Italy Orders 17 New Leonardo AW249 Attack Helicopters
Italy has officially placed an order for 17 Leonardo AW249 attack helicopters as part of its ongoing efforts to modernise its rotary-wing combat fleet.
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Algeria Shows Interest in AW249 Attack Helicopters
Algeria is reportedly interested in acquiring seven of Leonardo’s newest AW249 Fenice attack helicopters for use by the Algerian Air Force.
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Leonardo Presents the AW249 Fenice at Eurosatory
Leonardo unveiled its new attack helicopter, the AW249 Fenice, for the first time at the international defence show Eurosatory 2024 in Paris.
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Leonardo Promotes AW-249 at DIMDEX
Italian Leonardo presented its new attack helicopter AW-249 at DIMDEX Qatar.
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Italy’s Future Helicopter AW249 Flies in Combat Livery
The Leonardo AW249, prototype attack helicopter, made its first flight in combat olive whitewashed livery in March 2023 at the manufacturing facility in Italy.
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AW249 Attack Performed its Maiden Flight
Italian Leonardo’s attack helicopter development project AW249, which will incorporate stealth technologies, performed its maiden flight.
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- 15:00 Japan accelerates hardened infrastructure development - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, protected storage sites and dispersed operating locations...
- 15:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain role in critical infrastructure security - Navies are increasingly deploying autonomous underwater vehicles to monitor and protect undersea cab...
- 15:00 Counter-drone systems increasingly combine kinetic and electronic effects - Military organisations are fielding layered counter-drone architectures that integrate electronic wa...
- 15:00 Hypersonic weapon proliferation drives demand for space-based tracking - Defence agencies are accelerating development of space-based sensor constellations capable of provid...
- 15:00 Military logistics automation becomes mainstream procurement priority - Armed forces are expanding procurement of autonomous logistics vehicles and AI-assisted supply syste...
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- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward scalable architectures - Military organisations are increasingly procuring counter-drone systems built around open architectu...
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- 09:00 AI-assisted command systems gain momentum in military planning - Armed forces are accelerating adoption of AI-assisted command-and-control systems designed to improv...
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