Once in office, Indonesia's new leader, former defence minister Prabowo Subianto, is expected to press ahead with the many defence procurement acquisition projects he had pending.
The Government Accountability Office is urging the US defence department to have greater control over intelligence agencies' auditing mechanisms. The Pentagon has been slow to react despite the political and legislative implications of making these changes.
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Turkey recently announced that its intelligence services had dismantled a French espionage network involving Syrian refugees in what appears to be a move from Ankara to put pressure on Paris as diplomatic relations continue to deteriorate.
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The French defence ministry's directorate for international relations is undergoing an audit as it prepares to carry out structural reform.
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The chairman of the French body helping Saudi authorities promote the archaeological site of AlUla, Jean-Yves Le Drian, has called for an internal audit of the organisation, while its Saudi counterpart has launched an anti-corruption purge.
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On Friday 23 February, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán announced that the government was buying four additional JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft from Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab, catching his own diplomatic corps off guard.
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Two communications groups have recently joined forces, with the shared objective of taking legal action against companies accused of supporting the Russian war effort.
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The GUR has undertaken a detailed examination of the Russian-made kamikaze drone following its capture last week, gathering information to be used to thwart Moscow's supply channels for Western technology.
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