Military aviation news
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August 26, 2026
Designed and produced by MBDA France, the Akeron MP anti-tank missile [formerly MMP, Missile Moyenne Portée] has been in service with the French Army since 2017. Exported to Egypt and Ukraine…
An excavation carried out near one of the pipelines of the NATO POL North Italy system was discovered in Vezzano Ligure, province of La Spezia, triggering an investigation by…
August 25, 2026
The weapon will boost the anti-drone capabilities of Italy’s air force. The US government has cleared the potential sale of 5,031 APKWS (Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System) air-to-air weapons to…
August 24, 2026
The Italian Air Force is mulling the purchase of U.S. technology that turns cheap unguided missiles into precision weapons.
August 22, 2026
Switzerland’s first F-35A Lightning II is taking shape at Leonardo’s Cameri facility in Italy, where the first forward fuselage section and wing have entered assembly. The post Switzerland’s 1st…
August 21, 2026
In waters near Hawaii, the Pacific Dragon 2026 exercise was held, a biennial US Navy exercise dedicated to ballistic missile defense and the exchange of…
August 20, 2026
Production of the first Swiss F-35As is entering a new phase: at Leonardo's Cameri plant in Italy, the first fuselage section and the first wing are already…
Images show much of the service’s small Avanti fleet together as Italy continues to renew the unusual twin-pusher aircraft
August 18, 2026
The Italian contingent, together with allied units of the NATO Battle Group deployed in Latvia, has concluded the Mission Rehearsal Activity "Oak Shield", held from 3 to 14 August…
In November 2020, through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), four NATO member states — France, Italy, Germany and Greece — launched the Next Generation…
In Italy, the first components for the future Swiss Lockheed Martin F-35A fleet are being built. At the Leonardo plant in Cameri, a fuselage section and a wing for the fighter are made…
August 17, 2026
The fuselage and wing section of J-6004 is being manufactured at Cameri before the structure is shipped to Fort Worth, where final assembly will take place
Production of Switzerland's F-35A fighter jets is proceeding on schedule according to armasuisse: in Cameri, Italy, according to the Swiss Federal Office for…
August 16, 2026
The Boeing KC-767A refuelling and transport aircraft fleet of the Italian Air Force has surpassed 50,000 flight hours, consolidating the role of 14th Wing aircraft as one of the…
August 15, 2026
As part of its operational deployment in NATO's Baltic air-policing mission, a Eurofighter fighter-bomber of the Italian Air Force shot down an unidentified drone over…
August 14, 2026
A NATO Italian Eurofighter Typhoon has shot down an unidentified drone after it entered Latvian airspace early on Friday morning, with Latvian forces now searching for wreckage to establish the…
An Italian F-2000 Typhoon assigned to the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission shot down an unidentified drone which entered Latvia’s airspace. An F-2000A Typhoon (as the single seater Typhoons are…
"We are grateful to our Italian allies for their service in NATO's air defence mission in the Baltic states and for maintaining the integrity of allied airspace," he wrote on…
RIGA — A drone violated Latvian airspace and was shot down by an Italian Eurofighter deployed on NATO’s BAP (Baltic Air Policing) mission to monitor and defend the…
August 12, 2026
August 12, 1977 marks a fundamental date in the history of search and rescue of the Italian Air Force. On that day, the first HH-3F helicopter is delivered to the 15th Stormo of Ciampino…
August 6, 2026
From July 21 to 25, the Italian contingent of the NATO Multinational Battle Group Bulgaria conducted a training activity in the Costanza area together with French and Romanian troops, to…
August 5, 2026
ASI's acting vice president, Prof. Elda Turco Bulgherini, together with board members Stefano Gualandris and Stefano Arcifa, has resigned from the Board of…
As part of NATO's air surveillance operations over the Baltic, Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter-bombers intercepted two attack…
August 4, 2026
The Italian Air Force carried out its first real interception mission since the start of its current participation in NATO's Baltic Air Policing operation. The Eurofighter Typhoon jets took off from…
On Monday 3 August, two Italian Air Force Eurofighter F-2000s of Task Force Air "Baltic Thunder III" took off from Šiauliai air base in Lithuania, on the order of the combined…
During the event, a 4x4 Guaicurus multi-role armoured vehicle (VBMT) fitted with Siatt's MAX 1.2 AC anti-tank missile was presented. The Guaicurus, developed in Italy and produced in Brazil by…
Yesterday two Eurofighter F-2000s of the Italian Air Force's Task Force Air "Baltic Thunder III" took off from Šiauliai air base, on the order of the Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) of…
The UK, Italy and Japan’s crewed demonstrator for the Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet is in final assembly, its sensor testbed is flying and its combustor is being printed Continue reading…
August 3, 2026
The Italian Air Force began a new rotation in Lithuania with 4 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter-bombers, aircraft supported by a contingent of 200 men and women at the Air Base in…
August 1, 2026
After successfully completing Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) at the facilities of Leonardo's Aircraft Division in Venegono, Italy, the…
