by | Jan 12, 2024 | Security
ROME — The American defense giant RTX is threatening to take the Italian government to court for blocking the sale of an aerospace unit in Italy to the French firm Safran. RTX, formerly known as Raytheon Technologies, had planned to sell Microtecnica to Safran....
by | Jan 12, 2024 | Security
LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to provide the Ukraine with £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) in military funding this year during a visit to Kyiv, with the supply of long-range attack drones being a top priority. A statement issued by the British...
by | Jan 12, 2024 | Security
PARIS — France has ordered 42 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault Aviation in a deal worth more than €5 billion (U.S. $5.5 billion), the Armed Forces Ministry announced Friday. The purchase comes as French lawmakers express concerns about the Franco-German project to...
by | Jan 12, 2024 | Security
MILAN — The U.S. government approved a potential sale of hundreds of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Kosovo for an estimated cost of $75 million, a move that is likely to leave a bitter taste for Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo has requested to buy 246 Javelin missiles...
by | Jan 11, 2024 | Security
WASHINGTON ― The Defense Department has not fully complied with enhanced tracking requirements for roughly $1 billion worth of equipment sent to Ukraine, a Pentagon Inspector General report released Thursday found. Most of the improperly tracked equipment is night...
