PARIS — On October 20, 2020, the Suffren, the first of the six nuclear attack submarines (ANS) of the BARRACUDA program, successfully completed a Naval Cruise Missile (MdCN) test firing off the DGA Essais de Missiles site at Biscarrosse (Landes).

Florence Parly salutes this success: “For the fi…

WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced the Secure F-35 Exports Act of 2020, legislation to reassert Congressional oversight over the sale of sophisticated and mission-critical Am…

ROME — Leonardo’s Board of Directors, which convened today, was provided with comprehensive information on the potential effects resulting from the first instance judgment in the trial of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

The presentation of the analysis, which also took into consideration the dif…

South Korea will receive a cutting-edge system used to analyze imagery taken by its Global Hawk drones next month from the United States, as well as 16 more F-35A fighter jets by next year, Seoul’s arms procurement agency said Tuesday.

The system will greatly enhance South Korea’s capacity to …

BARENTS SEA — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) returned to operate in the Barents Sea Oct. 19.

Ross’ return to the Arctic marks the third time this year that U.S. Navy destroyers have operated in the Barents Sea.

In Sept., beginning its tenth Forward Deploye…

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force’s latest bomber, the H-6N, was recently spotted carrying what seems to be a ballistic missile with a hypersonic warhead, overseas media reported.

This new capability will enable the H-6N to become a real strategic bomber capable of covering th…