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Italy and Japan: open dialogues for the maritime surveillance in the Mediterranean

After the GCAP, it’s possible an exchange operation of Italian M-346 aircraft with Japanese Kawasaki P-1 airplanes in Rome

Italy, for strengthen its capabilities to counter the submarine threat in the Mediterranean Sea, are seriously thinking the acquisition of the maritime patrol aircraft Kawasaki P-1 made in Japan. An eventuality that would mark a great change in the procurement policy of the Italian defence, traditionally oriented to American suppliers and would further strengthen the strategic ties between Rome and...

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ConferencesMinister Tajani participates today in the General Assembly of the Italy-Japan Business Group

Progetto strategico Gcap, insieme ad Uk, per sviluppo aereo di sesta generazione

Today at 3:00 pm Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani will participate in Rome, Palazzo della Cancelleria, in the 34th General Assembly of the Italy-Japan Business Group (IJBG), an organization created in 1989... more

DefenseGcap: to deliver next generation combat aircraft

The industry partners reach landmark agreement

BAE Systems (UK), Leonardo (Italy), and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co Ltd (JAIEC), have reached an agreement to form a new company under a business joint-venture for the Global Combat Air Programme... more

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