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Fincantieri Delivers Second Corvette for Qatar

Fincantieri Delivers Second Corvette for Qatar

TRIESTE, Italy — The delivery of the corvette “Damsah”, the second of the Al Zubarah-class) of four vessels ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard.

The ceremony, held in a rest…

IISS Takes A Snapshot of European Combat Air Power

IISS Takes A Snapshot of European Combat Air Power

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Europe’s six main defence-aerospace nations – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom – declared the urgent goals of avoiding duplication in core defence projects, along with the need for the associated industrial consolidation. Today, those sa…
Upgraded Russian Irkutsk SSN to Resume Service in 2023

Upgraded Russian Irkutsk SSN to Resume Service in 2023

MOSCOW —. The Russian Pacific Fleet’s Project 949A ‘Antey’ multirole nuclear-powered submarine Irkutsk may be back in service in 2023, a source in the Russian ship-building industry told TASS on Thursday.

“Under the existing plans, the nuclear-powered submarine Irkutsk will be back on combat du…

US Air Force Leaders Justify Budget Request Before Congress

US Air Force Leaders Justify Budget Request Before Congress

WASHINGTON — Invoking Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s observation that militaries fail when they are slow and “too late” to change, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall urged Congress April 27 to embrace a $194 billion budget request specifically tailored to “transform” and modernize the Air and Spac…
Pentagon Awards Contract for SSBN Security Technology

Pentagon Awards Contract for SSBN Security Technology

Areté Associates, Northridge, California, is awarded a $19,854,666 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for maritime remote sensing.

This contract provides for the investigation of previously unexplored phenomenology and emerging technology relevant to the mission of the Submarine Ballistic Missile Nucl…


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