Category: Notizie Estero

The Director of the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency, Mette Sørfonden, today signed the production contract for the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. Worth nearly NOK 4 billion (approx. $480 million—Ed.), the contract represents one of the largest ever acquisitio…

NEW YORK / SEOUL — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations called on North Korea Wednesday to refrain from further provocative actions and engage in “sustained and substantive dialogues,” after Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile from a submarine this week.

“We should not look at this most…

Airbus Helicopters UK has held U.K. demonstrations with its new H175M medium-lift helicopter, a derivative of the commercial H175 and a type that the company sees as an ideal candidate for the U.K.’s emerging New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement. This project is aimed at replacing the Royal Air F…

TAIPEI — In a significant step forward for Taiwan’s indigenous defense industry, the “Brave Eagle” Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) conducted its official inaugural flight Thursday (Oct. 21).

With China stepping up its intimidation of Taiwan by sending its warplanes into the country’s air defense ide…

her European counterparts: Forget your lofty ideas about the Continent defending itself and get real.

Kramp-Karrenbauer is doubling down on her dismissal of the idea of European strategic autonomy, which sparked a diplomatic blow-up with French President Emmanuel Macron, and which she sees as far…

ISTANBUL — The Turkish military on Wednesday received the first Aksungur, a domestically produced medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the top defense body head said.

In a Twitter statement, the head of the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), Ismail Demir sa…