On the world stage, Italy ranks as the 10th most powerful military, propped up by a fairly large $30.9 billion defense budget ...

Reports indicate that the Italian Air Force expects the new pilot school to be up and running within the next year.

The Italian government has formally signed the contract to acquire two EA-37B standoff jamming aircraft, manufacturer ...

Trump on Monday said the United States would ship "billions of dollars' worth" of military equipment to NATO members, paid for by the alliance, to be handed over to Ukrainian forces battling grinding ...

France and Italy have refused to participate in Donald Trump’s plan to send US-made weapons to Ukraine.

The Italian government has no plans to join a US-NATO initiative to purchase American weapons for Ukraine with EU funds, ...

The defense alliance of 32 countries is planning to invest billions in its security over the coming decade. But it’s a splurge that some European NATO members, saddled with huge debt burdens, can ...

Italy has been a pioneer in the use of F-35s for NATO’s air policing missions; it was the first to fly the jets on patrols out of Iceland and Estonia, and last year notched the Baltic Air ...

GlobalData’s “Italy Defense Market 2024-2029” report reveals that while Italy’s defence budget will grow by 2029, due to economic constraints and political divisions, it is unlikely to ...

Italy will struggle to meet a NATO target of spending at least 2% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defence by 2028, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto told national lawmakers on Tuesday.

ROME (Reuters) – Italy will only hit the NATO goal of spending 2% of GDP on defence in 2028, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday, confirming it will miss an original target of 2024 ...

A POLITICO analysis reveals telling gaps between the big spenders near Eastern Europe and those further from Russia, who are ...