Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Baltic Sea

  • The Bundeswehr flies the world’s largest drones over the Black Sea. When will the first one crash?

    The Bundeswehr flies the world’s largest drones over the Black Sea. When will the first one crash?

    Germany is the largest contributor to five Nato “Global Hawk” drones in Sicily. The military alliance has been using them to monitor its “eastern flank” for two years. The crash of a US “Reaper” fighter drone off the coast of Crimea throws a spotlight on Western military surveillance in favour of Ukraine. The US Air […]

  • EU researches drone swarms for maritime surveillance

    EU researches drone swarms for maritime surveillance

    With the support of the EU, arms companies want to try out how 20 different drones can be networked in the air and at sea. Tests will take place in the Mediterranean Sea and the Baltic Sea. In two years “Ocean2020” should deliver first results. The European Union is funding a research project on the […]

  • Airbus working on deadly swarm of drones

    Airbus working on deadly swarm of drones

    The next generation German combat aircraft should fly in swarms with drones. The capability is currently being tested at the Baltic Sea. The European armaments company Airbus has begun flight tests on a military training area of the German Armed Forces to use formations of manned and unmanned aircrafts. According to the daily Die Welt, […]