Europe
Estonia Hosts European Cyber-Defense Excercise
NATO countries and partner nations on Tuesday started large-scale cyber defense exercises aimed at testing the alliance’s ability to fend off cyber attacks against...
New EU UAV Enters Integration Phase
Cassidian’s Sagitta UAV demonstration project has entered the integration phase. A flight demonstrator will be built to show advanced UAV technologies, with the first...
Poland Supplies Arms to Mali
Poland is helping Mali to fight the Islamic rebels in its Northern region.
Poland’s Ministry of Defense has supplied arms to the Malian Army, the...
Swedish UAV Used in Anti-Piracy Operation
Saab of Sweden reports its Skeldar unmanned aerial system is being operated from a Spanish navy vessel as part of anti-piracy operations in the...
Europe Endorses UAV Development for Border Surveillance
A security strategy paper by EU Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton says EU countries should use military-grade unmanned air systems (UAS) for border surveillance....
The New Austrian UAV is Equipped with an Israeli Payload
The Cassidian Tracker mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has won the Austrian Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) UAV competition. The system will be the Austrian...
UK to Spend Big in Cyber Defense
The British Government is set to spend hundreds of millions of pounds recruiting an army of “cyber reserves”. From October, the Ministry of Defence...
U.K. Launches UAS Testing Center
A private initiative to supply a test, evaluation, demonstration and experimentation facility for beyond-line-of-sight (BLoS) unmanned air systems (UAS) operations in the U.K. took...
Polish UAS to assist U.K. Royal Navy
PZL-Swidnik and Agusta-Westland have introduced the SW-4 SOLO Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System (RUAS) based on the PZL’s SW-4 light single engine helicopter. The unmanned...
Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system
The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly cracked the encryption used by the video teleconferencing system at the United Nations headquarters in New York...
A European Spy Network
The European Union is pondering an EU Commission proposal to acquire a fleet of surveillance drones, satellites, and planes as part of an “ambitious...
British combined effort against Cyber attacks
Nine leading British defense companies are collaborating with the government in a partnering scheme to prevent cyber attackers from stealing the industry’s secrets. This...
Terrorists and Pirates beware!
The U.K. is testing a new simulator while investigating techniques to improve the accuracy of its sailors using machine guns on naval and auxiliary...
Terror attack using model aircraft foiled in Germany
German authorities searched nine homes and properties in the Stuttgart area, in the area around Munich, as well as in Saxony and Belgium.
A spokesman...
Germany wants to gather more personal data
According to Der Spiegel, Germany's intelligence agency has a 100-million-euro plan to expand Internet surveillance. Meanwhile, the interior minister wants travelers to fill out...
France, UK Exploring Collaborative UCAS Venture
Dassault Aviation and BAE Systems are working on a collaborative study of a future Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) project, to agree on...
Unmanned systems take new roles over our heads
Germany's national railway company, Deutsche Bahn, plans to test small drones to try to reduce the amount of graffiti being sprayed on its property.
The...
A new “coalition” raises eyebrows in Israel
"This is a very strange move" an Israeli source said about Italy's intent to make Poland as a partner for the development of an...
The DSR -1 is the sniper rifle of Germany’s GSG-9 anti terror unit
The German GSG-9 is one of the best anti terror units in the world. This unit uses the DRS 1 as its sniper rifle...
Will Europe weaponize an Israeli unmanned air system (UAS)?
Some European countries may consider an Israeli made unmanned air system (UAS) as a platform for a "Black program” to create a European medium-altitude/long-endurance...
Italy is entering the Turkish market after Israel was pushed out
Italy in many ways has taken the place of Israel in the Turkish defense market.
Alenia Aermacchi has signed an agreement with the SSM, the...
‘Smart borders’: enhancing mobility and security
Travelers entering EU’s border-free Schengen area frequently will be able to cross frontiers quickly thanks to a special machine-readable card.
The EU is moving towards...
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