(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has made its first investment in a dedicated European defence fund, committing €40 million to Keen’s European Defence and Security Tech Fund. The fund will focus on early-stage companies pioneering technologies in areas … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Defence, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Netherlands, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Alexander Ribbink, artificial intelligence, Cybersecurity, Defence Tech Fund, Defence Technology, EIF investment, European defence, European Investment Fund, European security, Giuseppe Lacerenza, InvestEU, Keen Venture Partners, Marjut Falkstedt, partnership, robotics, security innovation, space technologies, Stéphane Séjourné, strategic autonomy, venture capital
(IN BRIEF) Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have strengthened their partnership to establish a European center of excellence for rockets and missile production, based in Germany. The centre will cater to the European market, supporting NATO’s defence goals and enhancing Europe’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged defence industry, European centre of excellence, European defence, European market, F-35, Germany, GMARS, JOBS, Lockheed Martin, Manufacturing, military aerospace, missile production, missiles, NATO, NATO commitments, partnership, regional expertise, Rheinmetall, rockets, SECURITY, technological innovation, U.S.
(IN BRIEF) NATO has selected Thales to lead the third phase of its NCOP (NATO Common Operational Picture) programme, called NCOP-BMD, which will introduce advanced ballistic missile defence capabilities. Building on a collaboration that began in 2012, this phase extends … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged ballistic missile defence, battlefield intelligence, BMD, command and control systems, command systems, COP, European defence, geospatial information, Gérard Herby, Increment-1, Increment-2, interoperability, joint forces operations, military software, NATO, NATO Common Operational Picture, NCOP, NCOP-BMD, partnership, Protection Systems, real-time data, situational awareness, tactical awareness, Thales
(IN BRIEF) METLEN and Iveco Defence Vehicles (IDV) have signed an exclusive Memoandum of Understanding to collaborate on the upcoming renewal program for military trucks, as announced by the Greek Ministry of Defence. This partnership, which will utilize METLEN’s new … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Greece, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged advanced defence solutions, armour welding, defence hub, defence manufacturing, European defence, European industrial self-sufficiency, Greek Ministry of Defence, Hellenic Armed Forces, IDV, Iveco Defence Vehicles, Memorandum of Understanding, Metlen, military trucks, military vehicles, MoU, partnership, Volos
7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — “Soft power alone is no power at all,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told foreign affairs, security and defence MEPs and national MPs on Monday. Speaking in favour of “holding the line on defence spending” in … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Defence, European Union, Financial, Government, Politics, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged air-to-air refuelling capabilities, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, cyber-security, Damascus, Defence, defence spending, EU-NATO, European defence, European security policy, foreign affairs, GEORGIA, Israeli strike, MEPs, missile defence plans, NATO, Rasmussen, SECURITY, SYRIA, Western Balkans
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