Defence`s Feeds

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is scheduled to take place in Riyadh in December, just six months

Times are tough for the French finance ministry's tax intelligence unit, which was set up by the current Prime Minister

The screws appear to be tightening on Lebanese-born Franco-American businessman Roger Tamraz, a majority shareholder in bankrupt Latvian lender PNB

FTI Consulting is currently battling before different courts with rival firm Secretariat and its own former executive Edward Westerman, who

The need for the Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAMs) arises from the advantages Western standoff weapons have provided to Ukraine. However, these benefits could not be fully realized due to the limited availability of such [...]

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The event was among the largest demonstrations using a mass sUAS attack scenario. Taking a cue from the war in Ukraine and Chinese drone development capability, and the proliferation of commercial sUAS (Small Unmanned Aerial [...]

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Americas Austal USA has conducted a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a final assembly station in Alabama. The project supports the ongoing expansion of the company’s existing waterfront center in Mobile, which will also receive design improvements and a new ship lift system. Austal wrote that the upcoming station will include three bays for managing large steel components used to develop US Navy and Coast Guard vessels such as the Offshore Patrol Cutters and TAGOS-25 ocean surveillance systems. The US Army has turned to industry partners for a new, lightweight radar to be fitted on its high-altitude surveillance balloons. A request for information (RFI) was recently issued for the desired airborne sensor that should address the service’s deep sensing requirements. It stated that the payload must weigh less than 6.8 kilograms and use power and communication equipment already on spy balloons. Middle East & Defense Northrop Grumman won an $11 million modification for contractor logistics support of Iraq’s C-172 and C-208 fleets. Work will be performed at Martyr BG Ali Flaih Air Base (formerly Balad Air Base), Iraq, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2025. This contract involves foreign military sales to Iraq. The Air Force Life […]

Intelligence is not a priority for the MPs just elected to the National Assembly under the banner of the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP), who want President Emmanuel Macron to make one of their number the next prime minister. None of

Intelligence Online understands that the fledgling British open source intelligence firm OSINT Industries is in advanced discussions to acquire the

It was a foreign delegation that didn't go unnoticed at a party organised by the French air and space force

The minutes of the hearing of Céline Berthon, head of France's DGSI internal intelligence service, before the Senate commission investigating

United States - CIA director's executive office staffers head to private sectorAt least one, if not several, of the members

Intelligence Online has been able to talk to officials who have been closely following preparations for the third plenum (IO,

John Healey's appointment on 5 July as defence secretary in the newly elected Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer's new government

After nine eventful months which saw extensive operations in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Mediterranean Sea, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) finally arrived back in the United States [...]

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Launched from high-altitudes by the H-6K, the missile would have a significantly improved range, with powerful kinematic performance in its terminal phase. Nearly two and a half months after a PLAAF (People’s Liberation Army Air [...]

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French Air Force sells its last KC-135s to Metrea, which becomes the largest commercial air refueling company. On July 11, 2024, it was announced that the French Air Force had sold the last of their [...]

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The milestone comes with the delivery of the first two operational aircraft to the Oregon Air National Guard. The new F-15EX Eagle II has finally reached the Initial Operational Capability (IOC) with the U.S. Air [...]

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In June, Israeli automobile company Universal Motors Israel sold its stake in Israeli cyber intelligence company Candiru to a trust.

BeamTrail, which is located on the seventh floor of Abu Dhabi's Aldar Tower, once the headquarters of the now-defunct DarkMatter,