The Ministry of Defense has announced the approval of the Defense Multiannual Planning Document (DPP) for the three-year period 2021-2023. The DPP is an important programmatic reference used by the head of the Dicastery to illustrate to Parliament the expenditure forecasts for the next three years. Thus the minister, Lorenzo Guerini commented on the approval of the important document: "The Programs of [...]
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(by Mario Galati) ANSA announced that the Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini, the Secretary of State for Defense of the United Kingdom Ben Wallace and of Sweden Peter Hultkvist, signed a trilateral agreement for development on 21 December of the new Tempest weapon system, decisive for the balance of military capabilities [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Russia, the United States, China and now even Europe with some projects are always competing to equip their armies with increasingly advanced weapons. The supremacy in the military field is one of the main objectives for competing and asserting one's influence in the international arena. Aeronautics, in this context, constitutes the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Europe today has to face a thorny problem which, if solved, could constitute the beginning of a future ambitious collaboration in the world of defense. We are talking about the two future fighter aircraft: the British Tempest and the Franco-German FACS, Spain has recently also entered the program. "Italy should also" get on board "the [...]
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The president of the AIAD (Italian Defense Industry Association) Guido Crosetto was interviewed by Defense News on the Franco-German project of the fifth generation fighter, FACS - Future Air Combat System. According to Crosetto, the plans of France and Germany for the new fighter program are an affront to Italy and will weaken the European Union. Recently also [...]
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