DefenceTalkQatar announced on Wednesday a five-billion-euro order for seven warships from Italy in the midst of a nearly two-month diplomatic crisis with neighboring Saudi Arabia and its allies. “We have signed a contract on behalf of the Qatari navy to acquire seven warships from Italy for five billion euros ($5.9 billion),” Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/qatar-announces-5-billion-euro-order-for-warships-from-italy-70228/

DefenceTalkThe 500th Eurofighter Typhoon has been delivered today to the Italian Air Force during a special ceremony held at Leonardo Aircraft Division’s Turin site. Lt. Gen. Gabriele Salvestroni, Logistic Commander of the Italian Air Force, took delivery of the aircraft in the presence of Filippo Bagnato, Leonardo Aircraft Division’s Managing Director, Volker Paltzo, Chief Executive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/500th-eurofighter-typhoon-produced-delivered-to-the-italian-air-force-69701/

DefenceTalkAt a ceremony held at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Israel and Italy have marked another significant step in the realization of the agreement signed in 2012 with the delivery of the first of two CAEW aircraft to Italy. The ceremony was attended by the Italian ambassador, senior officials from the Ministry of Defense’s Directorate of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-aerospace-industries-delivers-first-g550-based-aew-aircraft-to-italy-68694/

DefenceTalkThe government has decided to cancel all ongoing tenders for defence equipment won by Italy’s Finmeccanica as a precursor to blacklisting of the firm which is being investigated for bribery in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal. This was disclosed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who in an interview to news agency PTI also said that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-cancel-all-defence-tenders-bagged-by-finmeccanica-67537/

DefenceTalkFinmeccanica, with the Italian Defense General Staff, has demonstrated the successful integration of a Mode 5 Reverse-IFF (Identification Friend-Foe) system, providing air-to-ground IFF capabilities for a Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoon. The demonstration was witnessed by representatives from the NATO Battlefield Combat Identification Capability Team. An IFF system provides pilots with the ability to distinguish between […]https://www.defencetalk.com/italian-eurofighter-typhoons-demo-air-to-ground-mode-5-reverse-iff-capabilit-67318/

DefenceTalkFinmeccanica announced today the first of 16 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters for the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MoJ) successfully performed its maiden flight at its Helicopter Division’s Yeovil factory in the UK on 21st March 2016. The successful on-schedule maiden flight marks a major milestone and the start of the flight test program […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-of-sixteen-aw101-helicopters-for-norway-makes-maiden-flight-67169/

DefenceTalkFinmeccanica has signed a contract worth over 300 million Euros with ARMAEREO (Italian National Armaments Directorate) of the Italian Defence Ministry for a further nine Aermacchi M-346 advanced training aircraft for the Italian Air Force. The contract was signed by Grazia Nunnari, head of national and international contracts of ARMAEREO (Italian National Armaments Directorate) and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/italy-finmeccanica-m-346-jets-to-trainer-aircraft-fleet-67144/

DefenceTalkKuwait and Italy will finalize a multibillion-euro deal next week for the Gulf state to purchase Eurofighter jets, Kuwait’s defence minister has said. Sheikh Khaled Jarrah Al-Sabah did not specify the number of planes involved in the deal but the Eurofighter consortium said in September that Kuwait had agreed to buy 28 fighter jets. “Italian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kuwait-to-sign-eurofighter-jet-deal-with-italy-minister-66775/

DefenceTalkThe first qualified LOAM (Laser Obstacle Avoidance and Monitoring) system, developed and manufactured by Finmeccanica -Selex ES, is now on board an Italian Army NH90 TTH. The helicopter has just been delivered to the Italian Ministry of Defence. The validation activity was managed in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Defence’s Direzione Armamenti Aeronautici e […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-selex-es-anti-collision-laser-system-operational-on-italian-nh90-helicopter-65654/

DefenceTalkGermany: The Eurofighter Consortium today welcomes the State of Kuwait as a new member of the Eurofighter community. This new international success follows an order from the Sultanate of Oman for 12 aircraft in December 2012 and it is a further evidence of growing interest in the Eurofighter Typhoon across the globe and in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-italy-kuwait-agreement-eurofighter-typhoons-65360/