Analysis of the US FY18 Defense Budget
DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE – The Fiscal Year 2018 defense budget cycle has been unusual in several ways. The budget request was submitted unusually late in the process, coming near the end of May, which...
Category: Policy
Reorganization plan of the United States Army
The U.S. Army is about to announce a reorganization to streamline and centralize the buying, building, replacing and testing of weapons and equipment, according to a letter released to general officers by Chief of Staff...
NATO CNAD: BMD, AFSC, J-ISR, AGS, A-SW, SEAD, H-DVE
Top national defence procurement officials discussed innovation and new initiatives to support NATO capability efforts at the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 4 May 2017....
US: New, Improved Ammunition Management System
In order to improve ammo business processes, the US Standard Army Ammunition System-Modernization, is being upgraded to provide more centralized and accurate information to support ammunition management. SAAS-MOD is the system that Ammunition Supply...
KPMG Report: the vital role of collaboration for defence capability
The word ‘collaboration’, much like ‘innovation’, has been bandied about with some regularity in defence industry circles of late but what does it really entail? “Collaboration may be the single most important skill needed in...
Mattis Praises Italy’s Security Contributions in First Meeting With Defense Minister
In his first meeting with his Italian counterpart in today, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis thanked Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti for her country’s hospitality for U.S. forces and its contributions to various security missions. The...
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Interview: NATO Alliance, Forward Presence, NATO Training, Intelligence Sharing Network
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Interview Dunford at the side of the NATO Military Committee meeting Dunford told reporters traveling with him that Russia has built up its capabilities in the nuclear...
Smart Cities in Italy: tools are available, but culture is absent
There are already tools to make our cities less polluted and chaotic: cars and electric vans, car-sharing, apps that inform about traffic in real-time, domestic renewable energy generators, autonomous driving. They are tools that...
Dual approach designed to provide cybersecurity for utilities infrastructure
DARPA developing advanced tech to protect US power grid against cyber attack The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, has awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon...
PwC: Five megatrends and their implications for global defence and security
Please click here to read the full whitepaper. Global megatrends are macroeconomic and geostrategic forces that are shaping our world, and our collective futures in profound ways. The implications of these forces are broad and...
NIF 2016 – the importance of a “strong defence industry, a strong European defence industry and a strong North-American defence industry
NATO officials and representatives of the defence and security industry gathered on 9 November 2016 for the annual NATO-Industry Forum, held this year at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels. NATO’s Secretary General, Mr. Jens...
India-UK trade increased relations after Brexit – support to SME
“this time we will be focussing on small and medium sized businesses” read also: India-UK relations – This document gives an overview of the partnership between the UK andIndia. Following the Brexit vote, British Prime Minister Theresa May...
NATO & Czech Republic: MOU on cyber defence cooperation
A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cyber defence cooperation was signed between NATO, represented by Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Sorin Ducaru in his capacity as the Chairman of the Cyber Defence Management Board...
Pentagon confirms drone deployment in Latvia
The Pentagon announced it has deployed two Predator drones to Latvia for the first time to reassure European allies. The two intelligence-gathering drones were deployed along with 70 airmen to Lielvarde Air Base in...
US, Japan and South Korea To Share Intelligence Data about Missile Threats
The South Korean vice defense minister, and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, signed, on Dec. 29, a rare trilateral military arrangement on intelligence sharing about North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes According to the...
BAE Electronic Systems Leadership Change
Tom Arseneault will assume the role of president for Electronic Systems on January 1, 2015, while retaining his positions as the chief operating officer for BAE Systems, Inc. and member of the BAE Systems...
NATO Industry Forum 2014: the Long Way for a Smart Dialogue with Industry
Split, 13 Nov, 2014. – This year the NATO-Industry Forum (NIF 2014) addressed the recognized need for an elevated strategic dialogue between industry and NATO to ensure that the Alliance benefits from the best...
Ambassador Gardner Discusses T-TIP and More with EP’s International Trade Committee
“Due to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia’s continuing aggression in Eastern Ukraine which has manufactured a tragic humanitarian crisis, the importance of further European integration and of closer transatlantic cooperation is now...
Russia-Ukraine Crisis and the Impact on the Aerospace and Defence Industries
Russia-Ukraine Crisis and the Impact on the Aerospace and Defence Industries is the title of a short report issued by Frost & Sullivan. They affirm that this “geopolitical shock is unlikely to come as...
Quadrennial Defense Review 2014
It should be read as a strategy-driven document Following Secretary Hagel’s February 24 preview, the Administration made its “full” Presidential Budget request on March 4, alongside the publication of a budget-driven quadrennial defense review....