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DefenseBrazil: the "new" Atlantic helicopter carrier arrived in Rio de Janeiro
It is the former HMS "Ocean" purchased for GBP 80 million from the UK
After being dismissed in March 2018 by the Royal Navy the former HMS "Ocean" arrived at the week-end in Brazil, where it will be used by the Brazilian Navy as a helicopter carrier with the name of the... more
DefenseUSAF: the new training aircraft will be announced by the end of September
Favored the "clean-sheet" presented by Boeing and Saab. The quotation for the T-100 is down
After the US Air Force (USAF) has received all the offers from the various aerospace industries involved in the tender for new generation advanced training aircraft, in the coming weeks it will be -as... more
DefenseRussia: 300,000 soldiers for the Vostok-2018
It should be comparable to the Soviet exercise in 1981
More than 300 thousand soldiers and 1000 aircraft will take part in September in one of the biggest exercises in the world, Vostok-2018 in Russia. Minister of Defense Segei Shoigu has confirmed it yesterday.... more
DefenseRussia. accusations against British aircraft: they would provoke Russian ones
Tensions between the two countries continue
Russia has accused the Royal Air Force (RAF) of intercepting its airplanes on the Black Sea -when they violate NATO airspace- in a dangerous way, constantly provoking Russian forces in flight. An accusation... more
DefenseUnited States: "bait" missiles successfully tested
They will be used to deceive enemy anti-aircraft systems
The Pentagon has announced its success in testing the MALD-X project, namely the simultaneous launch of small "aircraft-decoy" capable to create confusion and to interfere in enemy anti-aircraft defense... more
DefenseRussia: lost a nuclear-powered cruise missile
Russians and Americans are trying to recover it
Russia -according to "CNBC" report- is trying to find the nuclear propelled cruise missile "Burevestnik" that fell into the sea during the failed test last year. Three surface vessels and two submarines... more
DefenseSerbia: 2 modernized MiG-29 aircraft presented
Fleet renewal and revitalization program
In a ceremony held yesterday at the presence of the Serbian Head of State Alekandar Vucic, the Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vulin and Chief of Staff Ljubisa Dikovic were presented to the press -referring... more
DefenseTurkey: deliveries of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system in 2019
Now the risk is that the tension with Washington rises
Despite the strong critics and the accusations made by the United States against Turkey, according to what the director of Rosoboronexport (the Russian state agency that deals with the export of defense... more
DefenseRussia: military exercise of Russian Air Force waiting for the Zapad 2018
Training activity involving 20 aircraft and helicopters
While waiting for the Zapad (West in Russian) 2018 exercise to take off, the Russian Air Force has carried out a training activity in Transbaikal in which both air combat and special forces attacks against... more
DefenseBoeing: military sector towards the future but with an eye to the past
Constant profits thanks to the "old" F/A-18 and F-15
The defense sector of Boeing seemed to have undergone a major and deep crisis in which it seemed that its two F/A-18F Super Hornet and F-15 Eagle/Strike Eagle military aircraft were close to retirement,... more
DefenseIndia: critics at the Government for the purchase of Boeing P-8I aircraft
The best offer would have been that of the Airbus A-319
The institution that control and examines Indian public spending (CAG) has accused the Minister of Defense and the Government of having violated the procurement processes in the acquisition of 8 P-8I Neptune... more
DefenseTaiwan: new cruise missile should hit China
All Air Force planes can already transport it
With China increasing its political pressure on Taiwan, the small State of the island of Formosa has decided to add to its arsenal a cruise missile that gives the possibility to the Air Force to hit the... more
DefenseLatvia: 4 UH-60 Blak Hawk helicopters purchased from the US
A political choice rather than a military choice
Latvia will soon purchase 4 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from the US in order to increase the mobility and speed of the armed forces of Riga on the eastern flank of NATO, the one considered to be of greater... more
DefenseSweden: Patriot anti-aircraft missiles from the US for defense from Russia
A step that brings Stockholm closer to NATO
The government of Sweden has given the green light to the agreement with Raytheon to buy -through the program for sales of weapons abroad in the United States- the anti-aircraft missile defense system... more
DefensePhilippines: is it possible a purchase of aircraft from Russia?
Neither the president nor the foreign minister exclude the eventuality
Today the Philippine Foreign Minister Alan Peter Cayetano during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov said that the Philippine government will continue in its project to buy arms from Russia... more
DefenseFrance: the sale of Rafale planes to Egypt blocked by the USA
The reason is the presence of American components in the SCALP missiles
France is trying to find a way to reduce the dependence on the US in the export of cruise missiles SCALP -which it has inside American components-, which blocks the sale of additional Rafale fighter planes... more
DefenseIsrael: will stop buying F-35 aircraft to order other F-15s?
The idea of Air Force would be to use the "old" fighter for a long time
An interesting question that opens up many perspectives is why the Israeli Air Force (IAF) would prefer to buy more F-15 and F-35 aircraft, mainly because the Ra'am (Thunder) -the name used in Israel for... more
DefenseIndia: USD 1bn to the USA for a new anti-aircraft system
This move brings the two countries closer together
Historically India has always been more distant from the United States than Pakistan, but in recent years the paradigm has slowly been reversed thanks to some acquisitions in the military made by New Delhi... more
DefenseRussia: work on a new ground-effect vehicle missile-launcher
The aircraft should serve to defend the Arctic routes
In Russia, work is underway to develop a new Ground-Effect Vehicle (GEV) -aircraft which combines the seaplane with the hydrofoil- belonging to the Orlan class, which could give the armed forces of Moscow... more
DefenseUSA: in the future all ships as aircraft carriers?
A system able to take off drones even from smaller units
The future of the US Navy could be that all ships in the fleet become small aircraft carriers. This is predicted by DARPA's engineers (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) who are working on a joint... more
DefenseAntonov: great steps forward for the An-188 aircraft
Close the agreement with Turkey for the production of the transport plane
There isn't only the agreement signed with Boeing to resume the mass production of aircraft, because the Ukrainian aerospace company Antonov is making great progress also in the negotiations to produce... more
DefenseF-35 and military expenses on the table of the Conte-Trump meeting
Not just the economy and trade, but we will also talk about defense
Today begins the State visit to the United States of America that includes the meeting between the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the American President Donald Trump today in the White House to talk... more
DefenseIsrael: 11 billion dollars to renew the fleet
Airplanes, helicopters and tilt-rotors arriving for the aeronautics
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is planning one of the largest agreements ever signed with a foreign aerospace manufacturer; on the plate according to "Israel Hayom" there would be 11 billion dollars to be... more
DefenseUSA: fifth generation airplanes will be soon in Europe
The USAF commander in Europe and Africa told the news
During the week there was a press conference of the commander of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa, general Tod Wolters, in which he announced that the US Air Force (USAF) shortly, after the summer,... more
DefenseUS: no funds for the Air Force JSTARS aircraft
The Congress rejected the USAF request
The will of the US Air Force (USAF) was to upgrade and modernize the fleet of Northrop Grumman E-8 JSTARS (Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System) aircraft developed by the old Boeing B-707, but... more
DefenseRussia: "Admiral Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier operational in 2021
Subjected to maintenance for 2 and a half years
When the maintenance and technological upgrades for the only Russian aircraft carrier -the "Admiral Kuznetsov"- will end, they will have to spend another seven months before seeing it come back into service.... more
DefenseCJ EU sets aside the judgment of the General Court on the ‘Spanish tax lease system
The General Court had annulled the Commission’s decision that that system constituted State aid
From May 2006, the Commission received a number of complaints against what has been called the ‘Spanish tax lease system’ (‘the STL system’). The complaints were that that system allowed maritime shippin... more
DefenseIveco-Oto: consortium signs contract with Italian Ministry of Defence
For 10 Centauro II armoured vehicles
The Iveco-Oto Melara Consortium (CIO), which is 50% owned by Leonardo, signed today a contract worth 159 million Euros with the Italian Ministry of Defence for the acquisition of the first 10 new Centauro... more
DefenseMattis: "Congress doesn't block F-35 aircraft sales to Turkey"
A letter from the US Defense Secretary to reiterate his position
In a letter sent to the United States Congress, Secretary of Defense James Mattis asked not to prohibit sales of the F-35 plane to Turkey to prevent the cost of the aircraft from increasing again, which... more
DefenseJapan: the Aegis Ashore program will continue
The defense system from intercontinental ballistic missiles will cost about 5.4 billion USD
In Japan, the concept of military defense is changing over time, and the ballistic aspect is gaining ground even as a result of the continuing threats that came -and could continue to come- from the North... more