Dr Stephanie Hare

It was a privilege to co-host a significant discussion at DSEI UK 2025 with Jan Friedrich Kallmorgen, and our guest speaker, Mircea Geoana, Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, aimed at unlocking financial routes to enhance defense outputs. This session brought together industry experts to explore collaborative strategies for enhancing defense capabilities. Key points from our discussion included: - The significant investment opportunities in defense, given the urgency across Europe to expand both capability and capacity - The need for innovative financing models and the role of public-private partnerships in driving growth. - The role that Government's can play through reforming procurement processes to provide greater flexibility and certainty, particularly to new entrants and SMEs Thank you to all participants for their valuable perspectives. Together, we are paving the way for a more resilient and innovative defense industry.   Find out more about the event here: https://www.dsei.co.uk/   #EYatDSEI #DSEI2025 #DefenseInnovation Idris Memon Guy Turner Jaison Cresswell Philip Milne Gareth Rees Jonathan Rundle Matthew Vernon

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Another insightful report from BryceTech, focusing on global space activity for Q2 2025: •U.S. providers conducted 54 orbital launches in Q2; •Chinese providers conducted 19 launches; •A total of 1,198 spacecraft were launched globally; •Satellites under 1,200 kg accounted for 98% of spacecraft launched and 87% of total upmass; •An estimated 743,770 kg of spacecraft mass was launched in Q2; •Most spacecraft launched in Q2 were operated by commercial companies; and •The majority of spacecraft were communications satellites, largely driven by continued Starlink deployments. Download the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gF-xqdqr

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DR Congo issues its cobalt exports quotas for rest 2025 and whole 2026. CMOC will be allowed to ship a little over a 1/4 of what it produced last year. For Glencore and ERG, that figure is a bit above 1/2. Congo says there’s some wriggle room to revise the limits tho — overall, if there’s a big imbalance in the market and individually, if miners contribute to their domestic processing ambitions. EGC — the state firm with a monopoly on artisanal production — receives the biggest allocation after the Big 3. https://lnkd.in/eqe2YnvB

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America Blacklists Four Tankers! News Tanks The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has struck a major blow against the Houthis’ fundraising and weapons procurement network. As part of the action, sanctions have been imposed on 32 individuals and companies, as well as four vessels. OFAC has targeted Dubai-based Taiba Ship Management. The company’s owner, Muhammad al-Sunaidar, had already been sanctioned by the Treasury Department on July 22. Four tankers operated by Taiba have now also been blacklisted: Star MM (flag of Barbados) Nobel M (flag of Antigua and Barbuda) Shreya (flag of Antigua and Barbuda) Black Rock (flag of Panama) BEAUFORT MARINE SERVICES

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