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Jacques Langlade de Montgros, head of the French DRM military intelligence agency, should be arriving in Kyiv soon. Some last [...]

Her role was made official on 23 April by the British government's transparency body, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments [...]

The European Union (EU) body responsible for selecting its security providers abroad, the European External Action Service (EEAS), is under [...]

Ukraine's SBU counter-intelligence has identified a network of people working for Moscow suspected of playing a key role in preparing [...]

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Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

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Americas The US Air Force has begun ground testing for two unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) developed under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. The air force revealed that the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A test vehicles are currently undergoing tests for their propulsion systems, avionics, autonomy integration and ground control interfaces to prepare the systems for flight testing later this year. All tests are currently taking place at the Beale Air Force Base in California, hosted by the CCA Aircraft Readiness Unit. The aircraft will be flown minimally and maintained at a flight-ready status. Textron Systems has hit a major milestone with its XM204 top attack munition, successfully completing first article testing with the US Army. The evaluation took place at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, where the munition underwent a series of trials to assess its target engagement and self-destruct capabilities. Middle East & Africa Iraq has received two H225M Caracal medium-lift helicopters from Airbus as part of a 14-helicopter deal signed last year. The helicopters were delivered to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in Baghdad and are scheduled to be handed over to the Iraqi Air Force within the month. Both aircraft are set to enter service in June. The next […]

The President of the Vatican Bank Jean Baptiste de Franssu has surpassed a statutory time limit on his role by nearly a year, with no explanation or formal decision communicated by the IOR, contravening reforms introduced by the late pope [...]

The announcement at the end of April sent shockwaves through the Western space community. China's parastatal China Great Wall Industry [...]

France - New SISSE director a man of many meansThe French finance ministry's Strategic Information and Economic Security Service (SISSE) [...]

A 57-year-old Turkish national of Kurdish origin who had applied for French citizenship has seen the rejection of his application [...]

On his tour of Southeast Asia from 23 to 30 May, French President Emmanuel Macron will first visit Vietnam, then [...]

European Commission security chief Ilkka Salmi considers that commission managers are not sufficiently prepared to deal with foreign interference and [...]

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Security and Defence
François-Xavier Bellamy, Raphaël Glucksmann

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Americas Aerospace giants Bell and Boeing have announced that the final CV-22 Osprey military transport and cargo aircraft has entered production, with the project’s Program of Record (POR) completion coming in the next few months. The final CV-22 will be completed at Bell’s assembly center in Amarillo, Texas, where it will roll out for future special operations missions that require advanced speed and range capabilities deemed too complex for other military aircraft. Following the completion of the POR, the companies’ Team Osprey is scheduled to continue support for the army by implementing sustainment and upgrades for the variant. The US Air Force’s Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) has completed its Operational Assessment flight testing, according to Northrop Grumman. Flight tests for the IVEWS took place in Florida and Nevada, where two F-16 Block 50s installed with the suite demonstrated stable performance over more than 70 sorties. Simulations included in the test covered a wide range of environmental conditions and mission scenarios, including air-to-air, air-to-ground, and mixed threat engagements. Middle East & Africa The Maldives has unveiled its new Ajban 4×4 light armored vehicles to the public for the first time. The presentation, held during the military’s 133rd anniversary parade in Malé, involved […]

During Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day visit to Vietnam in mid-April, a source connected to Beijing's security apparatus confirmed to [...]

The signing of a memorandum of understanding between U Mobile and China's ZTE and Huawei on the rollout of 5G [...]

A French Vador spy plane has just departed for Crete after an intense campaign of technical intelligence gathering over Lebanon [...]

The papal conclave to elect the next pope may not begin until 7 May, not a day goes by without [...]

Research and data obtained during the testing of these and other experimental aircraft would lead to today’s B-2 Spirit bomber and beyond. Project MX-140 and the N-9 American concerns that Great Britain might fall to Axis forces in World War Two, and therefore eliminating the possibility of launching bombing missions into occupied Europe from British […]

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