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How #Ukraine‘s Cheap Drones Hit Targets Deep Inside #Russia#OSINT pic.twitter.com/WdE8hipxHr
— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) April 16, 2024
Day: April 16, 2024
Artifact of the Week: Concealed Compass
OSS officers going into harm’s way had a variety of ingenious places to hide small, even miniature, compasses for escape and evasion – such as in cufflinks and uniform buttons, pictured here.
Intelligence devices often had to be concealed to keep the officer from arousing suspicion.
Although our museum is not open to the public, we regularly share new artifacts to give you a virtual peek inside.
Learn more. https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/artifact/concealed-compass/
In Etterbeek, in Brussels City and in Saint-Josse, the far-right is not welcome,”
says Socialist Party politician Emir Kir about shutting down the National Conservatism conference.
An order banning the event in Brussels was issued ‘to guarantee public safety’. pic.twitter.com/z54MiW722o
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 16, 2024
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<p class=”text-body text-muted small”>Seen on its maiden flight in February, the first KC-390 for Hungary arrived in the country on 12 April to allow national personnel to become acquainted with the aircraft before it is officially handed over later in 2024. (Embraer)</p>
<p>The first of two Embraer KC-390 Millennium tanker-transport aircraft for Hungary arrived in-country on 12 April.</p>
<p>
The milestone, which is intended to provide the Hungarian Defence Force familiarisation time with the type ahead of its official
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handover later in 2024, was marked by an event at Kecskemét Air Base that was attended by Hungarian government and military officials, including State Secretary for Defense Policy Zsolt Kutnyánszky.
</p>
<p>“This short period is an excellent opportunity for Hungarian professionals to get acquainted with the technology long before the aircraft [officially] arrives,” Kutnyánszky was quoted by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as saying.</p>
<p>As noted in Kutnyánszky’s comment, this first KC-390 will remain in Hungary for an undisclosed period of time before being returned to Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto production facility where it was built for final works and check out. It will then be formally handed over to the Hungarian MoD later in 2024, with the second aircraft following in 2025.</p>
<p>Hungary signed for the two KC-390s (designated C-390 in its baseline transport configuration) in November 2020. The aircraft for Hungary will be particularly configured for tactical transport operations, air-to-air refuelling of the service’s Saab Gripen C/D fighters, and for the medical evacuation (medevac) role (the Hungarian C-390s will be the first to include provisions for an intensive care unit).</p>
<p class=”text-body text-muted small”>Seen on its maiden flight in February, the first KC-390 for Hungary arrived in the country on 12 April to allow national personnel to become acquainted with the aircraft before it is officially handed over later in 2024. (Embraer)</p>
<p>The first of two Embraer KC-390 Millennium tanker-transport aircraft for Hungary arrived in-country on 12 April.</p>
<p>
The milestone, which is intended to provide the Hungarian Defence Force familiarisation time with the type ahead of its official
<strong></strong>
handover later in 2024, was marked by an event at Kecskemét Air Base that was attended by Hungarian government and military officials, including State Secretary for Defense Policy Zsolt Kutnyánszky.
</p>
<p>“This short period is an excellent opportunity for Hungarian professionals to get acquainted with the technology long before the aircraft [officially] arrives,” Kutnyánszky was quoted by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as saying.</p>
<p>As noted in Kutnyánszky’s comment, this first KC-390 will remain in Hungary for an undisclosed period of time before being returned to Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto production facility where it was built for final works and check out. It will then be formally handed over to the Hungarian MoD later in 2024, with the second aircraft following in 2025.</p>
<p>Hungary signed for the two KC-390s (designated C-390 in its baseline transport configuration) in November 2020. The aircraft for Hungary will be particularly configured for tactical transport operations, air-to-air refuelling of the service’s Saab Gripen C/D fighters, and for the medical evacuation (medevac) role (the Hungarian C-390s will be the first to include provisions for an intensive care unit).</p>
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<p class=”text-body text-muted small”>The Netherlands has ordered seven additional GM200 MM/C radars from Thales after having ordered an initial nine in February 2019. Pictured is the first GM200 MM/C radar being handed over to the Royal Netherlands Army in Hengelo in February 2024. (Dutch MoD/Sgt Maj Gregory Fréni)</p>
<p>The Dutch Command Materiel and IT (COMMIT) procurement authority has ordered seven additional Ground Master 200 Multi-Mission/Compact (GM200 MM/C) radars from Thales.</p>
<p>The contract includes an option for two additional radars, according to a Thales announcement on 15 April.</p>
<p>The GM200 MM/C is a compact mobile radar that can detect, track, and classify a large number of targets including rockets, artillery shells, mortar rounds, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aircraft, helicopters, and cruise missiles.</p>
<p>For the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA), the radars will be mounted on Scania Gryphus 8×8 trucks to enable rapid deployment.</p>
<p>
A Thales spokesperson was unable to comment to
<em>Janes</em>
on the delivery timeframes.
</p>
<p>
This latest contract follows an initial agreement in February 2019 for nine GM200 MM/C radars for EUR100–250 million (USD106–266 million) to replace its legacy TPQ-36 radars. Deliveries are expected to be completed by 2024. In February
<em>Janes</em>
witnessed the handover of the first GM200 MM/C in Hengelo. The event involved a live demonstration of the radar at the Netherlands Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) ‘t Harde firing range, which tracked 81 mm mortar rounds and 155 mm Panzerhaubitze (PzH) shells, as well as a pair of Puma UAVs.
</p>
<p class=”text-body text-muted small”>The Netherlands has ordered seven additional GM200 MM/C radars from Thales after having ordered an initial nine in February 2019. Pictured is the first GM200 MM/C radar being handed over to the Royal Netherlands Army in Hengelo in February 2024. (Dutch MoD/Sgt Maj Gregory Fréni)</p>
<p>The Dutch Command Materiel and IT (COMMIT) procurement authority has ordered seven additional Ground Master 200 Multi-Mission/Compact (GM200 MM/C) radars from Thales.</p>
<p>The contract includes an option for two additional radars, according to a Thales announcement on 15 April.</p>
<p>The GM200 MM/C is a compact mobile radar that can detect, track, and classify a large number of targets including rockets, artillery shells, mortar rounds, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aircraft, helicopters, and cruise missiles.</p>
<p>For the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA), the radars will be mounted on Scania Gryphus 8×8 trucks to enable rapid deployment.</p>
<p>
A Thales spokesperson was unable to comment to
<em>Janes</em>
on the delivery timeframes.
</p>
<p>
This latest contract follows an initial agreement in February 2019 for nine GM200 MM/C radars for EUR100–250 million (USD106–266 million) to replace its legacy TPQ-36 radars. Deliveries are expected to be completed by 2024. In February
<em>Janes</em>
witnessed the handover of the first GM200 MM/C in Hengelo. The event involved a live demonstration of the radar at the Netherlands Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) ‘t Harde firing range, which tracked 81 mm mortar rounds and 155 mm Panzerhaubitze (PzH) shells, as well as a pair of Puma UAVs.
</p>