All things arms trade & export control; emerging weapon technologies; military & foreign policy — [email protected]
🍉
Frank Slijper
Loading...
France will test its AI-powered battlefield command system with allies during a NATO interoperability exercise this month, as alternative to Palantir's Maven Smart System.
France has developed the system with Mistral AI, Safran.AI, Thales and Airbus
www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
"Provocations like this are part of an old and terrible story, and it’s still being written today."
#fascism
ICYMI: White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
Spain's Navantia has signed 5-year follow-on support contract with Saudi Arabia for life cycle support services for five corvettes earlier delivered
euro-sd.com/2026/06/news...
Israel will be unable to participate or set up a national pavilion at Eurosatory arms show in Paris, 15-19 June, the French government has decided.
Israeli arms companies can participate, but only to display air defense products. 'Offensive' systems are excluded.
aviationweek.com/defense/budg...
France restricts Israeli presence at Europe’s biggest arms fair www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
US may consider placing nukes in Poland, Baltic States, in what would be a remarkable proliferation in NATO nuclear sharing.
www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project
President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for #corruption.
wapo.st/3QmJjSz
"Military strikes on civilian-critical infrastructure must be condemned if we are to build a just and sustainable future."
A welcome editorial by @nature.com on how wars pose a ongoing threat to the environment and people depending on it.
nature.com/articles/s41...
New imagery from @planet.com showing two Turkish-origin Bayraktar AKINCI armed drones at the Bahir Dar airbase in central #Ethiopia. Recent footage released by Sudanes Armed Forces of a shot down AKINCI claims that these drones are operating over #Sudan coming from Ethiopia
Frank Slijper
Navantia has signed with the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a Follow On Support Contract for services associated to the life cycle support of the first batch of five corvettes alre...
Israel’s government has described a French government decision to bar Israel’s defense ministry from taking part in the upcoming Eurosatory defense show as “disgraceful.”
President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for co...
