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China/France : Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron speak on phone to cement their ties

Intelligence Online - Mon, 12/02/2024 - 06:00
A video message from French president Emmanuel Macron to his Chinese opposite number Xi Jinping to mark the 60th anniversary
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China/France/Russia/Tajikistan : Foreign interference in France, Russia's 201st base in Tajikistan, Beijing snubs Marseille

Intelligence Online - Mon, 12/02/2024 - 06:00
France: A draft bill to combat foreign interferenceOn 6 February, a draft bill aimed at preventing foreign interference in France
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Europe/Russia/United States : Russia's SVR delivers damning report on Europe's munition production capacity

Intelligence Online - Mon, 12/02/2024 - 06:00
Tasked with analysing the capabilities of the Euro-Atlantic military-industrial complex in the context of the war of attrition with Ukraine,
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Saudi Arabia/United States : Oliver Wyman provides nascent Saudi naval champion Sofon Industries with PR

Intelligence Online - Mon, 12/02/2024 - 06:00
Despite plans for its launch earlier this month, Sofon Holding, the parent company of Sofon Industries and Sofon Naval currently
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France/Ukraine : Kyiv forces Paris to confront Mirage 2000D issue

Intelligence Online - Mon, 12/02/2024 - 06:00
Ukrainian officials made France's delivery of Mirage 2000D fighter jets the only item on the agenda in a bid to prevent Paris avoiding the subject with talks on secondary issues.
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EDA opens contest for best defence research papers

EDA News - Fri, 09/02/2024 - 14:51

European Defence Agency (EDA) has published on 9 February 2024 its call for applications to its EDA Research, Technology, and Innovation Papers Award 2024. The competition, now in its second year, focuses on innovative technologies, processes, and applications for enhanced future defence capabilities. EDA is looking to hear from early career researchers before the deadline for applications on 29 March 2024. The awards will be presented at Eurosatory in Paris in June with each prize winner receiving €4,000.

Innovators of tomorrow

This year, papers shall be related to the topic of “Innovative technologies, processes, and applications for enhanced future defence capabilities.” The winning entries will come up with ideas which, if implemented between now and 2035, would contribute to enhance specific EU defence capabilities. Entries will be judged on their quality and impact, with a special emphasis on technology and innovation to help cover the European Union’s defence needs and shortfalls.

The contest aims to promote and support the work of early career researchers by introducing their work to the defence community, stimulate engagement of innovators to widen their access to emerging and potentially disruptive research, and identify areas in which additional investment is needed to address future defence capability needs. 

More than a prize

EDA’s award seeks to increase the visibility and impact of tomorrows innovators, with the contest conceived to offer more than just the financial prize. The winners will have the opportunity to expose their ideas during the dedicated session at EUROSATORY 2024 exhibition and conference in Paris on 19 June, 2024. An official EDA Booklet of papers to be edited and published in a scientific review by EDA, including ISBN (International Standard Book Number) reference. The Best Papers Award and names of the winners will also receive coverage on the EDA website and social media channels.

How to apply?

The deadline for submitting applications is 29 March 2024, with the following documents.

The contest is open to all citizens of EDA’s 27 participating Member States. For the first time in 2024 the contest is open also to citizens from Switzerland.

HEDI 

The EDA Research, Technology, and Innovation Papers Award is done under the ‘’umbrella’’ of HEDI (Hub for EU Defence Innovation), which is the new platform for innovation, led by EDA, that was established in March 2022 as an action derived from "Strategic Compass for EU Defence and Security’’.

HEDI has the objective of fostering innovative technological solutions following a systemic approach towards cutting-edge military capabilities. Furthermore, HEDI serves as a platform to stimulate and facilitate cooperation on defence innovation while ensuring synergies with related European Commission activities, notably the EU defence innovation scheme, coherence of output with NATO innovation and other EU Defence Innovation organizations.

This Call for Papers complements other HEDI’s services, such as e.g., the EDA Defence Innovation Prizes, or Proofs-of-Concept.

EDA's wider role  

EDA supports its 27 Member States in improving their defence capabilities through European cooperation. Acting as an enabler and facilitator for Ministries of Defence willing to engage in collaborative capability projects, the Agency has become the hub for European defence cooperation with expertise and networks allowing it to the whole spectrum of defence capabilities.  

Member States use EDA as an intergovernmental expert platform where their collaborative projects are supported, facilitated, and implemented. For more details, please see here

 

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Vietnam : Viettel chosen to build new Vinasat telecommunications satellite

Intelligence Online - Fri, 09/02/2024 - 06:00
In a demonstration of the "Make in Vietnam" policy championed by Information and Communications Minister Nguyen Manh Hung, the ministry
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China : Chinese investment banks overwhelmed by heavy-handed instructions

Intelligence Online - Fri, 09/02/2024 - 06:00
The paralysis gripping China's financial institutions is worsening. They are being hammered with instructions from various branches of government that
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France : Thierry Matta, enduring chamberlain of France's DGSI

Intelligence Online - Fri, 09/02/2024 - 06:00
When Céline Berthon was appointed director general of France's domestic intelligence agency, the DGSI, in December, she already knew who
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France/Thailand/United States : The O.S.S. Bar in Bangkok, where the mystery of the Thai Silk King comes alive

Intelligence Online - Fri, 09/02/2024 - 06:00
The unresolved disappearance of Jim Thompson, an American businessman known as Bangkok's Silk King, almost 60 years ago to the
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France/Ukraine : Sokol Ukraine reboots as Lafayette Risk Intelligence

Intelligence Online - Fri, 09/02/2024 - 06:00
The security consultancy Lafayette Risk Intelligence is hoping to further extend its primacy in the private security component of France
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Israel : Israeli defence chooses Palantir over home-grown solutions

Intelligence Online - Fri, 09/02/2024 - 06:00
By renewing its trust in US big data specialist Palantir last month, the Israeli defence ministry is snubbing solutions being
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Highlights - SEDE: Exchange of views with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

On 14 February, SEDE MEPs will hold an exchange of views with the NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană on the security situation in the Black Sea, on the Eastern Flank and in the Western Balkans. This will be an opportunity to reiterate our unwavering support to Ukraine, two years after the start of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. ...
Enhancing the EU's CSDP Mission in Armenia will be discussed - in camera - with Stefano Tomat, Civilian Operations Commander and Managing Director for Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability, EEAS and Markus Ritter, Head of Mission of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA). In addition, SEDE Members will discuss hybrid warfare and the "EU Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats-2023" with Aude Maio-Coliche, Director for Strategic Communication and Foresight at the EEAS.
Meeting agenda and documents
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Russia : New launches conceal Moscow's earth observation vulnerabilities

Intelligence Online - Thu, 08/02/2024 - 06:00
Following the launch of three military observation satellites in December and that of three others in the preceding 11 months, Russia's state-controlled media claimed that it had doubled its space observation capacity. In reality, however, its capacity is much less
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France/Israel/UAE/United States : Toka rebuilds in US, CPX joins forces with Obvious Technologies, Quindar attracts Space Force

Intelligence Online - Thu, 08/02/2024 - 06:00
Washington - Israeli firm Toka rebuilds US teamThe Israeli cyber-intelligence firm Toka is rebuilding its Washington office. The team was
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Myanmar/Ukraine : How junta gets its anti-drones equipment from Kyiv

Intelligence Online - Thu, 08/02/2024 - 06:00
UK Logix Security International Co, owned by Kevin Nyo, the main business partner of Israeli cyber-consultant Doron Landau (IO, 04/01/24),
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Europe/Moldova : The EU's discreet Moldovan anti-misappropriation hub

Intelligence Online - Thu, 08/02/2024 - 06:00
While the European Union (EU) has just renewed its commitments to Ukraine with a promise to reform the European Peace
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United Kingdom : Wanted: veteran investigators for lawyer Stephen Kay's Gaddafi asset hunt

Intelligence Online - Thu, 08/02/2024 - 06:00
A veteran defender of presidents before the International Criminal Court (ICC, IO, 17/04/23), the leading British lawyer Steven Kay has
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Bulgaria/Moldova/Russia : The small Bulgarian broker tied to Putin's inner circle and a $1bn bank fraud

Intelligence Online - Thu, 08/02/2024 - 06:00
Intercapital Markets, a little known Bulgarian brokerage company, has quietly operated as a home for companies with links to the
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