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Article 346 TFEU and the Direct Award of Defence Contracts

How Finland, Germany and the Netherlands bought military equipment without EU tenders, and what the courts actually tested

4 hrs ago

Operational Control in Europe’s Governmental Satellite Communications

EU rules, national satellites and terminals: how far European authorities can direct secure satellite traffic

4 hrs ago

Europe’s first five defence projects of common interest

What a Council designation, €325 million of EDIP funding and Article 35 can and cannot compel

17 hrs ago

Buying Quantum-Safe Communications for European Defence

What NATO’s Quantum Zero Beacon solicitation, EU roadmaps and national certificates ask of cryptography suppliers

17 hrs ago

Owning the Wagons: Lessons from Three Defence Ministries

Germany tenders for up to 900 flat wagons; the Netherlands owns wagons; Italy buys rail transport yearly

19 hrs ago

Paying for Faster Aster Production

OCCAR’s Aster contracts of 2022–2026 disclose volumes and sites, but not who funds the new capacity

20 hrs ago

Training or war stocks: Europe’s undisclosed ammunition split

European governments publish ammunition budgets but classify the stocks and consumption that show what they buy

20 hrs ago

When Defence Software Suppliers Fail

How German and French insolvency law and public contract terms decide who can maintain mission software

22 hrs ago

Training Rounds and War Stocks in Europe

What five European governments disclose about ammunition bought for training rather than for war

22 hrs ago

Equipping Territorial Defence in Germany and Sweden

How budgets, bills and annual accounts record materiel for the Heimatschutzdivision and the Home Guard

22 hrs ago

Defence Finance Monitor #296

Defence Finance Monitor applies a top–down method that traces how NATO, EU and allied strategic priorities are translated into regulations, funding…

Oct 9

Technoprobe and the Limits of European Control

Italy still hosts most of the probe-card maker’s plant, while foreign shareholders and a Chinese partnership constrain it

Oct 8

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