Author: Matthias Monroy
-
Future Combat Air System: Industry squabbles over largest European defence project
The governments of France, Germany and Spain want to develop an AI-based air defence network by 2040. It consists of a new generation of fighter jets accompanied by swarms of drones. A “Combat Cloud” will then ensure networking with other…
-
Venezuela: Interpol stops dissemination of German arrest warrant
For 27 years, the German police have been using dubious means to arrest three people from the left-wing spectrum in the case of the so-called K.O.M.I.T.E.E. But the crimes they are accused of have long since become time-barred. However, the…
-
The armed “Eurodrone” is also to fly with wiretapping technology
On its website, the German Ministry of Defence gives the impression that the mass production of an EU combat drone has already been decided. First, however, the Bundestag is to vote on it. The Social Democratic Party is thus faced…
-
Behavioural analysis and Twitter check: EU security research tests new “lie detector” for border control
The EU Court of Justice is to decide how extensively the Commission must inform about a research project sensitive to fundamental rights. The decision is of great significance, because the successor to iBorderCtrl, which has long been terminated, is also…