Defence`s Feeds

By officially taking up his post on 1 January as chairman of Rolls-Royce SMR - a nuclear energy research consortium

At the close of its ordinary general meeting on 21 December, ODAS, the French organisation that deals with French defence

Russia's use of Serbian troops on the Ukrainian front is encountering obstacles. The Serbian recruits of the Volk unit deployed

France's Amarante International, headed by Alexandre Hollander, has registered revenues of more than €60m for the year ending 31 December

Americas Northrop Grumman won a $23 million modification for Global Hawk (RQ-4) aircraft sustainment. The contract modification is for the purchase of replenishment spares for operational use and to support depot repair. This modification also provides an option for procurement of an additional quantity of spares. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of […]

RQ-4A Global Hawk (click to view full) Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV has established a dominant position in the High Altitude/ Long Endurance UAV market. While they are not cheap, they are uniquely capable. During Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the system flew only 5% of the US Air Force’s high altitude reconnaissance sorties, but […]

Javelin, firing (click to view full) The FGM-148 Javelin missile system aimed to solve 2 key problems experienced by American forces. One was a series of disastrous experiences in Vietnam, trying to use 66mm M72 LAW rockets against old Soviet tanks. A number of replacement options like the Mk 153 SMAW and the AT4/M136 spun […]

The contract awarded by the US geospatial intelligence agency, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), on 5 December to Albedo confirmed the Californian company's position as the US defence provider of choice for operating very high resolution optical observation satellites in

Catalonia, particularly the region's capital Barcelona, has recently seen an influx of Russian cyber experts, many of whom have come

A deal on Vinci Airports' participation in Phnom Penh's new Techo-Ta Khmau Airport will be sealed when Cambodia's Prime Minister

Israel: The latest war costs estimatedAccording to sources within the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), at least 8,000 members of Hamas and the Palestinian

The discreet Council for the Legal and Socio-Economic Integration of the Reunified Territories set up last 25 September has become

Ties between the Mossad and lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who the Israeli government was reportedly considering retaining to defend the country against

Following the British government's announcement that it was cancelling plans to take the new high-speed rail line to northern England,

Americas Bell Boeing won a $23.3 million modification, which exercises an option to provide continued flight test support for the V-22 Osprey aircraft for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and the government of Japan. Work will take place in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida. Expected completion date is in January 2025. Boeing won a […]

(click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new contract rose to $10.92 billion, and was used to buy 143 MV-22 (for USMC) and 31 CV-22 (Air Force […]

Beijing launched its Shenlong (Divine Dragon) spaceplane in late December for the third time since it came into service, sending

Consultant Andrey Davidovich is closely monitoring the bill drafted by the upper house of Russia's parliament, the Federation Council, to

Forbes Tate founding partner Dan Tate Jr. appeared on The Hill's list of top lobbyists for the fifteenth consecutive year on 6

The head of East Timor's National Intelligence Service (SNI), Longuinhos Monteiro, is facing major challenges since taking up the job