Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS)
"Knowledge is wealth that multiplies only if given away."
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...
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....
As usual NATO published the tables containing annual Financial and Economic Data Relating to NATO Defence. The document, today issued as a Press Release produced by the Public Diplomacy Division, continues the tradition of...
Recently-confirmed US defense acquisition Under Secretary Frank Kendall (pending Senate approval) discussed with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) the implications of DOD’s strategic guidance and what’s coming for FY13. He confirmed he...
Officially launched in 2010, the Better Buying Power (BBP) initiative is a broad effort for the defense acquisition community to reform itself from within. BBP encompasses a set of fundamental acquisition principles to achieve...
On November 18th, the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington was briefed on the potential threat, risks, and promises that Bitcoin poses to the Federal Government and society as a whole. We submit you...
Us DoD recently published a document “Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap” (download here) with the purpose to articulate a vision and strategy for the continued development, production, test, training, operation, and sustainment of unmanned systems technology...
Poland changed the way organising its military forces, launching the General Command of All Armed Forces to replace the separate commands of various military forces. As of Jan. 1, 2014, the armed forces’ seven...
The Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited Global Manufacturing Industry group has released this year’s Global Aerospace and Defense Industry outlook (click here to download), which shows that revenue growth in the 5 percent range is expected...
Steve Wadey UK Managing Director of MBDA, and Business Minister Michael Fallon are the two co-chair of the Defence Growth Partnership (DGP) – a new partnership between industry and government, with the scope to...
During a “constructive and productive” Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial, U.S. and EU officials discussed a broad array of critical issues, including counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism; expanding cooperation in criminal matters; joint efforts...
For years, route clearance patrols have helped keep the streets of Afghanistan safe from improvised explosive devices. U.S. Army combat engineers scour the country every day looking for IEDs, not just to ensure safe...
In a recently released report, the UK Government Office for Science, analyses the future of manufacturing, noting the rising share of services. Manufacturing in 2050 will look very different from today, and will be...
Fresh Proposals by the World Security Network Foundation Twenty respected military and foreign affairs experts from nine different NATO countries presented fresh proposals for an active Alliance in a paper called NATO 3.0, published...
The European Defence Agency (EDA) published the aggregated defence data for 2011 of the (then) 26 EDA participating Member States. The European Defence Agency collects defence data on an annual basis. The Ministries of...
Cuts in defence budgets are an economic reality. But, says Franco Frattini, they are also an opportunity to finally start coordinating defence spending between nations who are now forced into prioritising. And NATO could...
Transatlantic Cooperation on Defence How can the EU and the US collaborate on joint defence and homeland security technology initiatives to maximise economies of scale? Intervention by Martin Hill, Vice Chairman NATO Industry Advisory...
“TRANSATLANTIC WEEK” TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP: DRIVING JOBS AND GROWTH organised by Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) in partnership with AT&T, Bertelsman Foundation, Daimler, the European Internet Foundation , Oracle, Science/Business, UPS and the US Chamber of Commerce (please also...
Analysts looking through the new border security deal in the Senate say it includes waivers that would let Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano refuse to build any new fencing or install the new technology...
Norway’s parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to conscript women into its armed forces, becoming the first European and first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both genders. “Rights and duties should be...