Category: Notizie Estero

On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, the government, at the suggestion of the Minister of Defense Jana Černochová, approved two important measures to strengthen the Czech Republic’s defenses and accelerating the modernization of the Czech Army in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The first is …

A five-year, £360 million support and training contract for the Wildcat helicopter has been renewed with Leonardo Helicopters UK.

A total of 340 jobs will be sustained at RNAS Yeovilton and Leonardo with jobs also supported at second and third-tier suppliers including Morson Group and Light Helic…

ISTANBUL — Ukraine has purchased almost 30 times as much defense industry equipment from Turkey in the first quarter as it did a year earlier, official data showed, as it prepared for and fought against the Russian invasion.

Turkey exported $59.1 million of such products to Ukraine in the perio…

Special operators need an eye-in-the sky to look out for them as they operate in dangerous environments across the globe. And it’s not always practical for that overwatch to come from high-end combat fighter jets, which are better suited for countering threats from nation states. 

This year’s bu…

The latest Pentagon budget includes a congressionally-mandated Basic Needs Allowance. That’s a new monthly payment to troops whose household income is less than 130% of the federal government’s poverty guidelines for their family size and location. The Pentagon said it doesn’t know how much the new …

Germany has received approval from Israel and the United States to purchase the Arrow-3 missile defense system, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

German legislators have in the past pushed for Berlin to buy Israel’s Iron Dome system to ward off aerial threats, but on Monday the head of the German A…