Defence`s Feeds

The five committees set up by the first edition of France's Rencontres de l'intelligence économique de défense (Economic and defence [...]

Former French prime minister Laurent Fabius gave a noteworthy speech at the opening ceremony of the Taihu World Cultural Forum [...]

The budget for the Royal Thai Air Force to buy an Integrated Air Defence System (IADS) has been cut almost [...]

According to Intelligence Online sources, Philippe Susnjara, who headed France's DRSD defence intelligence and security directorate from 2022 to 2025, [...]

The launch of SpaceX's Bandwagon on 2 November was watched particularly closely by the those at the Pentagon. Their keen [...]

AMENDMENTS 1 - 278 - Draft report EU strategic defence and security partnerships
Committee on Security and Defence
Michał Szczerba

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On the sidelines of Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud's (MbS) rehabilitation at the White House on 18 November, which the Saudi crown prince had not visited since 2018, United States President Donald Trump gave the green light to Riyadh's future civil nuclear [...]

After a two-year cool spell between Paris and Beijing, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS, or Guoanbu) finally appointed a [...]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), through a series of skilfully orchestrated manoeuvres, has gradually cornered India on the border issue. India, [...]

Intelligence Online can reveal that, in September, Hungarian intelligence set up a large-scale surveillance operation dedicated to hunting down Robert [...]

Backed by United States private equity fund Kelso & Company, consultancy JS Held is widely said to be on the [...]

Intelligence Online has learned that the Paris-based intelligence representative for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), to which the [...]

The KC-135 was used to expand tactical communications across joint and combined forces for contested, multi-domain operations, and is now testing the High Value Airborne Asset Pod. The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) has just disclosed that its KC-135 Test Detachment, working alongside the Utah Air National Guard’s 151st Wing, […]

The UK Defense Secretary said the Russian ship pointed lasers at a RAF P-8 Poseidon while on the edge of UK waters off Scotland. The Russian intelligence ship Yantar is currently sailing on the edge of UK waters off the coast of Scotland, monitored by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. During a […]

On 24 November, Members of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) vote jointly on the adoption of the SEDE/TRAN draft report on military mobility (Rapporteurs: Petras Auštrevičius (Renew, LT) and Roberts Zile (ECR, LV) followed by a presentation on the Military Mobility Package by Commissioner for Defence and Space A. Kubilius and Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism A. Tzitzikostas, adopted on 19 November.
The proposal puts forward a comprehensive set of measures aiming at facilitating the transport of equipment, goods and personnel for military purposes, while minimising and mitigating the impact of such transport on civilian transport.
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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on establishing a framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
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Anduril previously said a breakthrough in Omen’s development came through collaboration with Archer Aviation, which develops hybrid-electric VTOL systems. Archer Aviation has announced on Nov. 17, 2025, that it will supply its proprietary hybrid powertrain to third parties, starting with the Omen drone being developed by Anduril and Edge Group. The drone was recently unveiled […]

The following additional SEDE meetings will take place:

• Joint SEDE&TRAN Committees on Monday, 24 November 2025 from 20.00 - 21.30 in Strasbourg (room CHURCHILL 200);
• SEDE Committee on Thursday, 27 November 2025 from 9.00 - 10.00 in Strasbourg (CHURCHILL 200).

The next ordinary meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 3 December 2025 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and Thursday, 4 December 2025 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 15.00 - 18.30 in Brussels (room ANTALL 4Q1).
Further information about the SEDE meetings can be found here.

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SEDE missions 2025:

• Djibouti - 27-29 October 2025
  
• Greenland - 15-19 September 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
SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2026
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EP calendar 2026
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The 919th Special Operations Wing flew the AC-130A Spectre for 20 years, before transitioning to non-gunship aircraft, and will now operate the new AC-130J. The 919th Special Operations Wing (919th SOW) marked its return to the aircraft gunship role on Oct. 9, 2025, after its constituent 711th Special Operations Squadron (711th SOS) flew its first […]

A bipartisan group in the US House of Representatives has been working behind the scenes for several weeks to strengthen cooperation between Washington and Kyiv regarding the thousands of Ukrainian children that have been forcibly transferred to Russia.In a bill [...]

A bipartisan group in the US House of Representatives has been working behind the scenes for several weeks to strengthen cooperation between Washington and Kyiv regarding the thousands of Ukrainian children that have been forcibly transferred to Russia.In a bill [...]