Defence`s Feeds

Americas Northrop Grumman has opened a new facility in Madison, Alabama, to increase the production of crucial Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) components. The facility, named the Enhanced Production and Integration Center (EPIC), will integrate technological and digital advancements in the process to support the US Army’s accelerated modernization plan for air and missile defense. With 175,500 square feet (16,304 square meters) of production space, EPIC can manufacture up to 96 Engagement Operation Centers (EOCs), 96 Integrated Collaborative Environments (ICEs), and 192 Integrated Fire Control Network (IFCN) relays annually. The Air Force is still a few years away from getting its hands on its first E-7 aircraft for airborne early warning and control, but the service is already seeking industry input on new systems to either enhance or replace the sensor capabilities of the Wedgetail—or possibly even acquire new capabilities for an entirely different targeting and battle management platform. The plan is to start an engineering and manufacturing effort in fiscal 2027, around the same time as the first E-7 gets delivered. Middle East & Africa The US State Department has approved the foreign military sale of engines for the Israel Defense Forces’ Eitan 8×8 armored personnel carriers. The $180-million deal covers […]

The French defence procurement arm, the DGA, is actively looking for cheap kamikaze drones. On 21 April, DGA officers are [...]

The Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement, India's first-ever naval exercise off the coast of Tanzania, which it is conducting with nine [...]

Illia Samoilenko, better known by his pseudonym Gandalf, a reference to the wizard from The Lord of the Rings saga, has [...]

Leaders from the Republic of Srpska, a Serbian breakaway region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, are flocking to align themselves with [...]

The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 from 9:00 - 12:30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and on Thursday, 15 May 2025 from 9:00 - 12:30 in Brussels (ANTALL 6Q2).
Further information about the meeting can be found here.
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SEDE missions 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

French president Emmanuel Macron met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff on 17 April, [...]

Algiers on 13 April ordered twelve agents from the French embassy to leave its territory within 48 hours (IO, 14/04/25). Paris [...]

TREO Asset Management, which manages Novalpina Capital, the now defunct private equity fund which previously owned NSO Group, is seeking documents that it believes will reveal details about who was involved in allegedly editing reports carried out by Control Risks [...]

Intelligence Online understands that several Saudi defence ministry staff are seriously considering asking Spanish shipbuilder Navantia to rethink its position [...]

France's domestic intelligence service, the DGSI (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure) has started paying ChapsVision for use of the [...]

The European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher announced [...]

The two-page document lists 27 Chinese military institutions which might be willing to train foreign soldiers. The names of those [...]

Amercias The US Army is exploring a significant acceleration in the production of 3D-printed drones capable of replicating the capabilities and behaviors of enemy systems. The push comes as the army anticipates the rollout of a program aimed at rapidly developing low-cost target drones for training exercises. According to Gen. James Rainey, head of Army Futures Command, there is a critical need to simulate unmanned aerial system (UAS) threats, particularly for preparing platoons to counter drone swarms. Conti Federal has completed the modernization of an F-35 sustainment facility at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NASJRB) in Fort Worth, Texas. The Maintenance Hangar Building 1643 project is a milestone for the US Air Force’s 301st Fighter Wing, which covers on-call response duty using their F-16 Fighting Falcons and the newer F-35 Lightning IIs. The deal to renovate this “critical” part of the base was secured by the company in February 2023 and is valued at $8.4 million. Middle East & Africa Maj. Gen. Saddam Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Ground Forces, met with senior Turkish officials on April 4, 2025, which was the anniversary of Libya’s second civil war that began in 2018. Haftar, son of eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, […]

Operating under the "Saudi made" label, drone company Haris Unmanned Systems (HarisUS) claims to be testing the use of its drones for the protection of Saudi oil installations with a number of Aramco subsidiaries.The drone firm, which established itself in [...]

Getting French Senators and deputies to agree on the draft drug trafficking bill in parliament on 10 April was fairly [...]

London - Kim Darroch dines with AudereKim Darroch, Lord Darroch of Kew, the former UK ambassador to the United States [...]

The stock market boom seen among geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) start-ups following Donald Trump's election as president of the United States [...]

Americas American defense firm CoAspire has test-launched its 3D-printed Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile (RAACM) from a fighter jet. The missile has the same physical dimensions as a 500-pound (227-kilogram) class MK-82 general-purpose or GBU-38 guided bomb. CoAspire explained that the RAACM is designed for compatibility with any aircraft equipped to carry a GBU-38. Company-provided images show the system configured with several platforms, including the F-15E Strike Eagle, F/A-18 Hornet, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and F-35 Lightning II. The US Army has put its precision strike capability on full display, successfully launching the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) from an M270A2 artillery launcher during a recent trial. The test, conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, validated the missile’s ability to launch from multiple platforms while maintaining accuracy, range, and rapid responsiveness. According to the US Army, the M270A2-launched PrSM delivered optimal performance across all parameters, meeting all test objectives and expectations. Middle East & Africa Iran’s foreign minister will visit ally Russia this week to discuss nuclear negotiations with the United States, ahead of a new round of talks between the foes planned for Rome. On Saturday, Abbas Araghchi held talks with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman, the highest-level negotiations since […]

Kyiv is not happy about the state of the 55 helicopters it bought in 2018 from Airbus Group and has been complaining for months that the European manufacturer's failure to correctly maintain the aircraft means that they are frequently grounded. [...]