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Sep- 2021 -15 SeptemberDOD Contracts
Pentagon Awards $30.5M Contract for Italian AF UAV Upgrade
The Department of Defense has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. a $30.5 million contract to upgrade the Italian Air Force’s MQ-9A Predator B combat drones.
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Jul- 2021 -14 JulyEurope
Italy and UK to Refurbish 1,000 Aster Missiles
The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation has signed a contract with the Franco-Italian Eurosam consortium to refurbish 1,000 Aster missiles owned by the UK Royal Navy and Italian Army and Navy.
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Jun- 2021 -16 JuneAsia Pacific
Indonesia Purchasing Eight Frigates From Italy
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed a contract with Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense to supply six FREMM multipurpose frigates and two used Maestrale class frigates to the country’s armed forces.
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May- 2021 -28 MayAmericas
US Army Distributing Mine-Resistant ATVs
The 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Africa battalion has begun shipping more than 1,300 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicles from a depot in Italy.
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Apr- 2021 -30 AprilAfrica
European Nations Vow Continuing Security Support for Sahel
Four European countries on Friday pledged to continue their security support for nations in the troubled Sahel region.
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Feb- 2021 -22 FebruaryAfrica
Italian Ambassador Killed in DR Congo Attack
Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Monday when a UN convoy came under attack in the troubled east, DRC sources and the government in Rome said.
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Nov- 2020 -13 NovemberDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
NATO’s Fifth RQ-4D Phoenix Drone Arrives to Complete Surveillance Fleet
The fifth and last RQ-4D NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) landed at the AGS Main Operating Base in Sigonella, Italy to finalize the alliance’s surveillance fleet in Europe.
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Aug- 2020 -26 AugustExercises
Greece, Cyprus, Italy, France to Hold Military Exercises From Wednesday
Greece said it will launch military exercises Wednesday with France, Italy, and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, the focus of escalating tensions between Athens and Ankara.
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Apr- 2020 -1 AprilEurope
Turkish defense ministry sends COVID-19 supplies to Italy and Spain
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – Turkey on Wednesday sent health supplies including masks to Italy and Spain, the two European countries worst hit by the novel coronavirus, the defense ministry said. “Health supplies prepared to fight COVID-19 together, and with the hopes of seeing brighter days were sent en route to Spain and Italy” by a military plane, the ministry tweeted in English. An accompanying video clip showed a Turkish military A-400M cargo plane preparing to take off. Health supplies prepared to fight COVID-19 together, and with the hopes of seeing brighter days were sent en route to Spain and Italy by A-400M type planes belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces.https://t.co/o7zcZJ6JEP pic.twitter.com/Fp3GWs5yTH — T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) April 1, 2020 The defense ministry posted the same message in Turkish, Spanish and Italian. The supplies including masks, overalls and anti-bacterial fluids, produced in the defense ministry’s factories and sewing facilities. Local resources were being sent “on the instructions of President” Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the ministry statement. The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 30,000 people in Europe, more than three-quarters of the deaths registered in Italy and Spain, according to an AFP tally at 0700 GMT Wednesday using official figures. The …
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Mar- 2020 -12 MarchExercises
US to ‘reduce participation’ and adjust showcase Exercise Defender-Europe 20 over coronavirus concerns
EUCOM is to reduce the number of US participants in its showcase Exercise Defender-Europe 20 over coronavirus concerns
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