Category: Notizie Estero

ROME — Italian lawmakers from the co-ruling 5-Star Movement on Monday urged state-controlled defence group Leonardo (LDOF.MI) to avoid selling two units to Franco-German consortium KMW+Nexter Defence Systems (KNDS).

KNDS is interested in buying Leonardo’s OTO Melara and Wass units, an Italian p…

EVRY, France — On Tuesday, November 16 at 6:27 am local time in Kourou, French Guiana, Arianespace successfully launched three CERES military intelligence satellites from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America).

“This mission shows the exceptional ve…

PENTAGON — An Iranian Navy helicopter flew within 23 meters of U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship while it was traveling in the Gulf of Oman last week, according to the Pentagon.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told reporters Monday the helicopter “operated in an unsafe and unprofessional ma…

EDGE Group entity, HALCON, a regional leader in the production and supply of precision-guided weapons, has won an AED3.2 billion (US$880 million) contract from the UAE Armed Forces for its Thunder and Desert Sting range of precision guided munitions.

The Thunder range consists of different varian…

The Council of Ministers has authorized the award of a contract for the acquisition of 36 Airbus H135 light multipurpose helicopters and the supply of the necessary means for their entry into service, destined for the fleets of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Interior, for an amount …

SAINT-CLOUD, France — The contract for the acquisition by Egypt of 30 additional Rafales to equip its air force [has come] into force.

Announced on 4 May, this contract completes the first acquisition of 24 Rafales, signed in 2015, and will bring to 54 the number of Rafales operated by the Egyp…