Italy

By Tony Osborne
Croatia and Greece have signed contracts to purchase de Havilland Canada DHC-515 amphibious aircraft to modernize their aerial firefighting fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Rising demand for weapons stocks is driving a review of European missile manufacturing.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has unveiled the completed prototype of its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing advanced air mobility aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The startup is working hard to secure the necessary permits and approvals for its first two vertiport sites in its planned Rome network.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo is performing a study with Italy’s armed forces on potential missions for the AW609 as the company works to certify the tiltrotor.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
An Airbus-Dassault Aviation dispute is threatening the timeline for the development of the four-nation Eurodrone, a German defense ministry report has revealed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Airbus and Italy’s ITA Airways have expanded their collaboration on advanced air mobility to include vertiport developer UrbanV and Italian energy company Enel.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Senior BAE Systems executives hope to finalize negotiations on work share, work allocation and work locations for the trinational Global Combat Air Program by the summer.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
D-Orbit, a space tug startup, has raised a €100 million ($109.7 million) Series C round.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Italy, Japan and the UK's Global Combat Air Program developing a sixth-generation crewed combat aircraft will be headquartered in London, the nations say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Swedish student pilots will train with the Italian Air Force in Lecce, then transition to advanced jet training, flying in the IFTS’ fleet of Leonardo T-346s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Safran may take the Italian government to court after Rome blocked its purchase of Collins Aerospace's actuation and flight control systems business from RTX.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Slovenia is to purchase six Leonardo AW139M twin-engine medium helicopters from Italy as part of a modernization of Slovenia’s military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The Italian government is exercising its “Golden Power” to thwart the deal, citing the unit’s continued support for the multi-nation Eurofighter program.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
Europe’s space workforce grew by 8.2% in 2022 over the prior year, the Space Foundation says in a quarterly report on the state of the space industry.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters says it has handed over the 56th and final aircraft, a NATO Frigate Helicopter version of the NH90 for the Italian Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had initially announced the fare cap decree—which has now been revised—in early August, to the dismay of some airlines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Asia Pacific Staff
A policy review document released this week shows it will take seven years to complete.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Industry partners in the three-nation Global Combat Air Program have reached a further collaboration agreement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Italy has signed a letter of intent with France and the UK to join the development of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By David Casey
The Norwegian startup will add another transatlantic service from June.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The carrier intends to serve 10 domestic and eight international points from the Italian airport.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Service to the Italian carrier’s third destination in Latin America will start in October.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The routes to destinations in Greece and Italy will launch during summer 2023.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The carrier is adding a new route to Italy and has restarted flights to Hungary.
Airports & Networks