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Press release - Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs elected

All of Parliament’s 20 standing committees and four subcommittees held their constitutive meetings on Tuesday to elect their Chair and Vice-Chairs.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgetary Control
Committee on Culture and Education
Committee on Development
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Legal Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Committee on Fisheries
Committee on Petitions
Committee on Regional Development
Committee on Transport and Tourism
Subcommittee on Human Rights
Subcommittee on Tax Matters
Subcommittee on Public Health
Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

SM-6 Intercepts Target Using Army’s Missile Defense Radar | Thales To Supply French Army With 30 dual-band X/Ka | Seventh Air Force Conducts F-16 Super Squadron Test

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 23/07/2024 - 06:00
Americas Raytheon has demonstrated a simulated missile interception using the US Army’s new missile defense radar and command and control system and the US Navy’s interceptor. The Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) simulators provided threat tracking data and the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) engagement control software to the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) during a Valiant Shield 24 test. The Northrop Grumman IBCS subsequently initiated the transfer of the launch command data and guided a missile interception “successfully,” according to Raytheon. The US Air Force and Boeing have reached an agreement regarding the planned supply of E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters at an air show in England that the service finally “got a reasonable price point” for the jets after bringing in a brokering expert. Middle East & Africa Germany can no longer cooperate militarily with Niger because of a lack of “trust” in relations with the West African country’s military regime, German Foreign Affairs Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday. Germany already announced on July 6 that it will end operations at its airbase in Niger and pull out its remaining three-dozen troops by […]
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UAE : Despite US sanctions, it's business as usual for oil trading in the Emirates

Intelligence Online - Tue, 23/07/2024 - 06:00
An oil trading company is up for sale for $17.7m in the Hamriyah Free Zone (FZ) in the heart of the emirate of Sharjah. The sales file for Samco Petroleum Energy FZE promises to provide the future owner with a turnkey
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France : After selling OSINT platforms, Corexalys focuses on online influence work for French state and due diligence for private clients

Intelligence Online - Tue, 23/07/2024 - 06:00
Corexalys is attempting to reorganise and ensure its viability following the sale of its software business to French big data analysis
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France/Russia : Former Wagner interpreter living in limbo in France

Intelligence Online - Tue, 23/07/2024 - 06:00
Russian citizen Yaroslav Z is waiting for the Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides (OFPRA), the French office
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United States : Presidential race, part 2: US geospatial intelligence agency seeks to reinvent itself ahead of possible change of administration

Intelligence Online - Tue, 23/07/2024 - 06:00
Currently in the process of awarding a series of new contracts, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is looking to ring-fence its
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Kazakhstan/United Kingdom/United States : Behind the scenes of Kazakh asset managers feud playing out in US and UK courts

Intelligence Online - Tue, 23/07/2024 - 06:00
There was little time between the London High Court of Justice's ruling on 20 June in favour of London firm
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Australia’s Troubled E-7A “Wedgetail” AWACS Program

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 23/07/2024 - 05:58
E-7A Wedgetail over New South Wales (click to view full) The island continent of Australia faces a number of unique security challenges that stem from its geography. The continent may be separated from its neighbors by large expanses of ocean, but it also resides within a potential arc of instability, and has a number of important offshore resource sites to protect. Full awareness of what is going on around them, and the ability to push that awareness well offshore, are critical security requirements. “Project Wedgetail” had 3 finalists, and the winner was a new variant of Boeing’s 737-700, fitted with an MESA (multirole electronically scanned array) radar from Northrop Grumman. That radar exchanges the traditional AWACS rotating dome for the E-7A’s “top hat” stationary antenna. That design, and the project as a whole, have run into severe turbulence, creating problems for Boeing earnings, the ADF, and other export orders for the type. DID’s FOCUS articles offer in-depth, updated looks at significant military programs of record. This one covers contracts, events, and key milestones within Australia’s E-7A program, from inception to the current day. Project Wedgetail: Program and Participants The Competition E-7A Cutaway (click to view full) In 1997 Australia’s AIR […]
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Bahrain/France : The curious trip by France's former PM Manuel Valls to back Bahrain's interests

Intelligence Online - Mon, 22/07/2024 - 16:20
Manuel Valls boarded Gulf Air flight GF18, which left Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) at 11:17 am on 22
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Blue Angel Tested MAAS | Spain Procures Latest Patriot Version | RAAF Hosted Pitch Black Flying Display

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 22/07/2024 - 06:00
Americas The US Navy Blue Angels successfully tested a Mobile Aircraft Arresting System (MAAS) for the first time at Camp Grayling Army Airfield on June 26th. This test and certification served as a crucial element in their participation in the subsequent National Cherry Festival Air Show held in Traverse City on June 29-30th. The MAAS deployment was a first for the Blue Angels at the National Cherry Festival Air Show. This system, typically used at military airfields, is a vital safety feature providing an emergency landing option for high-performance aircraft like the Blue Angels’ F/A-18 Hornets. The MAAS employs arresting cables and barriers to rapidly decelerate aircraft in case of an in-flight issue or missed landing. Regular testing and certification, such as the one conducted at Camp Grayling, ensures the MAAS is prepared for such scenarios. Lockheed Martin has delivered the first of eight C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft to the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Ohio as part of a project to modernize the installation’s aging military transport fleet. The plane incorporates a new configuration of aerial spray capability to secure large areas from disease-carrying insects and other pests as well as to disperse oil spills in water surface domains. […]
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China : He Hongjun, the spymaster behind the arrests of defence ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu

Intelligence Online - Mon, 22/07/2024 - 06:00
The deputy executive director of the Political Work Department (PWD) of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), He Hongjun, was on July 9 promoted to the rank of general. The news came less than 24 hours after the removal of former
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Ukraine/United States : Thor Dynamics aims to revolutionise anti-drone warfare in Ukraine

Intelligence Online - Mon, 22/07/2024 - 06:00
Thor Dynamics is currently testing its anti-drone products in Ukraine. It is experimenting with a range of new tools incorporating laser
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France/Qatar : Doha's dream arms deal with Paris

Intelligence Online - Mon, 22/07/2024 - 06:00
The Qatari parastatal defence conglomerate Barzan Holdings is still interested in acquiring a batch of infantry fighting vehicles made by
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China/Europe/France/Georgia/United States : New tandem in European Parliament, US bill for Georgia, SISSE boss under fire, bonuses frozen in Beijing

Intelligence Online - Mon, 22/07/2024 - 06:00
Europe - Christophe Gomart reconstitutes his military intelligence tandem in parliamentElected as an MEP on 9 June on the Les Républicains
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United States : Presidential race, part 1: US spy satellite agency rethinks its relationship with Space Force

Intelligence Online - Mon, 22/07/2024 - 06:00
Thanks to two SpaceX launches in the last two months, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which is responsible for the
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France : Summer transfer season for France's DGSE with the CAC 40

Intelligence Online - Mon, 22/07/2024 - 06:00
For the past two years he was head of the DGSE's Security Directorate, one of the most sensitive departments in
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Europe : EU's discreet outsourcing of fight against fake news gets messy

Intelligence Online - Mon, 22/07/2024 - 06:00
While the European External Action Service (EEAS) in June published a technical report (read it here) on Russia's Doppelgänger propaganda
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Arquus To Update Qatari VAB | DoS OKs Hellfire Sale To Czech Republic | Australia Soon To Accept Hawkei Vehicles

Defense Industry Daily - Fri, 19/07/2024 - 06:00
Americas The US Navy is evaluating the operability of the Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU) aboard the USNS Cody (EPF 14) Spearhead-class fast transport vessel. The trial supports the service’s objective to improve medical care capabilities for combat and humanitarian missions from sea to shore. Being held at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, the evaluation focuses on the EMU’s Role 2 (R2) level healthcare function, which covers patient decontamination, biomedical repair, sterile supply, information technology, and command and control tasks. China said Wednesday it had suspended negotiations with the United States on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control in response to Washington’s weapons sales to Taiwan. The US and China in November held rare talks on nuclear arms control, part of a bid to ease mistrust ahead of a summit between leader Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. Further dialogue had not been publicly announced since, with a White House official in January urging Beijing to respond “to some of our more substantive ideas on risk reduction.” But China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday said recent US sales of arms to self-ruled Taiwan were “seriously undermining the political atmosphere for continued arms control consultations between the two sides.” Middle East & Africa French defense contractor Arquus has signed an […]
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Azerbaijan/Georgia/United Kingdom : The Baku and Tbilisi spymaster connections of London café Catalyst

Intelligence Online - Fri, 19/07/2024 - 06:00
On their way to Chancery Lane tube station, Londoners in a hurry can order a coffee to take away at Catalyst. Or alternatively, they can sit down for a snack from a menu featuring Turkish and Caucasus classics such as
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