Italy is seeking a new, more capable maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) to deliver anti-submarine warfare (ASW) output to counter an increasing submarine threat in the Mediterranean Sea.
Italy’s T. Mariotti has won a contract to build two auxiliary coastal transport and lighthouse assistance vessels for the Italian Navy.
New naval and joint procurement programmes together with additional funding for on-going activities are included in the recently published Italian MoD’s Multi-Year Defence Planning Document…
The U212 NFS new Battery System (Lithium based) successfully completed its System Design Review (SDR)…
Since the 1st of October Italian Navy Bergamini-class frigate ITS Federico Martinengo (F 596) is operating as the first national asset under the Operation AGENOR within the European-led Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH) initiative.
On 05 July 2021, a ceremony was held in OCCAR-EA premises (Paris area) to celebrate the signature of the Amendment 8 to the “Sustainment & Enhancement” contract to launch the Mid-Life-Update (MLU) production of ASTER missiles for Italy and the United Kingdom.
MBDA has successfully completed a firing of the CAMM-ER air defence missile against a manoeuvring target.
T. Mariotti shipyard will build the Italian Navy’s new Special Diving Operations – Submarine Rescue Ship (SDO-SuRS)
The world of Italian midget submarine construction is famously secretive. Deals are not talked about in the same way that larger submarine purchases inevitably are.
France and Italy take note of the fact that the current economic context does not allow…
