Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS)
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Defence is a sensitive area where Budapest was looking for Indian investment in reviving the defence Industry, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at a joint press conference with visiting Vice President Hamid Ansari....
“Due to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia’s continuing aggression in Eastern Ukraine which has manufactured a tragic humanitarian crisis, the importance of further European integration and of closer transatlantic cooperation is now...
Russia-Ukraine Crisis and the Impact on the Aerospace and Defence Industries is the title of a short report issued by Frost & Sullivan. They affirm that this “geopolitical shock is unlikely to come as...
Acting U.S. Trade Representative Marantis Announces Obama Administration Accomplishments in 2012 in Reducing Trade Barriers On April 1, Acting United States Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis sent three reports to President Obama and to the...
Press release issued jointly by the White House and the European Union, and link to a fact sheet from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office and the report of the High-Level Working Group: Statement from...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations National Security Investigations Division Assistant Director John Woods addresses how ICE is at the forefront of the nation’s civilian efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and investigate...
United Technologies Corp. announced that it has resolved previously disclosed enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of State in connection with past violations of U.S. export control regulations....
As the Obama administration moves to expedite arms sales to foreign countries, key lawmakers are claiming the executive branch is threatening Congress’ role in overseeing sensitive foreign arms deals. With the April 18 release...
ATC/ATM / Export Control / Merging & Acquisition / Policy / SESAR / UAV
A representative from the European defense industry came out strongly in favor of the European Union developing a regulatory framework for unmanned aerial systems (UASs) at a workshop on research and development into UASs...
Indonesia – Regeneration and Upgrade of F-16C/D Block 25 Aircraft The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Nov. 16 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Indonesia for the regeneration and...
In a letter to President Obama, the President’s Export Council offered several recommendations for furthering the Export Control Reform Initiative. The PEC said all of these recommendations aim to achieve increased compliance by an informed...
U.S. export controls undermine U.S. industry, and are in dire need of reform, Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush said Aug. 17. “Today’s export restrictions are hurting the industry in the U.S. without making us...
The French government said on Jun, 22 it would have to pay Taiwan 460 million euros after defence giant Thales lost an appeal over its wrongful payment of commissions on a warship order. Prime...
Poland has signed a deal with the United States on the deployment from 2013 of aircraft and training staff to help bolster the EU nation’s military capacity, Poland’s defense minister said June 13. “This...
In April, the US Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published a proposed rule that has the effect of limiting the scope of activities that are considered a defense service and...
Senior Libyan rebel “officers” sold Hizballah and Hamas thousands of chemical shells from the stocks of mustard and nerve gas that fell into rebel hands when they overran Muammar Qaddafi’s military facilities in and...
Weapons were found on an Iranian cargo plane forced to land in southeast Turkey on Saturday, Turkish media reported Tuesday. According to reports, the arms plane left Tehran with military ammunition for Syria. Several...
Simone Bemporad: “I think that we could benefit from the focus that the QDR poses on partnerships with allied countries. What I mean is that we will see more programs in which several countries...
The risk that foreign nationals working for U.S. companies or universities could gain unauthorized access to technologies that have dual military and civilian use — “controlled technologies” — is a lingering concern for U.S....
SUMMARY: Transparency is essential for effective congressional and public oversight of the arms trade, and the US government is widely (and rightly) praised for its reporting on arms exports. Yet there is also significant...