Defence`s Feeds

Dronisos' drone light show closed the first day of the Sofins military trade show at the Souge miltary camp on

French ambassador in Afghanistan David Martinon, who was convinced that the Taliban would quickly take control of Kabul, tried to

The race is on to appoint the first chief of Ukraine's new Bureau of Economic Security (BES or BEB), which

A week after the launch of the Internet site of France's DGSI internal intelligence service on 6 July, it is

The Belgian subsidiaries of Seris and G4S security groups were indicted in the United States on 30 June with conspiracy

According to our information, the committal order issued against former defence minister Abdelhamid Ghriss on 13 July mainly concerns the

Bafel Talabani, the co-chairman of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and his brother Qubad Talabani - the deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) - sons of the late Iraqi president and PUK founder Jalal Talabani -

Dronisos' drone light show closed the first day of the Sofins military trade show at the Souge miltary camp on

French ambassador in Afghanistan David Martinon, who was convinced that the Taliban would quickly take control of Kabul, tried to

The race is on to appoint the first chief of Ukraine's new Bureau of Economic Security (BES or BEB), which

A week after the launch of the Internet site of France's DGSI internal intelligence service on 6 July, it is

The Belgian subsidiaries of Seris and G4S security groups were indicted in the United States on 30 June with conspiracy

According to our information, the committal order issued against former defence minister Abdelhamid Ghriss on 13 July mainly concerns the

South Korean Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle

I recently participated in the RUSI Global Security Briefing podcast hosted by Neil Melvin, Director of RUSI International Security Studies. Together with Neil and Maryna Vorotnyuk, we discussed how security relations have shifted around the Black Sea following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and the subsequent build-up of regional military forces, including the significance of the recent confrontation between the UK warship HMS Defender and Russia’s armed forces in waters off Crimea.

Here’s the full show description:

Episode 7: Regional Security in the Black Sea

In this episode, the panel discuss the fast-evolving security environment in the Black Sea region, including the significance of the recent confrontation between the UK warship HMS Defender and Russia’s armed forces in waters off Crimea.

Dr Dmitry Gorenburg, Senior Research Scientist at CNA in the US, and Dr Maryna Vorotnyuk, RUSI Research Fellow, discuss how security relations have shifted around the Black Sea following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and the subsequent build-up of regional military forces with host Dr Neil Melvin, Director RUSI International Security Studies.

EDA Chief Executive Jiří Šedivý was in Greece this week (12-14 July) for high-level talks with the Minister of National Defence, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, the Chief of National Defence, General Konstantinos Floros, the National Armaments Director, Aristeidis Alexopoulos and several senior representatives of the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs. He also attended the Greek defence exhibition DEFEA and participated in an industry workshop co-organised by the Agency and the Greek Ministry of Defence. 

The ongoing work on the EU’s Strategic Compass, the implementation of the recommendations made in the first Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD), the state of play of the various PESCO projects with Greek involvement (the country participates in 16 PESCO projects, one of the highest numbers among participating Member States, and coordinates five of them), EDA’s role as the European hub for collaborative capability development and driver of defence innovation, Greece’s involvement in EDA projects and programmes as well as EU-NATO cooperation were among the main topics discussed. 

“I am delighted to have this opportunity to visit Greece as it is an important stakeholder and active contributor to EDA’s projects and programmes. With Minister Panagiotopoulos, I expressed my gratitude for Greece’s particularly active role in PESCO as well as its valuable contributions to the Agency’s activities, especially in areas such as maritime surveillance (MARSUR project), research and development (R&D) or the Consultation Forum for Sustainable Energy in the Defence and Security Sector (CF SEDSS). In these challenging times, I particularly welcome the strong support from Greece to EDA and European defence cooperation”, Mr Šedivý commented.

Industry workshop, ministerial round-table

On Tuesday, the Chief Executive attended the opening ceremony of the Defence Exhibition Athens (DEFEA, from 13-15 July) where international companies present land, naval, aerospace, national and cyber security defence systems. 

In the margins of the exhibition, Mr Šedivý participated in an industry workshop co-organised by EDA and the Greek Ministry of Defence where he spoke about EDA’s support to innovative capability development.

Also in the margins of the DEFEA exhibition, the EDA Chief Executive furthermore moderated a ministerial round-table focused on the state of implementation of the EU defence initiatives - CARD, PESCO, EDF - in which participated four acting Defence Ministers: Greece’s Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Cyprus’ Charalambos Petrides, Portugal’s João Gomes Cravinho and Slovenia’s Matej Tonin.

 

Turkish intelligence service MIT and its head Hakan Fidan are continuing to track supposed supporters of Imam Fethullah Gülen (IO, 24/05/21), both in Turkey, where they have been accused of fomenting the July 2016 coup attempt, but also in the world at large.

Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded a contract some weeks ago to SRC UK, the British branch of US defense

French Navy and Air Force special forces, who operate for special forces command COS (Commandement des Opérations Spéciales) and military

Japan named China as one of the country's biggest cyber threats in its new cybersecurity strategy, published on 8 July.