Tom Kington

Tom Kington is the Italy correspondent for Defense News.


  • Legal Fight May Hinder Global Sat System
    Legal Fight May Hinder Global Sat System

    The scheduled entry into service of a satellite-based global communications system, which has cost the US military $7.6 billion, is in danger of slipping thanks to legal battles in Sicily

  • Italian Ship Production Deal Signed
    Italian Ship Production Deal Signed

    Italian state shipyard Fincantieri and Italian defense group Finmeccanica have signed a long-awaited contract to start work on a flotilla of new ships for the Italian Navy

  • Security Budgets on the Rise in Europe
    Security Budgets on the Rise in Europe

    There’s a push to strengthen borders in Scandinavia through increased homeland security spending.

  • Finmeccanica-Algeria Helicopter Deal Probed
    Finmeccanica-Algeria Helicopter Deal Probed

    Italian tax police are probing suspected corruption in the sale of helicopters by Italian group Finmeccanica to Algeria.

  • Italy’s White Paper Addresses Migrants, Budgeting
    Italy’s White Paper Addresses Migrants, Budgeting

    Italy’s new defense white paper, its first in 13 years and which calls for Italian military leadership in the Mediterranean, has made a timely debut just as European leaders debate how to combat trafficking in the region.

  • Italy Orders 2 More Fremm Frigates
    Italy Orders 2 More Fremm Frigates

    Italy has ordered two more FREMM frigates, completing its planned order of 10 vessels, the Italian consortium building the ships said on Thursday

  • Italian Industry Gears Up for Navy Renewal
    Italian Industry Gears Up for Navy Renewal

    As the Italian Navy edges closer to government approval to renew its fleet in a €5.4 billion (US $5.8 billion) program, Italy’s defense firms are readying new products, from radars to sonars to cannons, that the Navy may adopt

  • Italian Military, Industry Eye Tilt-rotors
    Italian Military, Industry Eye Tilt-rotors

    In the time it took Boeing and the US Marines to develop and put into service the Osprey tilt-rotor helicopter, Italy’s AgustaWestland has lingered over development of its own, smaller tilt-rotor, prompting questions about the fate of the program

  • Finmeccanica replaces CEO of Alenia Aermacchi
    Finmeccanica replaces CEO of Alenia Aermacchi

    Giuseppe Giordo, the CEO of Finmeccanica unit Alenia Aermacchi, has been replaced as Finmeccanica undertakes a springclean of senior management.

  • Finmeccanica Delays Decision on DRS Sale
    Finmeccanica Delays Decision on DRS Sale

    After hinting for months that he would consider selling DRS, Finmeccanica CEO Mauro Moretti said on Thursday he was taking stock of the firm’s improving results and putting off all decisions until September.

  • Legal Fight May Hinder Global Sat System
    Legal Fight May Hinder Global Sat System

    The scheduled entry into service of a satellite-based global communications system, which has cost the US military $7.6 billion, is in danger of slipping thanks to legal battles in Sicily

  • Italian Ship Production Deal Signed
    Italian Ship Production Deal Signed

    Italian state shipyard Fincantieri and Italian defense group Finmeccanica have signed a long-awaited contract to start work on a flotilla of new ships for the Italian Navy

  • Security Budgets on the Rise in Europe
    Security Budgets on the Rise in Europe

    There’s a push to strengthen borders in Scandinavia through increased homeland security spending.

  • Finmeccanica-Algeria Helicopter Deal Probed
    Finmeccanica-Algeria Helicopter Deal Probed

    Italian tax police are probing suspected corruption in the sale of helicopters by Italian group Finmeccanica to Algeria.

  • Italy’s White Paper Addresses Migrants, Budgeting
    Italy’s White Paper Addresses Migrants, Budgeting

    Italy’s new defense white paper, its first in 13 years and which calls for Italian military leadership in the Mediterranean, has made a timely debut just as European leaders debate how to combat trafficking in the region.

  • Italy Orders 2 More Fremm Frigates
    Italy Orders 2 More Fremm Frigates

    Italy has ordered two more FREMM frigates, completing its planned order of 10 vessels, the Italian consortium building the ships said on Thursday

  • Italian Industry Gears Up for Navy Renewal
    Italian Industry Gears Up for Navy Renewal

    As the Italian Navy edges closer to government approval to renew its fleet in a €5.4 billion (US $5.8 billion) program, Italy’s defense firms are readying new products, from radars to sonars to cannons, that the Navy may adopt

  • Italian Military, Industry Eye Tilt-rotors
    Italian Military, Industry Eye Tilt-rotors

    In the time it took Boeing and the US Marines to develop and put into service the Osprey tilt-rotor helicopter, Italy’s AgustaWestland has lingered over development of its own, smaller tilt-rotor, prompting questions about the fate of the program

  • Finmeccanica replaces CEO of Alenia Aermacchi
    Finmeccanica replaces CEO of Alenia Aermacchi

    Giuseppe Giordo, the CEO of Finmeccanica unit Alenia Aermacchi, has been replaced as Finmeccanica undertakes a springclean of senior management.

  • Finmeccanica Delays Decision on DRS Sale
    Finmeccanica Delays Decision on DRS Sale

    After hinting for months that he would consider selling DRS, Finmeccanica CEO Mauro Moretti said on Thursday he was taking stock of the firm’s improving results and putting off all decisions until September.

  • Legal Fight May Hinder Global Sat System
    Legal Fight May Hinder Global Sat System

    The scheduled entry into service of a satellite-based global communications system, which has cost the US military $7.6 billion, is in danger of slipping thanks to legal battles in Sicily

  • Italian Ship Production Deal Signed
    Italian Ship Production Deal Signed

    Italian state shipyard Fincantieri and Italian defense group Finmeccanica have signed a long-awaited contract to start work on a flotilla of new ships for the Italian Navy

  • Security Budgets on the Rise in Europe
    Security Budgets on the Rise in Europe

    There’s a push to strengthen borders in Scandinavia through increased homeland security spending.

  • Finmeccanica-Algeria Helicopter Deal Probed
    Finmeccanica-Algeria Helicopter Deal Probed

    Italian tax police are probing suspected corruption in the sale of helicopters by Italian group Finmeccanica to Algeria.

  • Italy’s White Paper Addresses Migrants, Budgeting
    Italy’s White Paper Addresses Migrants, Budgeting

    Italy’s new defense white paper, its first in 13 years and which calls for Italian military leadership in the Mediterranean, has made a timely debut just as European leaders debate how to combat trafficking in the region.

  • Italy Orders 2 More Fremm Frigates
    Italy Orders 2 More Fremm Frigates

    Italy has ordered two more FREMM frigates, completing its planned order of 10 vessels, the Italian consortium building the ships said on Thursday

  • Italian Industry Gears Up for Navy Renewal
    Italian Industry Gears Up for Navy Renewal

    As the Italian Navy edges closer to government approval to renew its fleet in a €5.4 billion (US $5.8 billion) program, Italy’s defense firms are readying new products, from radars to sonars to cannons, that the Navy may adopt

  • Italian Military, Industry Eye Tilt-rotors
    Italian Military, Industry Eye Tilt-rotors

    In the time it took Boeing and the US Marines to develop and put into service the Osprey tilt-rotor helicopter, Italy’s AgustaWestland has lingered over development of its own, smaller tilt-rotor, prompting questions about the fate of the program

  • Finmeccanica replaces CEO of Alenia Aermacchi
    Finmeccanica replaces CEO of Alenia Aermacchi

    Giuseppe Giordo, the CEO of Finmeccanica unit Alenia Aermacchi, has been replaced as Finmeccanica undertakes a springclean of senior management.

  • Finmeccanica Delays Decision on DRS Sale
    Finmeccanica Delays Decision on DRS Sale

    After hinting for months that he would consider selling DRS, Finmeccanica CEO Mauro Moretti said on Thursday he was taking stock of the firm’s improving results and putting off all decisions until September.