european union

Oil tanker jam forms off Turkey after start of Russian oil cap (ft.com, subscription or registration may be required) https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/oil-tanker-jam-forms-off-turkey-after-start-russian-oil-price-cap-ft-2022-12-05/...

The Council and the European Parliament today reached a provisional agreement on a regulation establishing the EU's secure connectivity programme for the period 2023-2027. Martin Kupka, Czech minister for transport Safe and reliable communication is a cornerstone of the EU's strategic autonomy...

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/at-euronaval-defense-firms-dive-deep-into-seabed-warfare-platforms/

ORIGINAL CAPTION: "Outpost" uses artificial intelligence for geo-locating, classifying and tracking a wide-range of threats, according to manufacturer Lambda Automata. (Lambda Automata photo)...

Via Slashdot: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-europe-braces-mobile-network-blackouts-sources-2022-09-29/ Things may be even worse than they think, there are a fair few computer systems that rely at least in part on mobile phone networks, not to mention reliance on...

https://www.reuters.com/world/afghanistan-pullout-spurs-eu-revive-rapid-reaction-force-2021-09-01/ A bit of background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Battlegroup

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/07/navantia-participates-in-the-largest-project-of-the-european-defense-industrial-development-program-edidp/ The platforms will have 'light' armament, though to what extent isn't clear. https://ec.europa.eu/defence-industry-space/ussps_en I'll...

Looks like we don't have a thread for this...so me again! Estonian MILREM TheMIS Type-X UGCV capability demo in Estonia few days back.

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/02/07/spain-seen-joining-greece-france-italy-on-european-patrol-corvette-program/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51308506

CAPTION: The complex nature of intercepting hypersonic weapons may predicate air-breathing propulsion technologies to provide additional range, speed and energy. Credit: MBDA https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/european-states-plan-hypersonic-defense

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/37028/table-pesco-projects.pdf

Via Slashdot: http://www.techienews.co.uk/9719822/world-war-ii-tech-eloran-deployed-gps-backup-uk/

If Eurcopter had built the Heavy Transport Helicopter, is it likely that Eurocopter would have named the helicopter for a big cat continuing the naming convention of Sud Aviation/Aerospatiale? Or do you believe that it would have been named for another animal? Any guesses on the EC model number?

EADS has a design for a Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation (Zehst) rocketplane. Of course there's an animation too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e33aPdoUxc I really don't get what EADS think they'll achieve publicising such designs that no one (not even the EU) will ever fund ...

Hi, The Rheimetall Germany company is developing a new recce UAV called the KZO.

Current project for a Heavy Transport Helicopter Source: Aviation International News July 17 (Farnborough)