Italy Defense Procurement: New F-35A Jets and Eurofighters
September 23, 2024
An F-35A Lightning II flies over Arizona, April 24, 2024. (A1C Mason Hargrove/Air Force)
ROME — Italy is to purchase 25 extra F-35 jets as well as new Eurofighters as its defense procurement spending rises 16.8% this year to €9.3 billion, or $10.3 billion, a new budget document revealed on Tuesday.
Rome will also invest half a billion euros in 2024 on development of the Global Combat Air…