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Paris: CSO-3 on track for end of 2024 launchThe third and final satellite of Airbus Defence and Space's CSO (Composante

Earlier this month a Paris court dismissed a bid by Dassault Aviation, Thales and Safran Aircraft Engines to stop France's

"We are not for sale," Shefshet Demirovski, the Macedonian owner and founder of ATS Group, replies to anyone who asks

In both versions of the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for 2025 currently being finalised by the US Congress, lawmakers are

Italian Eurofighters (click to view full) The multi-national Eurofighter Typhoon has been described as the aerodynamic apotheosis of lessons learned from the twin engine “teen series” fighters that began with the F-14 and F-15, continued with the emergence of the F/A-18 Hornet, and extended through to the most recent F/A-18 Super Hornet variants. Aerodynamically, it’s a half generation ahead of all of these examples, and planned evolutions will place the Eurofighter near or beyond parity in electronic systems and weapons. The 1998 production agreement among its 4 member countries involved 620 aircraft, built with progressively improved capabilities over 3 contract “tranches”. By the end of Tranche 2, however, welfare state programs and debt burdens had made it difficult to afford the 236 fighters remaining in the 4-nation Eurofighter agreement. A 2009 compromise was found in the EUR 9 billion “Tranche 3A” buy, and the program has renewed its efforts to secure serious export sales. Their success will affect the platform’s production line in the near term, and its modernization plans beyond that. Eurofighter: Design & Evolution Eurofighter, Spain (click to view full) The Eurofighter program emerged out of a long and conflicting set of multinational efforts to design a new […]

Saudi Arabia's energy ministry was disappointed but not surprised this month when the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its new medium-term oil forecast. As previously, IEA analysts predicted oil demand levelling off by 2030 as the world transitions to clean energy,

Griselda, a start-up headed by Alex Teplukhin and Dmytro Shamrai, is racing to finalise a new intelligence data fusion system

The deputy head of France's DGSE external intelligence service's research and operations department (DRO) is planning to step down, according

Having just joined the fan advisory board of Fulham FC, owned by the Pakistani-American businessman Shahid Khan, corporate intelligence veteran

London - Are short sellers after Audere and CT? For the past month, the mysterious X (formerly Twitter) handle @wire_fraud, with

An intelligence expert who previously served in the Ronald Reagan administration has joined forces with a Ukrainian religious group after

Americas Boeing won a $210 million ceiling-priced delivery order under previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00383-22-G-YY01) for procurement of nine various configurations of flight control surface spares used on the F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G aircrafts. The delivery order does not include an option period. Work will be performed in Hazelwood, Missouri (85%); and St. Louis, Missouri (15%), and work is expected to be completed by July 2032 with no options. The announcement contains purchases under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity. Boeing has revealed the construction of a new engineering center in Daytona Beach, Florida, to boost support for military aircraft programs. The center will be built within the Cici & Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace Technology area of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. It will encompass 65,000 square feet (6,038 square meters) of space at the campus, including a 40,000-square-foot (3,716-square-meter) zone for a hangar. Middle East & Africa According to Defense News, the US will have fully cleared out of one air base in Niger as it continues to move personnel and equipment from the African country ahead of a September deadline to complete its withdrawal, according to the […]

Breakthrough… (click to view full) The US Navy flies the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighters, and has begun operating the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare & strike aircraft. Many of these buys have been managed out of common multi-year procurement (MYP) contracts, which aim to reduce overall costs by offering longer-term production commitments, so contractors can negotiate better deals with their suppliers. The MYP-II contract ran from 2005-2009, and was not renewed because the Pentagon intended to focus on the F-35 fighter program. When it became clear that the F-35 program was going to be late, and had serious program and budgetary issues, pressure built to abandon year-by-year contracting, and negotiate another multi-year deal for the current Super Hornet family. That deal is now final. This entry covers the program as a whole, with a focus on 2010-2015 Super Hornet family purchases. It has been updated to include all announced contracts and events connected with MYP-III, including engines and other separate “government-furnished equipment” that figures prominently in the final price. Hornet MYP: Aircraft Types Hornet vs. Super Hornet (click to view full) Super Hornets are flown by the US Navy, replacing the service’s retired F-14 Tomcat fighters, and by Australia’s RAAF. […]

Activity Report of the work of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence 2019 - 2024 (9th legislature)
SEDE Activiity Report 2019 - 2024 (full text)
Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Activity Report of the work of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence 2014 - 2019 (8th legislature)
SEDE Activity Report 2014 - 2019 (full text)
Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Americas Austal USA, Mobile won a $47 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-only modification for Littoral Combat Ships class design support, and integrated data and product model environment support. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama  and Pittsfield, Massachusetts and is expected to be completed by June 2025. Fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity. Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks will deliver over 1,500 Zetros logistics trucks to the Canadian Armed Forces. The delivery includes 1,000 light Zetros (two-axle vehicles with all-wheel drive, 4×4) and approximately 500 heavy Zetros (four-axle vehicles with all-wheel drive, 8×8). The vehicles will be used for off-road transportation of goods and personnel.  “This contract reflects the level of confidence one of the largest NATO countries has in our partner network – in our experience, reliability and technical competence,” Head of Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks Franziska Cusumano said. Middle East & Africa According to Defense News, Virginia-based defense contractor Artis is forming a joint venture with the United Arab Emirates’ company Bin Hilal Enterprises to offer its system overseas. Artis and BHE signed a memorandum of understanding the Eurosatory international […]

Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has had a string of meetings in recent weeks. After talks in Kabul in mid-May with the European Union's chargée d'affaires for Afghanistan, Raffaela Iodice (IO, 03/06/24), he received Qatar's Deputy Foreign Minister, Mohammed bin

Finnish geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) company Iceye's research and development teams have been busy since early June developing a high-altitude drone

On the basis of a memo from the intelligence services identifying risks of economic interference, the ministry of the armed

Deteriorating relations between Paris and Baku, driven further apart by Armenian Defence Minister Suren Papikyan's signing of an order for French