Tom Kington
Tom Kington is the Italy correspondent for Defense News.
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Italian Navy tasks Fincantieri to design drone-laden warships
“It means looking at how best to handle storage, maintenance and loading ammunition,” an Italian Navy official said.
European navies try to keep up in cat-and-mouse game of seabed warfare
The sheer number of undersea cables and pipelines crisscrossing the oceans makes it easy for attackers to cover their tracks, according to experts.
Fincantieri, Leonardo team up on underwater drone effort
The need to protect undersea infrastructure has become more keenly felt since the Nord Stream gas pipeline attack in the Baltic Sea last year.
Seafloor drone garages? Italy weighs new tech to protect vital cables
The country's navy is collecting ideas as it leads a cluster of European Union countries in the Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection PESCO project.
French vision for an autonomous Europe proves elusive
Russia's war against Ukraine has led to some fresh soul-searching in Europe about the continent's reliance on the United States for security.
Leonardo CEO pick Cingolani may signal cybersecurity, AI focus
A trained physicist, Roberto Cingolani will follow outgoing CEO Alessandro Profumo, if shareholders approve.
Italy reveals plans for converting Gulfstream jets
The aircraft have spent the last year flying missions close to Ukraine to monitor the airspace.
Leonardo is said to be looking in-house in search for new leader
“There is an Italian saying: Whoever enters a papal conclave expected to become pope will exit as a cardinal,” one political insider said of the search.
When will the war in Ukraine end? Experts offer their predictions.
First were the helmets, then the Leopard tanks. The evolving approach of sending aid to Ukraine fits a conflict as fluid as it is unpredictable.
Fincantieri CEO talks US frigates, vision for Europe’s naval sector
The building of new U.S. Navy frigates in Wisconsin is about to get more efficient thanks to the introduction of techniques used to make cruise ships.
