Category: TADIC

Franco Frattini: “It’s the economy, stupid”

Franco Frattini: “It’s the economy, stupid”

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 1 – session report

Transatlantic Cooperation on Defence 1 – session report

“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...

UK Joint Strike Fighter

A small team of UK personnel are learning all about the fifth-generation stealth aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. So far, Britain has taken delivery of 2 Lightning II multi-role Joint Strike...

Germany cancels ‘Euro Hawk’ drone programme

Germany cancels ‘Euro Hawk’ drone programme

Germany has cancelled a planned ‘Euro Hawk’ drone programme fearing European authorities will not certify them, a defence ministry source said Tuesday after reported European safety concerns. The Euro Hawk is a version of...

F35: A Scapegoat

F35: A Scapegoat

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...

Turkish Industry Takes Off in Support of F-35

Turkish Industry Takes Off in Support of F-35

Ten Turkish companies participated in the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Industry Recognition Event during the IDEF tradeshow today. Turkish companies are major contributors to the current international production of the F-35 Lightning II...

EU, US Fully Implement Mutual Recognition Decision

EU, US Fully Implement Mutual Recognition Decision

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the European Union (EU) announceD the mutual recognition decision between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the EU’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program was fully...

Luca Izzotti, at SELEX Sistemi Integrati S.p.A.”Conceiving and developing an integrated Air Traffic Management system for the USA and Europe … can only be dealt using the best available skills in the aviation and integrated systems domains”

Luca Izzotti, at SELEX Sistemi Integrati S.p.A.”Conceiving and developing an integrated Air Traffic Management system for the USA and Europe … can only be dealt using the best available skills in the aviation and integrated systems domains”

Boeing, SELEX Sistemi Integrati signed a Memorandum of Collaboration for global interoperability on Future Global Air Traffic Management Systems Boeing and SELEX Systemi Integrati S.p.A, a Finmeccanica Company, announced the signing of a Memorandum...

SESAR ATM Deployment Sequence

SESAR ATM Deployment Sequence

EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, has accepted the SESAR Air Traffic Management (ATM) Deployment sequence for developing and deploying the ATM Target Concept. The document, known as D4, proposes...