Cyprus is not "far away," as the Hellenic Navy and the Hellenic Air Force have been continually proving over the past few years, including during the "EUNOMIA" exercise.According to a recent announcement by Hellenic Army General Staff, "on Thursday 06 October 2022, the Quadrilateral Aeronautical Exercise named "EUNOMIA 3-22", which took place in the…
In the sea area southwest of Crete on Saturday, June 18, 2022, a joint PASSEX (Passing Exercise) training of the Greek Frigate HYDRA and the Italian Frigate ITS LIBECCIO took place.PHOTO: HNDGS Hellenic National Defence General StaffDuring the PASSEX exercise with ITS Libeccio, various activities took place, including tactical image exchanges, targeting, communications, cyber…
An unspecified number of the Italian FH70 155mm howitzers were recently donated by Italy to the Ukrainian Army.These howitzers are already being used by the Ukrainian Army to fight against the Russian forces that are invading Ukraine.PHOTO By Hugh Llewelyn - FH 70 155mm gunUploaded by Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0,Ukrainian Ministry of…
A stolen civilian plane intercepted by a French Air Force fighter jet on Wednesday.The Slovak pilot allegedly stole the plane from Italy and then entered French airspace, blocking air traffic over Nice and flying over a military base in Toulon.Photo by Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0A Mirage 2000 intercepted the aircraft, which landed…
Fincantieri and Naval Group released a joint statement on the MMPC program that is based on EPC PESCO (Eurocorvette) project:PHOTO: ©Fincantieri Via European Defence Agency"Fincantieri, Naval Group, with their joint-venture Naviris, and Navantia boost their cooperation for the Modular Multirole Patrol Corvette (MMPC) program and reaffirm their will to work together in order to…
The Ministry of Development & Investments of Greece announced that the Italian group Fincantieri has expressed interest in the Elefsis Shipyards."Today was a big step in the process of consolidation of the Elefsis Shipyards. One of the largest shipyard groups in the world, the Fincantieri group, has expressed in writing its interest in starting the…
On Wednesday, Egypt and Italy demanded that foreign forces and mercenaries leave Libya without delay, and welcomed the opening of the coastal road between Sirte and Misrata. This came during a phone call that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received from his Italian counterpart, Luigi Di Maio.During the call, the two sides discussed a…
Turkey has frozen a 70 million euros ($83 million) worth deal to purchase helicopters from Italy after the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his behavior to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during her visit to Turkey with the President of the European Council Charles…
MBDA said in a press statement that will provide the Italian Navy with the new Teseo Evolved Weapon System, namely Teseo Mk2/E.The TESEO MK2/E anti-ship missile is born! Thanks to the strong cooperation with the Italian Navy and leveraging on the worldwide known OTOMAT/Teseo family, TESEO MK2/E is a new standard in the anti-ship…
NATO announced on 19 November that France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom have signed a letter of intent for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project.The project is dedicated to the modernization of existing rotorcraft fleets and is one of NATO’s High Visibility Projects (HVP).A significant number…