08/04/15  |  Industry
Finmeccanica-DRS Technologies: new contracts with the USA and Canada
The Canadian and US Armed Forces have chosen DRS Technologies systems. The company controlled by Finmeccanica has in fact won three new orders for the supply of ...
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31/03/15  |  Industry
Moretti appointed as president of the ASD
Mauro Moretti (left in the photo) is the new president of the European Association of Aerospace and Defense Industries (ASD). The appointment of the CEO ...
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27/03/15  |  Industry
Delivery of the first C-27J Spartan to the Peruvian Air Force
Institutional presence at the highest levels for the official delivery ceremony by Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi of the first C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft ...
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26/03/15  |  Industry
Finmeccanica: contract from 790 million with the MoD of the United Kingdom
Finmeccanica has been awarded a contract worth around 790 million (about 580 million pounds) for the provision of support services to the fleet of ...
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24/03/15  |  Industry
The shield of Star Wars is reality
"No! Try no! Do, or don't do! There is no try!". If the master Yoda saw the new technology patented by Boeing, he would comment on the new shield created by the giant ...
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12/03/15  |  Industry
The first Italian F-35
The first Italian F-35A Lightning II came out of the Cameri plant. It is the first internationally assembled aircraft and the first of eight aircraft to be ...
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10/03/15  |  Industry
The "SDB" plane bomb transformed into an artillery shell
Boeing and Saab would have shown that the Small Diameter Bomb I, originally developed for use by aircraft, can be adapted for launch from a ...
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04/03/15  |  Industry
Lockheed Martin: "Athena", the "anti martyrdom" laser tested
Lockheed Martin successfully disabled a small truck engine via a laser beam during a field test. Thirty-kilowatt weapon system proved ...
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22/02/15  |  Industry
Typhoon improves soil engagement skills
The Eurofighter consortium today released the details of the new contract worth 200 million euros ...
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20/02/15  |  Industry
e-GEOS will provide satellite maps for emergency management
e-GEOS, a company formed by Telespazio (80%) and the Italian Space Agency (20%), has been awarded a contract ...
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12/02/15  |  Industry
Finmeccanica: contract from 110 mln for 11 helicopters AgustaWestland
Significant success on the commercial market for the AgustaWestland family of new generation helicopters: ...
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05/02/15  |  Industry
Boeing signs a further contract to modernize the B-52s
The B-52 Stratofortress bomber was made during the Cold War, but its digital capabilities would be ...
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22/01/15  |  Industry
Upgrade the B-52 cargo hold
Boeing and US Air Force have realized the first prototype of a new launch system for the B-bomb bomber ...
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16/01/15  |  Industry
Alenia Aermacchi: contract with MoD Peru for two C-27J Spartan
Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi and the Ministry of Defense of Peru signed, on 31 December 2014, a ...
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07/01/15  |  Industry
Finmeccanica: year-end contracts in all business sectors
End of the year marked by new contracts for the Finmeccanica Group; in the last days of 2014 were signed ...
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29/12/14  |  Industry
First positive US Air Force test for the KC-46 tanker
Boeing and the US Air Force successfully completed the first flight of the test cycle for the KC-46 tanker yesterday. The plane ...
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22/12/14  |  Industry
Alenia Aermacchi: contract from 120 mln with the Defense for three M-346
Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi and the Directorate General of Aeronautical Armaments (ARMAEREO) signed today in Rome ...
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14/12/14  |  Industry
First release of a Storm Shadow from an Eurofighter Typhoon
Alenia Aermacchi, in close cooperation with its partners Eurofighter, has successfully conducted the first test of ...
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19/11/14  |  Industry
Finmeccanica: over 400 million euros from the new Eurofighter radar
It is worth over 400 million euros the value for Finmeccanica of the contract, from 1 billion euros, signed today to ...
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12/11/14  |  Industry
Rosetta Mission: Finmeccanica's decisive technological contribution
As part of ESA's (European Space Agency) Rosetta mission, today the Philae lander landed on comet 67P ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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Who will draw the short toothpick?
In today's meeting of the Council of Ministers, the issue of the nomination of the highest military head of Defense could be resolved. If years ago the candidates in the running for the nomination were...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "Are the chiefs of staff also censored now?"
Dear director, I have read the speech given by General Masiello to the 40th of the Lagunari and, remembering having read the Army Press Release (it dates back to 25 June, you were not...
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