Defence`s Feeds

France's court of auditors will publish a report on the defence ministry's Direction Générale des Relations Internationales et de la Stratégie

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has no plans to review its intelligence agencies' auditing mechanisms, despite the Government Accountability

The Turkish intelligence service MIT's busting of an alleged French spy ring in Turkey during the last few months was

Hard at work alerting Kyiv to security flaws linked to the use of Chinese surveillance tech, which are of particular

On Friday 23 February, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán announced that the government was buying four additional JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft from Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab, catching his own diplomatic corps off guard.

Two bombers deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base to Luleå-Kallax Air Base, where they will integrate with the Swedish Armed Forces, NATO Allies and other international partners. Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to [...]

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The European Defence Agency (EDA) has launched a call for contributions for market research on innovative unmanned solutions for military logistics. EDA actively engages in market research to discover innovative unmanned technologies for military logistics applications, collecting inputs from commercial entities about their innovative products and services.

The survey aims to identify and understand the market readiness regarding capabilities of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Ground Systems (UGS) that can support military logistics. The platforms should be able to transport a payload of at least 5kg.

EDA intends to create a representative overview of available solutions, including general technical specifications and operational capabilities.

Participate in the survey by 15 March 2024 and contribute to shaping the future landscape of military logistics.

• Access the questionnaire here 

This first visit was no coincidence. Nicolas Lerner, the new director general of the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE, IO, 19/12/23), went to meet the team at the Africa mission centre (CDM) in the days following his appointment

Ukrainian start-up Flightmind AI is currently testing an artificial intelligence algorithm designed to enable Ukrainian first-person view (FPV) drones to

Belarus - PTSD rife among freed ex-Spetsnaz officersDozens of former Belarusian Spetsnaz (special forces) officers who were arrested during the

Vast supplies of body bags, obtained via classified invitations to tender, are being ordered for the Hungarian armed forces before

The face-to-face meetings between French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Paris and then at the

During the parliamentary debate of 1 February on a bill to provide a framework for the use of consultancy firms,

The Ukrainian Air Force has reportedly shot down another Russian A-50U over the Sea of Azov. On Feb. 23, 2024, “as a result of a joint operation of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry [...]

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Vladimir Putin took a 30-minute ride in a modernized Tu-160M supersonic bomber as part of the crew yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin flew in a Tu-160M strategic bomber on Feb. 22, 2024. A 30-minute sortie [...]

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Security specialists at the British embassy in Kyiv have recently been busy promoting secure data link solutions for first-person view

China is making unprecedented efforts to increase its industrial-use bottled gas stocks ahead of the 2024-2025 winter. That gas is

Hanoi is experiencing a minor diplomatic headache in its bid to win the support of Western countries for the recognition

For more than a century, a brick rowhouse at 1806 I Street NW in downtown Washington was home to the Alibi Club,

After France and Azerbaijan's tit-for-tat expulsions of each other's diplomats in late December (IO, 11/01/24), the French intelligence services have