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As Donald Trump today begins his second term as president, his Secretary of State Marco Rubio is inheriting some of the leadership that US diplomacy has already acquired in the fight against foreign disinformation. According to Intelligence Online sources, the former [...]

From Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin's promise to build a high-security prison for the 100 biggest drug traffickers to Interior Minister [...]

Among the space defence sector leaders hoping for posts in the new Trump administration, which officially comes into operation today, [...]

France - French PMs' decision maker on intelligence-gatheringWhenever the French prime minister changes, one woman in particular is often the [...]

Pakistan's Qaswa Industries is expecting to present a prototype of its small diameter guided bomb (SDB) AZB-81LR, to the Pakistan [...]

Amarante International and the leading French corporate intelligence company ADIT, chaired by Philippe Caduc, have not entered into any official [...]

Americas Lockheed Martin won a $280.4 million for combat systems engineering efforts of the planned modernization and new combat system capabilities selection for international partner Canadian Royal Navy ships operating AEGIS. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey and is expected to be completed by January 2028. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC is the contracting activity. Mustang Advanced Engineering won an $11.3 million contract for a test stand capable of testing both left-hand and right-hand V-22 PropRotor Gearbox Input Quill assemblies for the V-22 aircraft. This includes all mechanical, electrical, software, and control systems, as well as ancillary subsystems required to test either PropRotor Gearbox Input Quills. This contract was competed as a small business set aside with four offers received. Naval Air Systems Command, Commander Fleet Readiness Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Middle East & Africa The naval arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground base housing dozens of assault boats equipped with missile launchers in footage aired by state television on Saturday. The broadcaster did not reveal the location of the base, saying only that it served Iran’s strategic “southern waters” — the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Gulf of […]

27/28 January 2025:

The constitutive meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Monday, 27 January 2025 from 15:00-18:30 followed by the first meeting of the full-fledged SEDE Committee on Tuesday, 28 January 2025 from 9:00-12:30 and 14:30-18:30 in Brussels (SPINELLI 1G3).

Further information about the meeting can be found here.

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SEDE missions 2024:

• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024
• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
  

SEDE meetings' calendar 2025
SEDE meetings' calendar 2nd half of 2024 - 10th legislature
EP calendar 2024
Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The start of Donald Trump's second term in office on Monday will give the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC an opportunity to reconnect with its rich history, closely linked as it is to the US presidency. The hotel that opened [...]

The French-Italian joint venture Thales Alenia Space (TAS) is clinging on to hopes that it may yet be able to [...]

A Wall Street Journal report on 21 November that US investor Stephen Lynch was interested in buying the Nord Stream [...]

A San Francisco-based payroll and human resources company is facing accusations that it has helped Russian companies evade sanctions, according [...]

The investigation into Italian corporate intelligence firm Equalize's use of illegal cyber espionage is still in full swing in Italy. [...]

Americas The Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) has acquired five A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from Brazilian firm Embraer. The deal includes mission equipment, integrated logistics services, and a flight simulator. “We are ready to offer the best multimission aircraft to the FAU as well as our full support to increase their operational readiness and to enhance their capabilities to accomplish strategic missions such as border surveillance,” said Bosco da Costa Junior, President and CEO of Embraer. Boeing won an $18.5 million delivery order for the repair of R2 trailing edge flaps used on the F/A-18 E/F aircraft. The delivery order does not include an option period. All work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida and work is expected to be completed by January 2027. Annual working capital (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,055,200 will be obligated at the time of award, and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One company was solicited for this sole-source requirement pursuant to the authority set forth in 10 US Code 2304 (c)(1), with one offer received. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity. Africa The Republic of Zambia is set to enhance its air capabilities […]

After the acquisition of 50 AGM-158B JASSM-ER missiles last year, Japan has now been granted the approval for 16 additional AGM-158s, reinforcing the JASDF’s long-range stand-off strike capabilities of the F-15J, F-35 and possibly other assets. The United States’ DSCA (Defense Security Cooperation Agency)  announced on Jan. 15, 2025, the approval of a possible sale […]

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Denmark plans to replace the F-16MLUs with F-35s to meet its needs for national QRA and NATO’s Air Policing missions, but is also looking to support F-35 operations from Kangerlussuaq airport in Greenland. The Danish Defense Command announced that three more F-35As arrived in the country at Skrydstrup Air Force Station, in the Southern Jutland […]

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The 42-day ceasefire announced last night between Hamas and Israel, due to take effect on 19 January, saw as much [...]

The Shenyang J-16 Qianlong (Chinese for hidden dragon) is a Chinese all-weather 4+/4,5 generation supersonic twin-seat, twin-engine, multirole fighter based on the Russian Su-27 fighter and built by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The Shenyang J-16 is a multirole combat airplane capable of supersonic flight and developed by the […]

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