european union

Beyond Aero doesn't seem to feature in any discussion on this site yet. HQ'd in Toulouse they tout themselves as designing the first hydrogen fuel cell, full electric ducted fan business jet, the One or BYA-1. Avionics entirely fly by wire, no hydraulics involved. Not going to copy paste their...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjeej85452o

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/07/france-unveils-its-defense-strategy-for-the-arctic/

https://www.wired.com/story/europe-prepares-for-the-space-race-with-a-new-legal-and-financial-framework/

Since the Global Military Spending thread is currently locked for some reason, I'll put this here for now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/12/france-blocking-britain-from-eu-massive-defence-fund/ So much for the reset...

https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/increased-erc-funding-top-global-researchers-moving-europe-now-confirmed If you know of or are yourself a researcher seeking a stable environment where the rule of law, academic freedom, and human rights are respected, the ERC has now quite significantly...

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/large-parts-spain-portugal-hit-by-power-outage-2025-04-28/ Pretty massive outages. Regards,

The curbs have been specifically designed to target the US military industry and US high tech companies as well. China has allegedly spoken to other countries again to specifically target the export for US military use of such materials. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/105213972...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-officials-object-european-push-buy-weapons-locally-2025-0 How far can you take the notion of self-righteousness and dictate such demands? I think it's very evident that many countries have evolved beyond the reliance on many U.S. weapons systems. Add to this...

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/04/02/france-calls-for-new-eu-ammo-plan-speeding-up-satellite-constellation/

https://eurospace.org/7026-2/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8v6len093o

Project Musher Airbus Helicopters and its partners have conducted a full scale demonstration of a manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) system developed as part of a project funded by the European Union and code-named MUSHER. The demonstration took place in France and Italy from 30 September to 9...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/09/27/boris-johnson-diary-covid-vaccine-invade-netherlands/

https://www.patriagroup.com/newsroom/news/2024/patria-to-showcase-the-famous-concept-vehicle-at-eurosatory-2024

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/eu-launches-next-generation-medium-helicopter-programme Cheers

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)...