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Jupiter is not just a planet, it is a gas giant, and studying its icy moons will also shed new light on the origin of life on our planet and the dynamics between the Sun and the celestial bodies revolving around it. That is the goal of the investigation of the Juice probe, which will be launched from Europe's Kurou spaceport in French Guiana on Apr...

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The team of Boeing and Italian company Leonardo will supply 13 units of the MH-139A Grey Wolf multimission helicopter to the U.S. Air Force under a $285 million production contract. Boeing said Tuesday the award covers sustainment and other support services for the platform selected by USAF to replace the branch’s UH-1N Huey twin-piloted light-lift...

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The US subsidiary of Italian electronics giant Leonardo is building a $100m semiconductor laser fabrication plant in Arizona. Leonardo Electronics US Inc. (LEI) has purchased 12 acres in Oro Valley, north of Tucson, and is planning the construction of a state-of-the-art semiconductor laser manufacturing facility. LEI has been present in the Tucson...

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Leonardo’s comprehensive new U.S. training center, co-located at the company’s production facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will officially open its doors this month. A project first launched in October 2018 — before the Italian major knew it would win its first U.S. military contract as a prime — it’s an $80 million investment in the company...

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Leonardo’s single-engine TH-119 design has been selected to be the U.S. Navy’s TH-73A training helicopter that will replace the aged TH-57 Sea Ranger fleet, the Defense Department announced Monday. The contract, which goes through AugustaWestland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is for 32 aircraft and is valued at about $176.5 million. Leonardo an...

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Leonardo, the Italian helicopter maker, said it will spend $65 million to build a 60,000-square-foot training facility adjacent to its Northeast Philadelphia plant over the next year. The facility will train pilots, crews, and mechanics for Air Force helicopters in partnership with Boeing’s Delaware County plant, and for civilian craft. The compa...

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The selection of the Boeing-Leonardo MH-139 ends a years-long quest to replace the 1970s-era UH-1Ns. Almost two decades after the U.S. Air Force started trying to replace the Vietnam-era helicopters that patrol missile fields and stand by to evacuate senior officials, the service announced Monday that it has placed an initial order of MH-139 helico...

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di Gianandrea Gaiani Le forze speciali statunitensi impiegheranno aerei italiani per compiti di trasporto e combattimento. Il comando delle special forces (USSOCOM) sta infatti acquisendo 7 velivoli C-27J Spartan di Alenia Aermacchi, gruppo Finmeccanica, per incrementare le capacità di trasporto tattico durante le operazioni speciali ma prevede an...

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Six projects in the vanguard of Made in Italy innovation technology in the service of efforts to combat climate change were presented at the United Nations headquarters in New York during a conference organised by Italy's permanent representation to the international organisation on Wednesday.   The MOSE moving flood barrier system developed...

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The fifth annual tribute concert in honor of U.S. military personnel wounded in the line of duty was held on November 2nd and hosted by Finmeccanica and the Embassy of Italy in Washington, DC. The concert, entitled A Grand Night at the Opera, featured Maestro Alexis Soriano and The New York Opera Society Chamber Orchestra, who performed a collectio...

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