Tag: Italy
Italian Navy receives 2nd PPA ship Francesco Morosini
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri handed over the second PPA – Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura (multipurpose offshore patrol ship) to the Italian Navy in a...
Italy welcomes first international F-35 to its Cameri maintenance hub
A Norwegian F-35 is the first international customer for the Cameri F-35 maintenance hub.
Sweden replacing old C-130Hs with Italian C-130J airlifters
The Swedish defense ministry has decided not to upgrade its ageing C-130H airlifter, opting instead for the purchase of newer Italian C-130J...
US carrier Harry S. Truman visits Italy on European deployment
The is the carrier's second Adriatic Sea port visit, after it previously visited Croatia.
Pilot dies in crash of Leonardo M-346 trainer in Italy
A Leonardo Aermacchi M-346 twin-engine advanced jet trainer aircraft crashed in Northern Italy on March 16.
According to Leonardo,...
Official contract signing kicks off Eurodrone program
Germany, France, Italy and Spain are the launch nations for the Eurodrone MALE RPAS program.
Italian F-35As begin flying NATO Quick Reaction Alert missions
The Italian Air Force has officially started executing the NATO air policing mission with F-35 aircraft, which will launch from their home...
Italy launches fourth PPA patrol ship, first in “full” configuration
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri launched the Italian Navy's fourth multipurpose offshore patrol ship (PPA – Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura) “Giovanni delle Bande Nere” at...
Italy joins US Navy’s AIM-9X missile program as 28th international partner
The US Navy's Air-to-Air Missiles Program Office (PMA-259) recently welcomed Italy as its 28th Air Intercept Missile (AIM)-9X international partner.
Italian Army orders further mortar, command post variants of Freccia IFV
The Iveco - Oto Melara Consortium (CIO) revealed the signing of a contract to supply an additional 14 mortar carrier and 26...