{
  "id": 12105,
  "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/portugal-to-purchase-three-frigates-from-italys-fincantieri-meloni",
  "title": "Portugal to purchase three frigates from Italy’s Fincantieri: Meloni",
  "summary": "The Italian prime minister said the deal is a “recognition of Italian defense industry but also of how Europe can reinforce its autonomy by investing in its own technological capacity and companies.”",
  "authors": "Diana Stancy",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security,agents-autonomy,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "eu",
  "published_at": "2026-07-20T16:56:12.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-21T05:10:12.656Z",
  "source_slug": "x-breaking-defense-ai",
  "source_name": "Breaking Defense (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://breakingdefense.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12105",
  "original_url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/portugal-to-purchase-three-frigates-from-italys-fincantieri-meloni",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}