Defence`s Feeds

Behind an ordinary facade, the independent NGO Zero Line is in fact a central player - albeit an unknown one [...]

The failed launch of the Indian military's new Risat-1B radar observation satellite on 18 May is not only an industrial [...]

The Paris administrative court on 13 May examined the thorny case of Azerbaijani national Ramazan Y., who also holds a [...]

US defence and munitions production investment firm Shield Group is expanding its networks in the United Kingdom. Two members of [...]

The French finance ministry's anti-money laundering unit Tracfin is determined to speed up its data fusion. According to Intelligence Online [...]

Americas Raytheon won a $1 billion deal to procure and deliver a quantity up to 55 SM-3 Block IB All-Up Rounds that are manufactured, assembled, and tested in accordance with the SM-3 Block IB specifications. The work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona and Huntsville, Alabama with an expected completion date of March 31, 2031. The period of performance is from May 16, 2025, through March 31, 2031. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Atlantic Diving Supply,  ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC, Culmen International LLC, Fairwinds Technologies LLC, S&K Aerospace LLC and SupplyCore LLC won a $5 billion firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under solicitation SPRMM1-25-R-T001 for various integrated weapons systems equipment and services in support of Virginia-class submarines and active surface ships. This contract vehicle will expedite the procurement process for high-priority requirements, ensuring the timely delivery of essential resources to Virginia-class submarines and active Surface ships. This is a competitive acquisition with nine responses received. These are five-year base contracts with five one-year option periods. Locations of performance are inside and outside the continental US, with a March 30, 2029, performance completion date. Using customers are Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Department, and federal civilian agencies. […]

For several weeks now, a new generation of autonomous narco-submarine has been operating in the eastern Pacific Ocean, a development that has eluded satellite and radar detection. Designed to carry up to two tonnes of cocaine, these vessels navigate without [...]

As they do every year, ultra-nationalist Russian biker gang Night Wolves took part in celebrations marking the end of the [...]

France - Rivalry between the DGSE and the Special Forces played out on TVThe second season of the TV show [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron is due to visit Jakarta from 27 to 29 May, hoping to sign several major defence [...]

A Russian woman's attempt to take documents from a US-based wealth management company is more than just your typical asset [...]

The diplomatic war between France and Algeria accelerated again on 11 May, with the announcement by Algiers of the "immediate" [...]

During their meeting in Riyadh on 14 May, the teams of US President Donald Trump and Syria's transitional leader Ahmed al-Sharaa tried their best to make the meeting a diplomatic success. In exchange for lifting US economic sanctions, the White [...]

Intelligence has dominated his career. Fieldwork and informers, counter-espionage and a France that has been the target of international terrorism. [...]

Anne-Marie Lim and Thomas Lim, the widow and son of Lim Kimya, a Franco-Cambodian politician and former French civil servant [...]

Tehran's dashed hopes of being able to quickly improve its space programme (IO, 01/07/24) is adding pressure to the entire [...]

The RAF said that FPV drones have proven their ‘effectiveness in recent conflicts’, reflecting the service’s vision of a future land war in Europe. In an exercise marking the increasing tactical importance of First-Person View (FPV) drones, the Royal Air Force (RAF) announced on May 10, 2025 the completion of a trial deployment of one […]

The post RAF Flies FPV Quadcopter Drone from CH-47 Chinook in ‘Hornet’s Nest’ Trial appeared first on The Aviationist.

A UK Government minister has confirmed that construction of the initial two new Chinook airframes has begun at Boeing’s Philadelphia facility. Answering a written question submitted to the Secretary of State for Defence regarding the status of the outstanding Chinook order, department Minister of State Maria Eagle confirmed for the first time that Boeing has […]

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The 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron flew the first mission training sortie for the EA-37B on May 2, 2025, says the service, referring to the Compass Call mission. An EA-37B Compass Call aircraft, the U.S. Air Force’s newest dedicated standoff airborne electronic attack aircraft, assigned to the 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron (ECS), flew its first mission […]

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The Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) organises a joint public hearing on 'Military Mobility' on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 from 14.30 to 17.00hrs in Brussels (room ANTALL 4Q2), to discuss with experts the state of play and future prospects of military mobility in the EU in view of the upcoming joint non-legislative report.
Location : ANTALL 4Q2
Programme
Poster
Presentations
     Brigadier Katrien D’HERT (EU Military Staff)
     Lieutenant General André BODEMANN (Bundeswehr Germany)
     Lieutenant Colonel Pasi SEPPÄLÄ (Ministry of Defence Finland)
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