Defence`s Feeds

Mentioned in passing in the footnotes of the latest parliamentary delegation for intelligence report out in October, the "Lagrange group" is an indispensable forum used by France's intelligence services to pool their technical capacities at a time when the need

African reseller FBI was a big feature at Israeli company Cyber Intelligence's stand at the Milipol trade fair, held in Paris from

France's ADIT now has several business diplomacy subsidiaries, including Eurotradia, which it acquired at the end of last year (IO,

As our sources tell us, the Iranian ministry of intelligence, and to a greater extent Pasdaran (Guardians of the Revolution)

Fabien Gouttefarde, the ruling party's rapporteur on the 2022 finance bill, registered his report at the National Assembly on 20

Telman Ismailov narrowly escaped extradition to Russia by obtaining asylum in Montenegro in the week of 18 October, two weeks

Americas

Mint Turbines won an $11.4 million deal for the T-53 depot-level engine maintenance, which provides for maintenance, repair and overhaul repairs of the T-53 engine. The T53 powered the Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) and AH-1 HueyCobra helicoptersWork will take place in Oklahoma. Expected completion date is November 30, 2031.

The US Air Force’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters are testing WC-130J aircraft – designed to provide data vital to tropical cyclone forecasting – equipped with new satellite communications capabilities. Hurricane Hunters are stationed at Keesler Air Force Base. As one of their WC-130J Super Hercules powers through a hurricane, a loadmaster is in the back, preparing and launching dropsondes (weather device dropped from an aircraft at altitude over water to measure and track storm conditions as the device falls to the surface) that collect atmospheric data.

Middle East & Africa

SIBAT, the International Defense Cooperation Directorate at Israel’s Ministry of Defense (IMOD), has agreed to develop a land surveillance system for Cyprus. The agreement was signed when Director of SIBAT Brigadier General (Res.) Yair Kulas visited Cyprus on Thursday. The two parties discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in the field of defense and security.

Israel is deploying a new aerostat for the first time this week, as it moves closer to having a new missile sensor capability. Developed jointly by Israel’s Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and the American Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the aerostat is known formally as the High Availability Aerostat System (HAAS) and is, essentially, a blimp tethered to the ground with a long-range radar developed almost entirely from annual Foreign Military Financing funds provided to Israel from the US.

Europe

The Israeli Ministry of Defense announced that it and its German counterpart had completed the first series of live firing tests in Germany of the Trophy active defense system integrated into a Leopard 2 main battle tank (MBT). The tests, conducted in co-operation with Rafael and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, demonstrated the integration of Trophy into the Leopard 2, with a threat interception success rate of over 90%, according to the Israeli MoD.

Asia-Pacific

Boeing Australia said one of the two Loyal Wingman aircraft (Airpower Teaming System) taking part in separate flight missions at the Woomera Range Complex recently engaged its landing gear for the first time. The flight tests of aircraft one included the first time the landing gear was raised and engaged, Boeing announced today. RUAG Australia supplied the landing gear systems to the aircraft, and BAE Systems Australia was integral in the design, supply and support of the flight control and navigation systems tested as part of the flights.

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At the initiative of the FEMM Committee, the European Parliament held its second European Gender Equality Week during the last week of October 2021.

Following the success of the first European Gender Equality Week organised in October 2020, the European Parliament continued this important initiative and held the second European Gender Equality Week during the last week of October 2021. All parliamentary committees and delegations were invited to hold events addressing gender inequality issues in their areas of competence.

Below you will find more details of the events which took place during the European Gender Equality Week.

Location : European Parliament Brussels & remotely
Gender Equality Week 2020
Draft programme
EPRS: "Exploring gender equality across policy areas"
Communication
     Video presentation
     Twitter
Press release
Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

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Recently created German security company Solitaire Advisory's recruitment of consultant Andre Ufer in mid-October will give it access to the

On 22 October, via his lawyers from law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, former arms transporter for the US Government Farhad Azima renewed his application to use discovery procedure against investigator Nick Del Rosso. In October 2020, Azima took action against Del Rosso, head

On 21 October, US law interception specialist SS8 announced the opening of an office in Singapore. This marks a fresh attempt

While the Dutch defence minister Henk Kamp announced on 27 September that the call for tenders to replace four Royal

Turkey is clearly heading towards more intervention in northern Syria, a position confirmed by foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's words on

While the current political situation in Afghanistan has led to the emergence of a diplomatic-security hub in Dushanbe (IO, 10/09/21),