Europe

Europe

manned-unmanned

France and Germany are planning a roadmap for joint development of a new European fighter jet and replacement of the existing fleet by mid-2018....
missile defense

The Turkish government has signed an agreement with fellow NATO members France and Italy to develop its national missile defense systems, the Turkish defense...
global terror

Ahead of a meeting of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS, the International Police Organization (INTERPOL) has underlined the need for military success against...
monitor communication

Austria, like several other European countries, is pursuing plans to give the police the right to monitor communication apps such as WhatsApp and Skype...
drone-defence

Counter UAS company Sensofusion has signed another major deal to help government bodies create security measures against the rising number of drones taking to...
the islamic state

Police in Northern Ireland are leading a bid to improve the detection of terrorist content on the internet. Project TENSOR is aimed at tackling...
drone traffic regulation

The EU has recently presented a blueprint to safely regulate drone traffic in Europe by 2019 in order to tap the growing commercial potential...
drone

Delair-Tech, a leading French commercial drone company, recently announced that its DT18 and DT26X drones have been selected as the official choice for French...
intelligence-led policing

A new police system is now trialled by the UK police. At the cutting edge of intelligence-led policing, VALCRI is a semi-automated analysis system...
terror awakening

In response to the rise of terrorism across Europe, the European Commission (EC) is proposing new legislation to speed up the transfer of crucial...
drone

An innovative drone technology can explore hidden spaces. The European Space Agency (ESA) has been testing equipment, techniques and working methods for missions with...
flight security

The U.S. is considering the expansion of flight security sanctions. A high-level delegation from the Department of Homeland Security will brief European allies in...
electronic warfare

The US Army’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) has recently sent its near-term electronic warfare (EW) capability solution to Europe, and soldiers there will get a...
cyber defense

More European countries have been widening the scope of their cyber defense operations. Finland has rolled out significant legislative and intelligence facility funding proposals...
fingerprint

A new approach for a secure storage of fingerprint data is under development. Today it is becoming more and more common to use biometric...
special forces

More than a year after the U.S. Department of Defense repealed a longtime ban on women serving in ground combat assignments, relatively few have...
anti-drone

Anti-drone surveillance systems will protect sensitive Swiss government infrastructure. Rheinmetall AG has won two important orders for protecting the central prison in Lenzburg and...
Dual-Use Technologies

  Dual-use technologies address both civil and defence needs. The Italian company Signo Motus has developed a fluid which is an intelligent nanomaterial. When subjected...
firearms

  A proposed new European Union directive of firearms sets out the conditions under which people can lawfully acquire and possess guns or transfer them...
bulletproof

The Eiffel Tower, Paris’ eternal symbol, will soon be flanked by two 8-ft. walls of bulletproof glass, Parisian officials have announced. As a potential...
authentication

Researchers designed authentication features that will make it more difficult to send out false  signals from the European Galileo satellite The European Union activated its...
BVLOS

One of the factors restricting many drone flights is the visual line of sight requirement. For the first time, Switzerland has granted anytime Beyond...