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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.
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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 [...]

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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 [...]

There will be changes to several of France's defence missions in the Indo-Pacific region in the coming months. As we [...]

The administrative court in western French city Nantes on 9 April rejected Moroccan national Younes Belfellah's bid to overturn the [...]

The French ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Nicolas Niemtchinow, previously head of strategy at the French DGSE external intelligence [...]

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Americas Huntington Ingalls Industries – Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, has received an $81.2 million contract modification from the USNavy. This funding continues previous work to support and maintain several types of Navy ships, including amphibious transport docks (LPD 17), amphibious assault ships (LHD 1 and LHA 6), dock landing ships (LSD 41 and 49), and an amphibious command ship (LCC 19). Most of the work (75%) will take place in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Additional technical support will be provided in Norfolk, Virginia (24%), with very small portions in San Diego, California, and Sasebo, Japan. The project is expected to be completed by May 2026. No money is being paid upfront, and the contract was awarded through a competitive process by the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, DC. Bollinger Shipyards has received approval to begin full production of the US Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter (PSC). This initiative replaces the force’s aging icebreaker ships operational since the 70s with new vessels, all of which are to cover maritime security and logistics support across the Arctic, Antarctic, and similar domains. Middle East & Africa The US Army has deployed its Avenger air defense system to the African continent for the first time, joining […]

On Donald Trump's 100th day in office, the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard, highlighted some key aspects of her record so far. In particular, she emphasised the role intelligence agencies' have played in combating illegal immigration and [...]

During a tour of the Philippines in mid-April, US Senators, the Democrat Chris Coons and Republicans Pete Ricketts and Ted [...]