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Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are buying 940 Stinger Block 1 missiles from Raytheon.

Spain and Luxembourg will become the latest NATO members to provide military satellite communications services to the alliance during NATO-sanctioned operations.

Leonardo says its AW609 tiltrotor has completed ship trials involving the Italian Navy’s Cavour aircraft carrier.

Rome has given the greenlight to Safran's takeover of Microtecnica from RTX after concerns over the supply of components to defense programs were addressed.

European missile manufacturer MBDA has been contracted to integrate its Marte-ER anti-ship missile onto the Romanian navy’s new Airbus H215M helicopters.

Venture capital firm Seraphim Space has announced its latest accelerator cohort of nine startups.

Italy could join Germany and Spain in making a top-up order for the Eurofighter combat aircraft, industry officials have said.

Partners in the Eurodrone program have completed the preliminary design review for the twin-engine medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed air system.

Almost a one month after its launch, Routes checks in on the status of the Italian carrier's network.

Speaking to Aviation Daily, Ryanair hits out at Italy for being “misled” by OTAs and for ignoring a ruling that deemed Ryanair’s sales policies “reasonable.”

Italy has joined the effort to supply long-range air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed.

China's National Space Administration has selected six payloads developed by seven international partners to be part of the Chang’e 7 mission to the Moon.

All the data relating to the region’s top airlines, airports, routes and markets during the second quarter of the year.

North Macedonia’s government has signed a contract with Italy’s Leonardo to purchase a fleet of new transport helicopters for the country’s military.

Croatia and Greece have signed contracts to purchase de Havilland Canada DHC-515 amphibious aircraft to modernize their aerial firefighting fleets.

Rising demand for weapons stocks is driving a review of European missile manufacturing.

Airbus has unveiled the completed prototype of its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing advanced air mobility aircraft.

The startup is working hard to secure the necessary permits and approvals for its first two vertiport sites in its planned Rome network.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.