Defence`s Feeds

Norway's Defense Equipment agency has signed a new contract with the US authorities for the purchase of five P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) for the Norwegian Armed Forces.

The Centre for Security Governance (CSG) is pleased to announce that Geoff Burt has been named Executive Director. Geoff will join the CSG as of April 1, 2017.

Geoff served as the Deputy Director of the CSG from 2013 to 2016. Along with his work at the CSG, he was the co-founder and Vice President of the Security Governance Group from 2012 to 2016. Prior to joining the CSG, Geoff was a researcher at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and a member of CIGI’s Security Sector Governance project.

An experienced researcher and project manager, Geoff’s work has focused on security sector reform, transnational organized crime, migration and counter human trafficking, with an emphasis on fragile and conflict-affected countries. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Stability: International Journal of Security and Development.

The CSG looks forward to working with our fellows and partners to enhance the effectiveness of donor assistance and support to SSR programs through our research, events, training and direct policy advice.

For further information please contact Andrew Koltun, Project Officer at akoltun@secgovcentre.org.

Sonar (SOund, NAvigation and Ranging) is a technique that uses sound waves to detect and locate objects underwater.

Item 5 - US security and defence policy - Presentation by Jan Joel Andersson, Senior Analyst, EUISS
Item 6 - Japan's defence and security policy reform - Presentation by Kazuo Kodama, Ambassador of Japan to the EU
Item 9 - Presentation of the STOA Study "Cybersecurity in the CSDP - Challenges and risks for the EU" - Presentation by ENISA
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Norway has signed for five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission aircraft (MMA) to be delivered between 2022 and 2023, the government announced on 29 March. The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) deal signed between the Norwegian Defence Equipment Agency and the US authorities includes sensors,

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The Indian Navy (IN) successfully conducted the maiden test firing of the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)-Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Barak-1 ship point defence missile from INS Vikramaditya , its sole Russian-origin aircraft carrier, on 24 March. IN officials told Jane's that the missile

Lithuania's foreign minister, Linas Linkevicius, has warned of major upcoming Russian exercises and deployments designed to test NATO as the alliance establishes its Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) in Eastern Europe. "It is not simply the numbers," Linkevicius told Jane's on 28 March.

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