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Italian Navy Begins Sea Trials of Third PPA Frigate

Italian Navy Begins Sea Trials of Third PPA Frigate

On the first day of autumn, the third ship of the PPA Programme, named “Raimondo Montecuccoli”, sailed for the first time in the blue waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

PPA3 is the first PPA in LIGHT PLUS configuration and just three years after the First Steel Cutting ceremony, successfully conducted…

Babcock Sells New Frigate Design License to Indonesia

Babcock Sells New Frigate Design License to Indonesia

Babcock the aerospace, defence and security company has secured the first export contract for its Arrowhead 140 (AH140) frigate through a design licence agreement with PT PAL Indonesia (Persero), a state-owned enterprise that builds and maintains ships for military and commercial use from its facili…
US Air Force Retires Batch of 17 B-1B Bombers

US Air Force Retires Batch of 17 B-1B Bombers

BARKSDALE AFB, La. — Air Force Global Strike Command concluded its divestiture of 17 B-1B Lancers Sept. 23, as the last bomber departed Edwards Air Force Base, California, to fly to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

The divestiture of the aircraft is in support of the U.S. Air Force’s…

Portugal Trains First Crew for KC-390 Airlifter

Portugal Trains First Crew for KC-390 Airlifter

A crew, consisting of two Air Force pilots and two Loadmasters, has been receiving training on the KC-390 Millennium aircraft since September 14, in Wing 2, in Anápolis, Brazil.

This will be the first crew to be qualified on that aircraft acquired by the Portuguese State and which will equip the …

Bamboo Signs $2Bn Order for GEnx Engines

Bamboo Signs $2Bn Order for GEnx Engines

NEW YORK CITY, NY — Bamboo Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with GE Aviation to purchase GEnx engines for its Boeing 787-9 aircraft order of 10 firm and 20 options valued at close to $2 billion (USD) list price.

The signing ceremony took place on September 21 in New …

Estonia Boosts 2022 Defense Budget by 130M€

Estonia Boosts 2022 Defense Budget by 130M€

According to Minister of Defence of Estonia, Kalle Laanet, defence expenditures in the 2022 state budget agreed upon in the government is set to increase to EUR 748 million, which is 2.31% of the forecasted GDP. It includes costs associated with Allies, a defence investment programme, and new capabi…

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