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Trump, Erdogan, Juncker : Macron fait son entrée sur la scène internationale

France24 / France - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 07:53
Emmanuel Macron a entamé, jeudi midi à Bruxelles, une longue séquence diplomatique au cours de laquelle il a rencontré Donald Trump. Il s'est ensuite rendu au sommet de l'Otan, où il s'est entretenu avec Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Categories: France

Législatives J-17 : le journal de campagne du jeudi 25 mai 2017

LeParisien / Politique - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 07:36
A moins de trois semaines du premier tour des élections législatives, les électeurs ont l'esprit au long week-end et aux beaux jours. Les 7 882 candidats doivent pourtant redoubler d'efforts pour se faire...
Categories: France

Gouvernement : la lutte contre l'homophobie pour Schiappa, la jeunesse pour Blanquer

LeParisien / Politique - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 07:27
Marlène Schiappa, nommée il y a huit jours secrétaire d'Etat à l'Egalité entre les femmes et les hommes, est chargée de «la lutte contre l'homophobie et la transphobie», selon son décret d'attributions...
Categories: France

Croatian, Serbian Rightists Join Forces at Family Conference

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 07:17
Croatian and Serbian right-wingers are taking part in a global gathering in Hungary of groups opposed to abortion, same-sex marriage and gender ideology.
Categories: Balkan News

Kosovars Abroad Fear They Cannot Vote in Election

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 07:16
Many Kosovo Albanians living abroad complain that glitches in the Central Election Commission's IT department deprived them of the chance to take part in the June elections.
Categories: Balkan News

Une meilleure maîtrise du commerce informel pourrait stimuler les économies africaines, selon la FAO

Centre d'actualités de l'ONU | Afrique - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 07:00
Le commerce transfrontalier informel en Afrique pourrait contribuer à l'amélioration des moyens d'existence et à l'intégration régionale à travers le continent, souligne un nouveau rapport de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'agriculture et l'alimentation (FAO) présenté jeudi à Kigali.
Categories: Afrique

Journée de l'Afrique : le chef de l'ONU appelle à être à l'écoute des peuples de ce continent

Centre d'actualités de l'ONU | Afrique - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 07:00
A l'occasion de la Journée de l'Afrique, qui est célébrée chaque année le 25 mai, le Secrétaire général de l'ONU, António Guterres, a appelé jeudi l'ensemble de l'humanité à être à l'écoute des peuples de ce continent.
Categories: Afrique

Formal trade in Africa can improve region, prospects for women – UN agency reports

UN News Centre - Africa - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 07:00
Simplifying the requirements for a business license, offering incentives to tax payers, and tackling official corruption are among the recommendations by the United Nations agricultural organization to cut informal trade among African countries and boost economic prosperity, particularly for women.
Categories: Africa

Formal trade in Africa can improve region, prospects for women – UN agency reports

UN News Centre - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 07:00
Simplifying the requirements for a business license, offering incentives to tax payers, and tackling official corruption are among the recommendations by the United Nations agricultural organization to cut informal trade among African countries and boost economic prosperity, particularly for women.

Semaine du Golfe: Embarquement à bord du Shtandart

MeretMarine.com - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 06:01

Mercredi, embarquement sur le "Shtandart", réplique du premier navire de guerre de 1703 de la flotte de la Baltique du tsar russe Pierre Ier. Le capitaine, Valdimir Martus, est évidemment un passionné. Monter à bord est bien sur un spectacle, mais c'est aussi un voyage dans l'histoire et des rencontres.

 

Categories: Défense

Army tests TACMS | Israel to receive special F-35 | Elta to help test South Korean AESA radar for KF-X

Defense Industry Daily - Thu, 25/05/2017 - 06:00
Americas

  • The US Navy has awarded a $49.4 million contract to Northrop Grumman for parts, material and labor required for the maintenance of the MQ-4C UAV in accordance with planned production. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Md., Bridgeport, W. VA., Salt Lake City, Utah, and other locations in the United States. Fiscal 2017 Navy procurement funds in the amount of $49.4 million have been allocated for the program. Contract completion is scheduled for December 2017.

  • Sikorsky has been awarded a $55 million contract modification to a previously awarded contract for the long-lead support of low-rate production of four Lot II CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. An upgrade of the Sea Stallion heavy-lift helicopter, work on the King Stallion contract will be conducted at the Sikorsky plant in Stratford, Conn and is expected to be completed by March 2022. The helicopter is capable carrying up of 27,000 pounds of external sling load. It can carry artillery pieces and Humvee utility vehicles and it’s cabin is capable of carrying 463 pallets for cargo transportation.

  • Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a sixth flight test of its modernized Tactical Missile System missile (TACMS). Conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the TACMS was launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and was “hot-conditioned”—the launcher was held in an environmental chamber before launch to simulate hot launch conditions— before flying about 149 miles to engage its target. The modernized TACMS features new guidance electronics and can engage a target without leaving behind unexploded ordnance.

Middle East & North Africa

  • M-346 advanced jet trainers operated by the Israeli Air Force are scheduled for a set of upgrades that includes the integration of inert training bombs and external fuel tanks. Tel Aviv possesses 30 M-346 trainers—the last of which arrived in 2016—and the upgrades are expected to enable the air force to further streamline its training process. The air force’s flight test centre is currently collaborating with manufacturer Leonardo and will oversee the modifications, as well as opening the trainer’s full flight envelope, to match the service’s operational requirements.

  • The Israel Air Force will receive an additional F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in 2020 with a special suite of test instrumentation that will work to enhance the fighter’s capabilities during air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. The new aircraft comes outside of any specific contract and is being manufactured according to specifications that took two years to prepare. Planned updates to Israel’s operational F-35I “Adir” fighters will be “directly connected” to the type’s scheduled maintenance program, “in order to not disrupt the aim of the shortest time on the ground between complex missions.”

  • The US State Department has cleared the sale of a US Navy blanket order training program to Saudi Arabia. Valued at an estimated $250 million, the order includes, but is not limited to, English Language training, professional military education, technical training … engineering, technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistical and program support.” If approved by Congress, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will act as the prime contractor, providing an assignment of about 88 contractor representatives to Saudi Arabia for three years to support personnel training.

Europe

  • French firm Safran is expected to cut $1 billion off its current offer to purchase aircraft equipment maker Zodiac Aerospace. The proposed deal had originally been worth $9 billion, however, recent profit warnings at Zodiac has resulted in UK hedge fund TCI urging Safran to drop the bid. According to French media, this reduced offer would be two-thirds in cash and a third in Safran stock, and drops an earlier complex two-tier structure that was designed to woo family shareholders.

Asia Pacific

  • Elta Systems has been brought in to help South Korean efforts to support the testing of an indigenous AESA radar for the KAI KF-X fighter. The state-run Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) stressed that the contract is just for support and not development work—which is being led by Hanwa Thales. The value of the contract is believed to be worth $35.5 million.

Today’s Video

  • Earlier live fire exercise of the Army’s TACMS:

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