Defence`s Feeds

DRAFT REPORT on drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges
Committee on Security and Defence
Reinis Pozņaks

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As global strategic rivalries return to the fore - in Ukraine, Gaza, the Taiwan Straight and in Africa, where Russia is a force to be reckoned with - accumulating crises are influencing the spy-satellite power players: who observes what, who sets up where, who sows alliances with whom and, increasingly, who releases what data publicly.The upshot is that the targets selected for observation, the countries being courted, and the NGOs and broadcasters being brought into the loop all provide insight into the major space players' strategies and focal points. [...]

Against a backdrop of trade tensions exacerbated by President Donald Trump's tariffs, the House Foreign Affairs Committee is examining a [...]

One of the most emblematic projects of French-Chinese academic cooperation has fallen flat. Intelligence Online has learned that a partnership [...]

The incursion of Russian drones onto Polish territory on the night of 9 to 10 September put the Colonel Julian [...]

French defence group Thales in August won a lawsuit in Doha against former Qatari partner AlJaber Engineering, with whom it [...]

Backed by employers' federation Medef and the foreign ministry, a French trade delegation is slated to visit Damascus in late [...]

The Space Defence & Security Summit, which brings together the entire Western military space community in Paris from 16 to [...]

President Trump announced the second lethal strike by the U.S. military as part of the counter-drugs operations. This is a developing news, we will update it once new details are available. U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new lethal strike against an alleged smuggling boat in international waters in the Caribbean. Once again, the boat […]

Talks with Lockheed Martin to upgrade Greece’s 38 F-16C/D Block 50s remain stalled, while new jets won’t arrive before 2031 and will need upkeep soon after. Reports from Greece have again emerged saying the country might go for an additional order of F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters, in addition to the 20 it signed on […]

Calls for a specific squawk code to be designated for gliders have emerged after a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker came within 15 metres of colliding with a glider over Eastern England. On Apr. 8, 2025, a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing was conducting circuit training at its home base, RAF Mildenhall, when the […]

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The Luftwaffe is equipping 23 A400Ms with DIRCM systems, supplied by Elbit Systems, to conduct tactical operation in scenarios with MANPADS threat. The first of the German Air Force’s (Luftwaffe) A400M airlifters has been retrofitted with DIRCM (Directed InfraRed Counter-Measure) protection systems and handed back to the service, announced Airbus on Sep. 11, 2025. The […]

Intelligence Online has learned Azerbaijan's defence ministry is testing the AETER V1 drone of Baku-based Synapline with the goal of incorporating it into the armed forces by the end of the year, in particular for border patrols. A closer look [...]

Officially, Renegade UxS ApS, registered in January 2024 in the small town of Aabybro in northern Denmark, is just another [...]

Yerevan's spymaster Armen Grigoryan called on France's presidential Élysée Palace on 4 September during a particularly strategic visit. The head [...]

A delegation of around 20 officials from China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC), China's state-owned nuclear giant, has been touring France [...]

France - Financial crimes office Tracfin to name new deputy directorIntelligence Online has learned that Clément Larrauri, tax adviser to [...]

A highly anticipated deployment of Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagles to Europe is now beginning, with aircraft departing Chitose Air Base bound first for Eielson AFB, Alaska. From Alaska, the Eagles will continue to Goose Bay, Canada, before crossing the Atlantic to arrive at RAF Coningsby, UK. After their stop at Coningsby, the jets […]

The first of ten F-35s arrived in Puerto Rico, notably showing their unit insignias removed. A flight of F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters has arrived in Puerto Rico, joining a broader and visibly expanded U.S. military posture in the Caribbean that U.S. officials tie to counter-drug operations. The news about the imminent deployment was first […]