Five people were arrested in Italy, Britain and France as part of an investigation into the funding of a network of Islamic terrorism.
This was announced in The Hague, Eurojust, the European body for judicial cooperation.
In Italy two people have been arrested in Milan and Rome as part of an investigation conducted by Italian police since [...]
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Terrorism cell used to fund Islamic network dismantled
DCNS to Self-Fund Construction of Highly Innovative OPV
DCNS, a leading player on the world market for capital warships, also aims to win new business in the corvette/OPV sector. In line with this policy, the Group has decided to self-fund the construction of a Gowind offshore patrol vessel. The new ship is designed for a wide range of government missions at sea. Shipbuilding [...]
Taliban Pushes France for Detainee Swap
France’s Foreign Ministry said Monday it was consulting with the families of two French TV journalists taken hostage in Afghanistan, after the Taliban demanded that France lean on Afghan and U.S. officials for a prisoner-hostage exchange.
In a statement e-mailed to news organizations, the Taliban said they submitted a list of “ordinary detainees” – meaning not [...]
No MEADS Decision From U.S. Army-MDA Meeting
Senior U.S. Army officials who met with representatives from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) March 10 reached no decision on whether to transfer management of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program to the agency, according to a defense official.
Instead, senior officials from both organizations agreed that follow-up questions needed to be answered and [...]
Thales caught in all too familiar French political trap
The EADS story is all too familiar. For years, the European aerospace and defence group has been hamstrung by its French and German political masters. But these days it seems that the French government has decided to delegate responsibility to its French and German core industrial shareholders – Lagardère and Daimler – put in place [...]
MoU between UK and France on urgent operational requests
The Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with his French counterpart, Laurent Collet-Billon, which enables the potential for closer co-operation on the procurement of urgent operational equipment. It follows the signature of the Statement of Intent between the Minister of Defence of the French Republic and [...]
Thales et EADS Defence & Security réaliseront le premier Intranet Classifié Défense pour les Armées
A l’issue d’une compétition de plusieurs mois, la Délégation Générale pour l’Armement (DGA) a notifié à Thales, mandataire du projet et à EADS Defence & Security (DS), co-traitant à hauteur de 40%, un contrat pour développer, réaliser et déployer INTRACED, le premier Intranet Classifié Défense des Armées et du Ministère de la Défense.
Première étape vers la généralisation [...]