"We Will Take Positive Steps on SAMP/T," Erdoğan says
President Erdoğan declared at the G-20 Summit in Italy that Turkey will work with France and Italy to develop the SAMP/T Air Defence Missile System.
Italy News
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Navy / Maritime
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Interview / Exclusive File
NATO Observed Submarine Rescue Operation at TCG Alemdar
Commander Gennaro Vitagliano, the Branch Head of the ISMERLO observed NATO's Dynamic Monarch Drill from TCG Alemdar MOSHIP and told his views to TurDef.
Air
Bilateral Relations
UAE Kicks Italy out of Air Base Tomorrow
Italian forces have begun a forced drawdown from the Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, according to Italian politician Matteo Perego Di Cremnago, a member of the Italian parliamentary defence commission. UAE has given until July 2 to leave the base in retaliation for an arms embargo.
Navy / Maritime
Giant Merging on the naval industry?
Fincantieri General Manager Fabio Gallia declined to comment on Friday about rumours interested in acquiring ThyssenKrupp Marine System (TKMS).
Air
Sensors
Captured the F-35 in the air, sold to Leonardo
German Hensoldt, the well-known company for catching two Stealth F-35s on the air, will be sold to Italian Leonardo.
Navy / Maritime
Egypt Receives second Italian FREMM
Egyptian Navy received the second of the two Italian-built FREMM frigates ENS Bernees (1003). The first frigate, arrived in Alexandria in December 2020.
Regional / Strategy
No sustainable solution in Eastern Med without Turkey'
Italy's ambassador in Ankara said there can be "no sustainable solution in that area without Turkey's fair participation."
Air
Weapon / Missile
MBDA Awarded First Contract For Albatros NG
MBDA has been awarded the first contract for Albatros NG, a brand new CAMM-ER-based air defence system.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Italy got F-35B Landed on ITS Cavour
A VX-23 F-35B aircraft landed on Italian Navy’s aircraft carrier ITS Cavour.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Modernisation
Italy Proposes FREMM Frigates to Greece
According to Greek publication Kathimerini, Greece is considering to acquire FREMM multi-mission frigates designed by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri Marine and French and Naval Group (formerly known as Direction des Constructions Navales or DCNS)
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Modernisation
Fıncantıerı Launches the Second Corvette for Qatar
The technical launch of the corvette “Damsah”(F-102) and the keel laying of “Sumaysimah”, respectively the second and fourth of the Al Zubarah Class (Doha Class) Corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program with deliveries respectively in 2022 and 2023, took place at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard.
