North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Rising MANPAD Threats Expand Business Prospects for Israeli Developed Protection Systems

Tel Aviv: In recent months, there is a renewed interest in systems that can protect aircraft from shoulder launched missiles. Israeli companies that make these systems have been contacted mainly by operators of business...

New Hub for NATO Jets: Remodelled Soviet-Era Air Base Opened by Albania  

Rome: Albania reopened a refurbished Soviet-era air base on March 4, 2024 which will host NATO jets as fears grow in the Balkans over creeping Russian influence. Italian Eurofighters and US F-16s and F-35s...

EDGE Group Leaps into the Global Advanced Radar Domain Through Major Joint Venture with Spain’s Technology Leader Indra

Abu Dhabi, UAE / Madrid, Spain. EDGE Group today formalised a new Joint Venture (JV) agreement with Spain’s Indra Sistemas (Indra), a world-leading information technology and defence systems company with a footprint in over...

Exercise Steadfast Defender 24: NATO’s Largest Military Exercise Since World War II

Steadfast Defender 24 (STDE24) - a large-scale military exercise being conducted from January 22nd to May 31st, 2024 in several countries, including Finland, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden,...

Swarm Drone Wars

Russian capture of Avdiivka town in the Donbas region is in the news. Russian military released drone footage on February 18, 2024, showing a chaotic rout of Ukrainian forces, a day before actually receiving...

Saab Receives Gripen Order for Hungary

Saab signed on February 23 a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and received an order for four additional Gripen C fighter aircraft for Hungary. This order follows an amendment to the...

EDGE Group and Shipbuilding Giant Fincantieri Launch Multi-Billion Euro Joint Venture

Abu Dhabi, UAE/ Rome, Italy: EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups, and Fincantieri, one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the world, have entered into an agreement aimed at...

The Munich Security Conference 2024: Addressing Misplaced Agenda

Significance & Perspective: The 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) culminated on 18th February 2024 at a private venue in Munich. The two-day conference was attended by global marquee figures, including the US Vice President and...

The Ethical Frontiers

The advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) in military strategy and national defence represents a significant shift toward the adoption of more sophisticated, predictive, and adaptable security mechanisms. This article seeks to unravel...

Accelerator for the Future Combat Air System Successfully Completed

Taufkirchen. Thirteen weeks of intensive work lie behind them: In August 2023, HENSOLDT Ventures and Starburst invited start-ups and mentors to apply for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Accelerator. The aim of the...

China On Yet Another Collision Course

The Dispute: On December 10 last year, China’s coast guard ship collided with a naval boat of the Philippines sailing on a resupply mission to the Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. The Philippines said China...

Netherlands Considers Creating Tank Battalion, Requires Additional Funding for the Initiative

Paris: The Netherlands is considering recreating its own tank battalion amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, though there’s currently no funding for the initiative, according to parliamentary documents. The current defence budget doesn’t cover the costs...

Germany, Netherlands, Poland Plan to Develop Military Corridor for Rushing NATO Troops Eastward

Paris: Germany, the Netherlands and Poland plan to develop a military corridor that would make it easier to move troops and equipment between Europe’s North Sea ports and NATO’s eastern flank, at a time...
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