ROME — Leonardo and the Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness of the Italian Secretariat General of Defence / National Armaments Directorate signed yesterday the Acquisition Contract for the supply of AW169M Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) to the Austrian Ministry of Defence.

The con…

Talks between Russia and the West this week to resolve the security crisis surrounding Ukraine have not led to a breakthrough. Experts expect the crisis to escalate as Moscow ups the ante.

This week has seen an unprecedented array of meetings on the Ukraine crisis.

The OSCE meeting in Vienna o…

The Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, General Eberhard Zorn, and the State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense, Benedikt Zimmer, presented the 14th Armaments Report and the report on the operational readiness of the main weapon systems of the Bundeswehr II / 2021.

The Ministry of Defe…

The Secretary of the Department of National Defence (DND) of the Philippines, Delfin Lorenzana, hopes that the state would be able to sign further armament procurement deals by the end of the month. In particular, he was referring to two procurement projects: six OPVs and 32 S-70i helicopters, manuf…

The Navy’s DDG(X) program envisages procuring a class of next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navy’s Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers and its older Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers. The Navy wants to procure the first DDG(X) in FY2028. The Navy’s propo…