Fincantieri
Italian Design Chosen for the US Navy’s New FFG-X Guided-Missile Frigates
The US Navy has selected Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, to build 10 new FFG(X) class of guided-missile frigates. On Thursday, the Pentagon announced it awarded Wisconsin-based Marinette...
New Freedom-Variant Littoral Combat Ship Delivered to US Navy
Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) and Lockheed Martin have delivered “St.Louis” Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the United States Navy
Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Marinette Marine Begin Construction of New Littoral Combat Ship
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine have begun the construction of a new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 25, the future USS Marinette. The automated ship is equipped with Rolling Airframe...
Fincantieri Starts Work on First Qatari Offshore Patrol Vessel
The steel cutting ceremony of the first patrol vessel (OPV - Offshore Patrol Vessel) ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition programme, took...
Five Companies Selected to Bid for UK’s Fleet Solid Support Ships Contract...
The United Kingdom ministry of defense has selected a syndicate of British firms, along with four international shipbuilding companies to compete for its Fleet Solid Support Ships contract. The British consortium...
Fincantieri, China’s CSSC Sign MOU For Merchant Shipbuilding Cooperation
Fincantieri and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the extension of the industrial cooperation already existing between the two groups to all segments of...
Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Deliver Sixth, Seventh Freedom-class Combat Ships
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) delivered the future USS Sioux City, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 11, and future USS Wichita, LCS 13, to the United States Navy. LCS...
Fincantieri Starts Work on $4.6 Billion First Qatari Corvette
Fincantieri has started the work on the first ‘Doha class corvette ordered by the Qatari Ministry of Defense (MoD) by a steel cutting ceremony at Italys Muggiano (La Spezia) yard. The...
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Finland to Buy Patria 6x6 Armored Vehicles with Remote Weapons Stations
The Finnish Defence Forces are acquiring heavy Patria 6x6 armoured vehicles as part of the Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) programme
First 6 Rafales for the Croatian Air Force just Landed in Zagreb
Croatia’s first batch of six Rafale fighter jets landed in the country on April 25
Rostec firm Develops Portable Radar to Detect Drones at Ultra-low Altitudes
Rostec’s Ruselectronics holding has completed the first delivery of a portable multifunctional radar station (MRLS) capable of detecting drones, including those flying at ultra-low altitudes or in hovering mode, to an unspecified customer
Oshkosh Defense Secures $40M Contract Extension for ROGUE-Fires UGV
Oshkosh Defense has announced the award of an additional delivery order worth $40 million for the procurement of the Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires (ROGUE-Fires) intended for use in the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System
European Defence Fund Supports STORE Project to Enhance Land Forces' Imaging Systems with AI
The European Defence Fund (EDF) is providing financial backing to the STORE collaborative project, aimed at accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and shared databases into imaging systems for land forces in Europe
Denmark Shifts from Weapons Donation to Investment in Ukrainian Defense Industry
Kazakhstan Sold 81 Soviet Era Fighter Jets to U.S. for Possible Transfer...
Belgium Inaugurates Factory to Manufacture Griffon Armored Vehicles
Boeing to Use GKN Aerospace's St. Louis Facility for F/A-18, F-15 Programs...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...