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Netherlands / Nederland (see
also 6, 20)
1 – 220518: De oorlog van de
toekomst: "Zelfs Neerlands trots, de verbeterde SMART-L radar
van Thales uit Hengelo waar ook de Amerikaanse bondgenoten graag een
beroep op doen bij internationale oefeningen, kan zo’n raket niet
neerhalen. Alleen opmerken."
https://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl/playlist/plus/artikel/oorlog-van-de-toekomst
2 – 230518: Stopping F-35 exports to
Turkey: the impossible must be possible.
http://broekstukken.blogspot.com/2018/05/stopping-f-35-exports-to-turkey.html
EUROPE (see
also 17)
3 – 260518: MEP Valero (Swedish
Greens) "An important 1st step the EU can take in changing the
attitude of states that export arms would be stricter implementation
of the common position. EU rules on arms exports - 8 criteria - are
clear and just."
https://www.friendsofeurope.org/publication/change-we-need-eu-arms-export-control
4 – 220518: F-35, Turkey and the EU
Common Position http://www.stopwapenhandel.org/node/2163
5 – 220518: Defence firms 'reap
benefits' of their advice to #EU
https://euobserver.com/science/141859
6 – 230518: #EDA, European Air
Transport Command #EATC and #OCCAR-EA cooperate to enhance in-service
support for #A400M capability. Happening today @EDA: first follow-up
meeting after letter of intent signed in January
(https://www.eda.europa.eu/info-hub/press-centre/latest-news/2018/01/25/eda-eatc-and-occar-ea-enhance-cooperation-for-a400m-in-service-phase)
#EUdefence
7 – 240518: EU offers up cash
infusion to European defense industry
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/05/23/eu-offers-up-cash-infusion-to-european-defense-industry/
8 – 260518: Autonomous #robots are
coming. It’s a future that companies may start actively building,
soon. And it might be happening in Europe, with #EU funding, based on
early reports from negotiations over as €500m defense investment
program.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2018/05/24/negotiations-pave-way-for-eu-funding-of-armed-autonomous-robots/
Bosnia / Bosna i Hercegovina
9 – 230518: Report says Bosnian arms
exports steadily growing In 2017, the total worth of exports was
193.8 million convertible marks [KM]. Compared with 2016, when the
total worth was KM171 million, this is an increase of around KM22
million.
https://www.nezavisne.com/ekonomija/privreda/Namjenska-industrija-BiH-sve-jaca-Izvoz-oruzja-tezak-1938-miliona-KM/478768
Czech Rep. / Česko
10 – 260518: #Czech defence minister
ordered the military police to investigate a pending purchase of
eight ELM-2084 radars from #Elta Systems (subsidiary of IAI), due to
“extremely serious findings” & also into ongoing procedure to
acquire 12 multipurpose helicopters
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/05/25/czech-defense-minister-orders-probe-into-israeli-radar-deal/
Germany / Deutchland
11 – 230518: Aktionsbericht:
Vielfältiger Protest gegen die Austragung der Militärmesse ITEC in
Stuttgart
http://www.aufschrei-waffenhandel.de/termine-aktionen/aktionsberichte/170518-itec-proteste/
12 – 230518: Angela Merkel's party
accused of taking bribes from German gunmaker H&K
http://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkels-party-accused-of-taking-bribes-from-german-gunmaker-hk/a-43900844
France
13 – 220518: Stand with Quakers in
France to stop the biggest arms fair of 2018
Poland / Polska (see
26)
Sweden / Sverige
14 – 220518: Almost 34 years after
the #Bofors scandal hit #India and Sweden, the Scandinavian country
is looking to revive the past ties as the country’s defense
industry looks to tap into the world’s largest military
spender-India. Leading this initiative is #SAAB.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/decades-after-bofors-sweden-india-look-to-revive-defence-ties/articleshow/64260522.cms
Turkey
/ Türkiye (see also 2)
15 – 240518: Britain may replace the
U.S. as Turkey’s major Western weapons supplier, as the two
European nations are set to take a “strategic” turn in an already
growing defense relationship.
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2018/05/24/is-the-us-out-as-turkeys-top-western-arms-dealer/
16 – 270518: U.S. Senate defense bill
would bar Turkey from buying F-35 jets
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-congress-turkey/u-s-senate-defense-bill-would-bar-turkey-from-buying-f-35-jets-idUSKCN1IP3Q8
UK
(see also 15)
17 – 230518: Dutch Daily [in Dutch]:
Ban on British arms exports to Riyadh looming: "But
nevertheless," writes SIPRI researcher Pieter Wezeman, "Europe
and the US remain the main suppliers. They provided 98% of the
imported weapons in Saudi Arabia. "
https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/britse-wapenleveranties-aan-saoedi-arabie-onder-vuur~bbf15ed6/
#CAAT
REST of the world
Australia
18 – 220518: A former Reserve Bank
company executive has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in one of
Australia's most protracted corruption prosecutions, over a payment
to a Malaysian arms dealer to grease the wheels of a business deal.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/guilty-plea-finally-in-reserve-bank-bribery-case-20180521-p4zgl1.html
India / Bharat (see
14, 27)
Israël / Isra'il
(see also 10, 27, 29)
19 – 230518: Israel’s space
industry has found itself the subject of controversy, as allegations
about political deal-making and a state bailout at the taxpayers’
expense clash with a government citing national security as
justification for its decisions.
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2018/05/22/israels-new-200-million-satellite-sparks-controversy-and-questions/
Libië / Lībīyah
20 – 220518: Dutch shipbroker Dick
van der Kamp (https://vanderkamp.com/)
earns quick money on keeping the Libyan coast line closed. Buying
former Irish ship for € 110,000 selling two http://www.janes.com/article/80200/libyan-national-army-takes-delivery-of-ex-irish-opv
months later to Libyan
National Army asking US$ 750,000.
Mexico / México (see
also 12)
Morocco / Al-Maghrib
23 – 230518: Dutch magazine for
military database and aviation Scramble announced on Tuesday that the
Moroccan government is planning to purchase another series of F-16
Fighting Falcons.
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/05/247010/morocco-to-buy-12-new-f-16-fighting-falcons/
Pakistan / Pākistān
24 – 220518: The good news: Board of
Administrators of Pakistan's Export Development Fund has reportedly
refused to extend funds from Export Development Surcharge to Defence
Export Promotion Organisation for arms fair IDEAS.
https://fp.brecorder.com/2018/05/20180521373194/
Saudi Arabia / Al-Arabiyah as
Sa'udiyah (see also 17)
South Korea / Hanguk
25 – 230518: The new South Korean
amphibious vessel (LPH) is to be equipped with a fixed-panel 3-D
surveillance radar built by Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel
Aerospace Industries, in place of the #Thales SMART 3-D radar aboard
the sister ship Dokdo.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2018/05/21/south-korea-changes-mission-for-its-newly-launched-assault-ship/
DEFENCE-INDUSTRY
Airbus
26 – 230518: The Polish General
Counsel admits Airbus didn't waive its claims against Poland, which
means Airbus could still demand financial compensation for the
canceled helicopter deal that was estimated to be worth about 13.5
billion zloty (U.S. $3.7 billion).
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2018/05/22/airbus-withdraws-arbitration-demand-over-37-billion-helicopter-deal/
Damen
(see 20)
Fokker
27 – 230518: India a partner in the
Lockheed's F-16 production, like: GE, Terma, Honeywell, Fokker,
Israeli Aerospace Industries, Elbit, UTC, Terma, Eaton, Moog, and
Parker.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/f-16-production-can-make-india-fighter-jet-export-hub-lockheed-118052300311_1.html
Thales (see
1, 25, 28)
WEAPENS
Arms fairs (see
11, 13, 24)
Drones
28 – 240518: Leonardo and its partner
Thales have conducted the first satellite-controlled flight of a
European medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE)-class unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV).
http://www.janes.com/article/80266/european-male-uav-flies-under-satellite-control-for-first-time
F-35 (see
also 2)
29 – 220518: Use of the F-35 by
Israel in combat is seen as a major milestone. The program has been
marred not only by cost overruns and delays but persistent attacks by
critics who have called into question the jet’s warfighting
capabilities.
https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2018/05/22/the-f-35-just-made-its-combat-debut/
Missile defence (see
1)
Robot weapons / AI (see
8)
Small Arms
30 – 220518: US weapons manufacturer
#Remington Outdoor Co Inc said on Thursday it had emerged from
Chapter 11 bankruptcy with less debt and more stable financing that
may help it ride out a slowing market for firearms.
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51765%3Aus-gunmaker-remington-exits-bankruptcy-in-tough-gun-climate&catid=113%3Ainternational-news&Itemid=248
OTHER
Corruption (see
14, 18, 19)
Refugees
(see also 20)
31 – 220518: The EU spends more and
more money to close its borders. A policy which results in the
support of some authoritarian governments, like Sudan. [in French]
Face à la crise migratoire, l’Europe collabore toujours plus avec
les pays autoritaires @EURACTIV_FR
https://www.euractiv.fr/section/migrations/news/face-a-la-crise-migratoire-leurope-collabore-toujours-plus-avec-les-pays-autoritaires/
Research and activism
(see 31)
32 – 230518: CRS report Arms Control
and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements. The EU
Common Position misses, but the report gives an extensive overview.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL33865.pdf
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