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21 maart 2021

Rheinmetall: The German-Dutch connection, financial constructions and components

Rheinmetall is a German producer of civil and military products. Recently its G3 machine riffles were located on patrol vessels of the…

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22 februari 2021

TNO profits from lobbying for EU military funding

This year the European Defence Fund (EDF) will take off, handing out €8 billion in funding for military research and development of new…

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5 november 2020

Dutch military naval technology to Ankara, ends in Karachi

Dutch military naval technology to Ankara, ends in Karachi The Dutch government has issued a permit for the sale of military technology…

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30 oktober 2020

Frontex awards €50 million in border surveillance drone contracts to Airbus, IAI and Elbit

Last week border guard agency Frontex announced it had awarded new contracts for drone surveillance services in the Mediterranean to arms companies…

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26 augustus 2020

Military vessels and naval production in the Eastern Mediterranean

This week EU foreign ministers will discuss the crisis in the eastern Mediterranean at an informal meeting in Berlin, while Turkey and…

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19 augustus 2020

Mega Egyptian order for Dutch branch of French Thales

This week the Dutch government answered questions of the Dutch MP’s Karabulut (Socialist Party) and Van Ojik (GreenLeft) on a large military…

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13 juli 2020

Major Dutch arms export to Egypt

In July the Dutch government informed the Parliament that it gave permission to export naval command, control, communication (C3) and military radar…

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30 juni 2020

Arms watch or arms control

Annual reports on arms exports (see list) are published by almost all EU governments, but mostly not very timely. Reporting on arms…

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28 mei 2020

We need security, not more military

The defence industry is busy to sell its message that investing into armaments is a way out of the sour economic times…

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13 mei 2020

Hypersonic weapons: fast and dangerous

Since the Gulf War of 1990-1991, a wide array of new military technology has been developed. This includes new risky techniques like…

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Rheinmetall: The German-Dutch connection, financial constructions and components

TNO profits from lobbying for EU military funding

Dutch military naval technology to Ankara, ends in Karachi

Frontex awards €50 million in border surveillance drone contracts to Airbus, IAI and Elbit

Military vessels and naval production in the Eastern Mediterranean

Mega Egyptian order for Dutch branch of French Thales

Major Dutch arms export to Egypt

Arms watch or arms control

We need security, not more military

Hypersonic weapons: fast and dangerous

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