Defence`s Feeds

Americas Rolls-Royce Marine North America won a $23.5 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for highly specialized design agent engineering and technical services for the LCS, Freedom variant, machinery plant control and monitoring system, and control area network and monitoring ships control system, DDG-51 class machinery control system, and LSD 41/49 propulsion logic management units. Work will be performed in Walpole, Massachusetts (80%); Mayport, Florida (6%); Norfolk, Virginia (4%); San Diego, California (4%); and various locations outside and across the continental US, each less than 1% (6%). Work will be completed by May 2030. Fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $149,183 will be obligated for the minimum guarantee. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity. A US Army infantry officer has criticized the service’s new XM7 assault rifle, claiming the Sig Sauer-made weapon falls short as a modern frontline firearm. Chosen alongside the XM250 light machine gun as the army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW), the XM7 is intended to replace the aging M4 automatic rifle. However, Capt. Braden Trent, citing his independent research, argued that the new rifle is inferior to the M4. Middle East & Africa Sudan’s army-aligned government severed diplomatic ties […]

The cheerful atmosphere of this bar and restaurant in Washington DC's Foggy Bottom neighbourhood is a far cry from the stony face of the Harry S Truman Building, home to the Department of State (DoS), just around the corner. For [...]

Cooperation between Taiwan and countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is at its lowest point. And this [...]

While the Délégation parlementaire au renseignement (DPR), a French parliamentary body that oversees the overall activities of intelligence agencies, tends [...]

Keen to diversify his alliances, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto thought for a long time about attending Moscow's Victory Day celebrations [...]

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) organises a joint public hearing on 'Military Mobility' on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 from 14.30 to 17.00hrs in Brussels (room ANTALL 4Q2), with external experts.
Programme
Poster
Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) organises a joint public hearing on 'Military Mobility' on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 from 14.30 to 17.00hrs in Brussels (room ANTALL 4Q2), with external experts.
Location : ANTALL 4Q2
Programme
Poster
Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

As Saudi Arabia dreams of becoming the next Silicon Valley, the kingdom's fast growing King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is already pumping millions of dollars into US-based tech firms. The US vehicle for KAUST's investments is Capital K [...]

Several controversial businessmen and politicians are flocking to a new US-based consulting firm, whose members have ties to the Republican [...]

It was LeoLabs ground radars that first detected the anomalous behaviour of the Russian military reconnaissance satellite Kosmos 2553 last [...]

During his state visit to China in April 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron made light of the turbulent case of [...]

The Place d'armes website, which in 2021 published an open letter by former French officers warning of "civil war" in [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron could join British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for a surprise [...]

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Americas Northrop Grumman has inked a $244-million deal with the US Space Force (USSF) to build advanced relay ground stations in the US and UK to expand the coverage of critical missile warning and tracking satellites. The ground stations will support the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program, which seeks to establish satellite constellations that detect and track missile launches and potential attacks. The US Army has taken delivery of its fourth CH-47F Chinook Block II heavy-lift helicopter from Boeing as part of a contract signed in 2021. The deal, which ordered nine aircraft, is part of the army’s goal to modernize its airborne transport capabilities for evolving mission requirements. Middle East & Africa A senior Hamas official said Tuesday the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel’s “hunger war” against Gaza. “There is no sense in engaging in talks or considering new ceasefire proposals as long as the hunger war and extermination war continue in the Gaza Strip,” Basem Naim told AFP. Europe The Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic is moving forward with plans to acquire a package of NATO-standard communications equipment from American defense contractor L3Harris Technologies. The potential […]

The French Air and Space Force (AAE) conducted the Pégase Grand Nord 25 exercise on NATO's eastern flank from 22 to 30 April. The operation, which aimed to demonstrate France's ability to deploy rapidly, far and autonomously, while strengthening cooperation [...]

French cybersecurity specialist Seclab, a provider of solutions to protect the most critical infrastructure, is setting its sights on the [...]

London - Former Atos vice-president connects British tech, Elon Musk and SerbiaThe former vice-president of French electronics group Atos, Kulveer [...]