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Steve Wadey UK Managing Director of MBDA, and Business Minister Michael Fallon are the two co-chair of the Defence Growth Partnership (DGP) – a new partnership between industry and government, with the scope to...
During a “constructive and productive” Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial, U.S. and EU officials discussed a broad array of critical issues, including counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism; expanding cooperation in criminal matters; joint efforts...
For years, route clearance patrols have helped keep the streets of Afghanistan safe from improvised explosive devices. U.S. Army combat engineers scour the country every day looking for IEDs, not just to ensure safe...
In a recently released report, the UK Government Office for Science, analyses the future of manufacturing, noting the rising share of services. Manufacturing in 2050 will look very different from today, and will be...
The European Defence Agency (EDA) published the aggregated defence data for 2011 of the (then) 26 EDA participating Member States. The European Defence Agency collects defence data on an annual basis. The Ministries of...
Cuts in defence budgets are an economic reality. But, says Franco Frattini, they are also an opportunity to finally start coordinating defence spending between nations who are now forced into prioritising. And NATO could...
Transatlantic Cooperation on Defence How can the EU and the US collaborate on joint defence and homeland security technology initiatives to maximise economies of scale? Intervention by Martin Hill, Vice Chairman NATO Industry Advisory...
“TRANSATLANTIC WEEK” TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP: DRIVING JOBS AND GROWTH organised by Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) in partnership with AT&T, Bertelsman Foundation, Daimler, the European Internet Foundation , Oracle, Science/Business, UPS and the US Chamber of Commerce (please also...
Analysts looking through the new border security deal in the Senate say it includes waivers that would let Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano refuse to build any new fencing or install the new technology...
Norway’s parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to conscript women into its armed forces, becoming the first European and first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both genders. “Rights and duties should be...
A new economic scenario is the most vital and balanced auspices of all, but the feeling that the policies adopted in recent years in various world economies were based on incorrect assumptions and on...
The conference, organized by Centro Studi Demetra (Development of European Mediterranean Transportation), brought together representatives of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) , Air Navigation Services provider (ENAV) , legal experts and judges in...
The U.S. State Department released its annual Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 on May 30. This report, an annual assessment of international terrorism trends and events, focuses attention on the continuing threat that international terrorism poses...
The Army’s fiscal year 2014 Equipment Modernization Plan, now working its way through Congress, prioritizes equipping warfighters in Afghanistan while simultaneously preparing for an uncertain future. Programs in the modernization strategy are grouped within...
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Italian Center of AirForces Military Studies (CESMA), May 14, at the Aviator’s House, in Rome, organized a conference with prof. Michele Nones on the theme: “F35: a scapegoat.” The debate was moderated by Gen...
US military leaders need to know when and how to respond to cyberattack, the Pentagon says, so the department is crafting secret rules that will guide cyberdefense and help the Pentagon navigate questions such...
Jean-Paul Herteman, Chairman and CEO of Safran, and Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister of Defense, today signed an agreement to support small businesses within the scope of the Pacte PME Défense initiative launched by...
Italian Defense initiated a phase of profound change, which is necessary to adapt its structure and organization in compliance to the changing international context and respecting the financial constraints. In this context a “Ministerial Guidance...
New ”State of the Nation’s Armed Forces” report from UK National Defence Association highlights capability gaps across all three Services Report co-authors Admiral Lord West, General Sir Michael Rose and Air Chief Marshal Sir...