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The White House announced that the Navy chose to name the fifth and sixth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers as USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN-83), after the two former presidents. The U.S. President Joe Biden announced the names chosen by the U.S. Navy for its next two aircraft carriers […]

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An adjusted process for the U.S. Air Force’s acquisition of the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk trainer has been announced, with the decision on commencing production delayed by one year. A joint venture between U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and Swedish manufacturer Saab, the T-7 Red Hawk was selected as the U.S. Air Force’s future jet trainer […]

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The UK’s House of Commons committee’s GCAP report admits that 2035 is an ambitious target date and, even if progress has been positive, the program needs to avoid mistakes and break the mold set by previous programs. The UK’s Parliament released on Jan. 14, 2025, the House of Commons committee report on the Global Combat […]

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The Chinese Communist Party has stepped up efforts to spread its influence in Europe. Whether it be through students, academics, "friends of China" groups or cultural players, China's ruling party is initiating new channels of communication coordinated directly by the United Front Work Department. [...]

The "young guard" of the Emirates' ruling Al-Nahyan family is increasingly moving into positions of power in Abu Dhabi. On 2 January, Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (KbM, IO, 22/07/22), the 43-year-old son of UAE President Mohammed [...]

As explained in today's Spotlight (IO, 15/01/25), the promotion of Mohammed bin Tahnoon bin Mohammed Al Nahyan on 2 January [...]

Chinese president Xi Jinping has been repeating his watchword during recent meetings of the central committee of the Chinese Communist [...]

Director general of police, vice chief of staff of the Emirati armed forces, director of the court of the crown [...]

London - Gordon Rainey joins GMTLInvestigator Gordon Rainey joined boutique London corporate intelligence firm GMTL Advisory as head of operations [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron will fly to Beirut on Friday 17 January to meet his counterpart Joseph Aoun. Macron will [...]

When French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer once again spoke of the possibility of European forces [...]

Americas The US Army is seeking industry input on a spy aircraft that can launch unmanned aerial systems. The aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platform will be based on an executive jet aircraft, such as a Bombardier G6500, and operate at medium to high altitudes. This announcement seems to attempt to expand the capabilities of the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) program, which is also based on the Global 6500 and operate at medium to high altitudes. The US Air Force has enhanced its forward posture in the Indo-Pacific with the deployment of F-35A Lightning IIs from the Vermont Air National Guard’s 134th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) to Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 13. The move comes as the service begins to retire its ageing fleet of F-15C/D Eagles in Japan, some of which have been in service for more than four decades. The US Air Force is retiring its fleet of F-15C/D Eagle aircraft, which have been operational for over 40 years, and the 18th Wing, formerly the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, first received the F-15C on 29 Sept. 1979. The 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron was the first to be fully operational with the Eagle in the […]

Six A-10C jets of the U.S. Air National Guard have been stuck in Italy since November 2024, waiting for spare parts before the transoceanic flight that will take them back home. Six A-10C Thunderbolt II attack jets of the U.S. Air National Guard have been stuck at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, for two months, […]

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Canada acquired 11 MQ-9Bs and six ground control stations, with the first deliveries expected by 2028. While the aircraft will be based at 14 Wing Greenwood and 19 Wing Comox, the operations will be based in Ottawa. Canada’s Department of National Defense (DND) has released images of the first two of its MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPAS […]

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Ukraine's security and diplomacy circles and its backers are all hands on deck as the United States prepares to inaugurate [...]

An expansion of unmanned operations is underway at the Royal Navy airfield, which could soon be used by General Atomics MQ-9 and Leonardo AW09 (Proteus) type aircraft. Located in the far south-west of the United Kingdom, and only around three miles from mainland Britain’s most southerly point, Predannack Airfield has operated since 1958 as a […]

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On the eve of Donald Trump's second presidential term, as part of the pending battle between Washington and Beijing, the US Congress wants to give the executive a new weapon in the form of a joint task force to combat [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is to issue its ruling on France's intelligence legislation on Thursday, 16 January. [...]

French open source intelligence (OSINT) specialist Elephantastic is to stop providing its services to the corporate intelligence sector, according to [...]

Thailand's defence minister and deputy prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, has discreetly informed his defence industry contacts in recent weeks that [...]