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Increasing Europe’s Strategic Tanker Capability By 2020
During the meeting of the EDA steering board on 19 November, defence ministers from ten European states signed a letter of intent to work together to boost their military air-to-air refueling capacity. Air-to-air refueling (AAR) is a critical enabler for air power projection and it is required to enable anything beyond short range air combat [...]
Turkey to ask for NATO support on border with Syria
NATO said Monday it would urgently consider a request from Ankara to deploy Patriot missiles along Turkey’s troubled border with Syria as the EU announced its recognition of the new Syrian opposition coalition. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the 28-member alliance, which includes Turkey, had received no formal request from Ankara for the surface-to-air [...]
Gripen E/F Test Aircraft Debuts in Switzerland
Defence and security company Saab’s Gripen E/F Test Aircraft has now been introduced to the Swiss people. It took place yesterday during the Swiss Air Force spectacular annual flight demonstration at the Axalp-Ebenfluh shooting range. Saab took the aircraft to Switzerland on invitation of Armasuisse, which is responsible for the acquisition process of a new [...]
European Maritime Surveillance Network Expands
Today, at the margins of the EDA Steering Board in Capabilities Directors formation, two EDA Member States, Bulgaria and Latvia, plus Norway, joined the Maritime Surveillance (MARSUR) community by signing the Technical Arrangement “Live phase”. The 15 initial participating Member States are Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, Finland, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, [...]
EU Requests to Impose Countermeasures Against the US
The European Union today asked the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body to allow the imposition of countermeasures against the United States in the “Boeing case”. This follows the EU’s assessment that the United States had not lived up to its obligation to remove its illegal subsidies in the aircraft sector, as required by [...]
The US Fails to Meet Its obligations in the WTO Boeing Case
A review of US efforts to comply with a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on illegal subsidies in the so-called “Boeing case” by the European Union shows that the US has not lived up to its obligations. The European Commission therefore decided to challenge the US non-compliance at the WTO. On 24 September 2012, the [...]
European Defence Agency Calls for Concerted Action for Future Air Systems
Claude-France Arnould, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency (EDA), today highlighted the need for urgent action on European cooperation in the area of future air systems (FAS) during a conference at ILA Berlin. The Agency is already supporting a wide range of projects in the air domain fostering cooperation among Member States. However, new [...]
EADS and BAE Seek Aerospace Super Merger
The British arms manufacturer BAE Systems and European aircraft maker EADS have said they are in “advanced talks” to merge the two companies. The combo would be the biggest in the aerospace sector in more than a decade. In a joint statement issued late Wednesday, Britain’s BAE systems and Airbus owner EADS confirmed market speculation [...]
BAE Systems, EADS in merger talks
British arms manufacturer BAE Systems and European planemaker EADS revealed Wednesday they are in merger talks to create a global aerospace and defence leader that would better rival US giant Boeing. “BAE Systems plc and EADS confirm that they are in discussions regarding a possible combination of their businesses,” the companies said in a joint [...]
