Defence`s Feeds

Ever since the start of the war in Ukraine, opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime and that of his Chechen counterpart Ramzan Kadyrov have been busy organising themselves from exile in Europe, preparing for the independence of Chechnya. Each of these factions represents part of the Chechen diaspora, and they are lobbying the European Union, the Council of Europe, various governments and Kyiv. In Ukraine, several Chechen battalions are fighting their common enemy: the Russian military. [...]

About a hundred metres from the Champs-Élysées in Paris, down a narrow street that cuts across the "most beautiful avenue in the whole world", stands 17 Rue du Colisée, nestled between a Lacoste flagship store and a now defunct Iraqi [...]

Paris - Amarante International's business intel deputy director to leaveNicolas Boutinot, the deputy director of Amarante International's business intelligence and [...]

On 22 May 2025, a Paris administrative court upheld the decision to withdraw the professional licence of a security guard [...]

As Europe ponders the need for greater technological independence, the [...]

Forward Observations Group (FOG) is currently holding advanced training courses at Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for [...]

Gen. Allvin hinted that the service might resume working on the AGM-183 ARRW hypersonic weapon, after previously stating that it would not be procured. After previously stating that it would not procure the weapon, the U.S. Air Force might have had a change of heart and decided to continue working to procure the AGM-183 Air-Launched […]

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The following extraordinary meetings of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) are scheduled to take place on:

• Monday, 16 June 2025, 20.30 - 21.15, Strasbourg (room CHURCHILL 200)

• Tuesday 17 June 2025, 20.30 - 21.30, Strasbourg (room WEISS R5.1)

Further information about the SEDE meetings can be found here.

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SEDE missions 2025:

• Norway - 27 - 30 May 2025
• Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
• Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025

SEDE missions 2024:

• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024

SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2025
EP calendar 2025
SEDE meetings' calendar 2nd half of 2024 - 10th legislature
Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The prevalence of drones and guided missiles on the front lines in Ukraine is making weapons of electronic warfare critical in a conflict that has seen both sides working to perfect their technology. For Kyiv, that has meant developing crucial partnerships with its allies, as Intelligence Online has witnessed on the ground. [...]

At the end of July 2024, Georges Kamar, a French-Lebanese consultant based in Normandy, was summoned by the French judicial authorities. "It's been four years of torment for me," he told the gendarmes from the investigation unit who questioned him. [...]

While the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) presented to the British government on 2 June made headlines for its "NATO first" [...]

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Donald Trump's Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth began his speech at 8:30 am in Singapore's Shangri-La Hotel to an audience of [...]

PwC is already a service provider to Saudi Arabia's defence ministry and now hopes to bag upcoming military intelligence assistance [...]

The BALTOPS 25 exercise granted a rare sighting of a Soviet-designed helicopter landing on one of the U.S. Navy’s two Cold War era Blue Ridge class ships. Sailing in the Baltic Sea, the USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) offered its large aft helicopter deck as a facility for Polish military personnel operating the Soviet-designed Mil […]

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The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to loss by enemy defenses, a dozen Blackbirds were lost to accidents. Blackbird Beginnings On July 24, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced at a news conference the existence of a Mach-3 capable reconnaissance aircraft designated the […]

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Americas Boeing won a $12.1 million delivery order for the KC46 commercial common depot level repairables strategic repair contract. The performance completion date is April 6, 2026. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2025 through 2026 Air Force working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The US Marine Corps has received its final MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems at the Grey Butte Field Airport in California. Its delivery marks the conclusion of the corps’ three-year acquisition campaign, one of defense’s efforts to upgrade its capabilities as part of the Force Design 2030 restructuring plan. The $136-million MQ-9A contract was originally drafted to boost the corps’s operational capability in terms of range and endurance. Middle East & Africa Iran warned European powers on Friday against backing a draft resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency next week, accusing Tehran of non-compliance, calling it a “strategic mistake.” “Instead of engaging in good faith, the E3 is opting for malign action against Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X, referring to Britain, France, and Germany. “Mark my words as Europe ponders another major strategic […]

While its budget requests are being examined by the US Congress, the National Security Agency (NSA) is giving further assurances that it will reduce its workforce in line with the wishes of Donald Trump's administration.The end of May was marked [...]

France - Change of guard at DGSE Cercottes campFrance's specialised parachute training centre (CPES) stationed at Cercottes in France's Loiret [...]

The enemies of my enemies are my friends. This could be the credo of London-based corporate intelligence firm Audere Group. [...]