Frontex hires notorious Israeli drones for border security trials
In the course of this year Frontex, the EU border guard agency, will test two military UAVs (drones) for maritime border surveillance…
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EU and military and security industry meet on future of EUROSUR
On 6 and 7 February EU and member states’ officials meet up with military and security companies for the ‘Industry Day on…
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Shoot! on Yemen
The Saudi’s lost over 20 Abraham tanks during the war in Yemen. A flow of supplemental tanks goes from the US to…
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F-35 arms trade by stealth
It is expected the European Parliament will adopt a resolution on Thursday November 30, on on the situation in Yemen. A concept…
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EU arms embargo on Venezuela enables continued sales
On November 13, the European Union adopted an embargo to Venezuela on all arms and on related material that might be used…
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Controlling cyber technology by Catch-all
Companies do not care what happens with their exported surveillance technology, according to a leading Dutch daily. The paper referred to an…
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Dutch satellite production
More and more small satellites are launched into space. A tenth of them has a clear military function. The Dutch Association for…
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Belgian and Dutch participation in missile defence
The Dutch and Belgian naval forces are deeply integrated. Recently the two countries decided to aim for identical new frigates for an…
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War from space
The official headquarters of Airbus can be found in the middle of Leiden, near the oldest university of the Netherlands. In big…
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European defence industry: how to define figures?
According to the European Commission (EC), on a webpage summarizing the EU defence industry, total direct employment in the EU defence sector…
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