The aircraft, a dual seat operational type conversion variant, arrived in Cape Town on Saturday 29th November. South Africa ordered 26 Gripens, of which nine are dual seat aircraft. Deliveries of 17 single-seat fighters will commence when the dual-seat aircraft have all been taken into SA Air Force service with the final aircraft on schedule [...]

The NATO Task Group of Operation ALLIED PROVIDER has begun escort duties and established a naval presence in the assigned operational area. The Greek Frigate HS Themistokles is currently escorting a World Food Program (WFP) chartered vessel en route from a port in Southern Africa to Somalia. In the past few days the Italian destroyer [...]

Fincantieri has announced that the company has gained an order from the Ministry of the Defence of Kenya to carry out “mid-life” refitting of two of the Navy’s vessels, the “Nyayo” and the “Umoja”. The contract will involve 12 months of work at the company’s yard in Muggiano (Spezia). Fincantieri competed to win the order [...]