, people briefed on the notification said.

The move comes on the heels of last week’s notification of …

Last week, the flag on the “Magen” ship (the “Shield” ship in English) was changed from a German flag to an Israeli flag. Within the coming year, three more Sa’ar 6 ships will be transferred to Israel from Germany.

The ship, which is supposed to arrive in December, will join the Israeli Navy’s f…

The SFO confirms it is investigating Bombardier Inc over suspected bribery and corruption in relation to contracts and / or orders from Garuda Indonesia.

As this is a live investigation, the SFO can provide no further comment.

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On Thursday, October 29, 2020, Brig. Gen. Olivier Fabre, commander of the Air Support and Projection Brigade (BAAP) of the Air Forces Command (CFA), visited Air Base 107 at Villacoublay to discover the future helicopter of the French Air and Space Force: the Cheetah, also known as Hélicoptère Intera…

The 64,000-tonne aircraft carrier will be setting sail from her home in Portsmouth in early 2021, accompanied by a pair of Type 45 destroyers, two frigates, support vessels and potentially a hunter-killer submarine.

The operation is expected to involve thousands of sailors and will be the largest…