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Italy taps state-owned firms to build two naval destroyers in $4.2 billion deal (opens the original)
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ROME â Italy has signed to buy two new naval destroyers that will mark a quantum leap in capabilities for the Italian navy, the shipsâ builders have promised. In a deal brokered by European procurement office OCCAR, Italy signed a â¬3.7 billion ($4.2 billion) for two so-called DDX destroyers for delivery in 2033 and 2035. The deal was signed with Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), an Italian joint venture in which state shipyard Fincantieri holds 51% and state defense giant Leonardo has the re
Italian Navy plots race of two local machines: an F-35B against a Ferrari (opens the original)
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ROME â The F-35B fighter can take off on a very short runway, hover in the air and land vertically, but the Italian navy is about to find out whether it can also outrace a Ferrari. In an unusual race planned next month at the Navyâs air base at Grottaglie in southern Italy, one of its F-35Bs will go head-to-head with a Ferrari SF90 to see which has the punchier acceleration. âWe are used to getting a result, but this will be tough,â said Fabio Barone, who will be behind the wheel of the
Spainâs Indra proffers âSquallâ for Europeâs emerging strike missile mix (opens the original)
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ROME â Spainâs Indra has launched a new low-cost cruise missile it claims will cost a tenth of top-of-the line current missiles, allowing users to saturate enemy targets with multiple strikes. The Squall missile will carry a 50-60 kg warhead and fly over 300 km at low altitude after being launched from naval or land platforms including ramps, containers or tactical vehicles. Weighing in at 150 kg and measuring 3.4 meters in length, it will reach 0.8 Mach, an Indra official told Defense News.
Italy to request EU defense loan after all, but scales back amount (opens the original)
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ROME â Italy has requested â¬8 billion euros ($9.3 billion) in cheap loans from the European Unionâs SAFE defense funding program after delaying a decision for months amid opposition to the plan from within the Italian government. The late decision marks a step back from original plans to tap the scheme for â¬14.9 billion euros in loans for defense procurement. Italyâs right-wing government led by Giorgia Meloni has hesitated over the low-cost loans, which are being offered by the EU to
Italy eyes US tech for souping up dumb missiles into drone interceptors (opens the original)
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ROME â The Italian Air Force is mulling the purchase of U.S. technology that turns cheap unguided missiles into precision weapons, offering a low-cost option for taking out drones instead of using pricy air-to-air missiles. The potential deal was made possible by the U.S. Department of Stateâs approval of a Foreign Military Sale to Italy of 5,031 BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II guidance systems. The APKWS, which can be inserted between the warhead of an unguided
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