The Pentagon‘s top weapons buyer denounced a previous U.S. Defense Department decision to start production of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter years before the tri-service jet‘s first flight. “Putting the F-35 into production years before the first test … Continue reading
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Kendall: Services Must Know Effect Budget Moves Have on Industry
The Pentagon is developing acquisition guidelines for the military services that show the industrial base implications of decisions made during the weapons-buying process. “What I‘d like to do … is work more closely with the service acquisition executives so that … Continue reading
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force orders airborne laser mine detection systems
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has purchased four helicopter-mountable, laser mine detection systems. This is the first direct commercial sale of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) to an international navy. The mine detection system is laser-based … Continue reading
Anders Fogh Rasmussen: NATO has “found the way ahead” for the AGS
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen provided no details of the arrangements in a 3 February press conference, but confirmed members “have found the way ahead on a practical funding solution” for the alliance ground surveillance (AGS) programme. Funding and … Continue reading
EU Warns Germans, Dutch To Comply With Procurement Law
The European Commission has sent the German and Dutch governments a letter warning them to take action to comply with an EU defense procurement law within two months or face potential fines. In a statement issued Jan. 26, the commission … Continue reading
Smart Defence with Smart Comms
Smart-phone technologies, already familiar to many young soldiers who are once and future gamers, might be changing the face of warfare. Smart phones are “a leap-ahead technology offering soldiers myriad … capabilities to satisfy their need to share voice and … Continue reading
Iraq Eyes Czech-Made Jet Fighters for Air Support
The Czech Republic is looking to sell dozens of Czech-made L-159 subsonic jet fighters to Iraq, Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra said after talks Jan. 23 with his Iraqi counterpart in Prague. “The talks are very intensive … and concern dozens … Continue reading
Indra Develops a Maritime Surveillance Light Aircraft
Copyright INDRA Indra, the premier IT company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe, is working on the development of a new maritime surveillance light aircraft in collaboration with Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam, firms SELEX Galileo, FLIR Systems … Continue reading
nEUROn official launch
nEUROn, the technology demonstrator for a European UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) was officially presented by Charles Edelstenne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Aviation, to the representatives of the six countries collaborating in the project (France, Italy, Sweden, … Continue reading
GD Opens Cyber Intel Facility
General Dynamics opened its new Cyber and Intelligence Solutions Center in Annapolis Junction today. The 28,000 square foot facility houses ample space for technical demonstrations and collaborative meetings and brings together the full breadth of General Dynamics’ cyber capabilities. The … Continue reading
Thales and Aerovision present FRONTEX with UAV for border control
Thales and Aerovisión have given a real flight demonstration of the UAV Fulmar (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for the European Agency Frontex, the organism in charge of coordinating the border control operations of the European Union member states. Fulmar is a … Continue reading
India clears USD 1.2B missile deal with MBDA
India has cleared a $1.2 billion deal to buy 500 air-to-air missiles from European firm MBDA as it undergoes a major programme to modernise its military, defence ministry officials said Thursday. The cabinet committee on security, chaired by Prime Minister … Continue reading
Thales launches GeoMux, a new PR4G F@stnet Waveform
GeoMux is one of the most advanced Electronic Protective Measure (EPM) VHF waveforms on the market. In addition to providing three high quality services simultaneously, voice, data and GPS position, GeoMux also includes a unique transverse communication capability allowing the … Continue reading
NATO and IBM to Use Cloud Technology for Improved Command and Control
NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) today selected IBM for a strategic technology project to gain experience with emerging information technologies to improve data center efficiency and increase data sharing by its 28 member nations. The initiative will enable the organization … Continue reading
NATO’s Newest Bombing Tool: Twitter
In the early days of the Libya war, U.S. commanders were adamant that they didn’t communicate with the Libyan rebels about what targets to bomb. As it turns out, they don’t need to. They’ve got Twitter. NATO officials conducting air … Continue reading
Army looks to troops for smart-phone tech advice
Smart-phone technologies, already familiar to many young soldiers who are once and future gamers, might be changing the face of warfare. Deployed commanders are pleading for more devices equipped with minicomputers and programmed with situational intelligence and training applications. Only … Continue reading
US Army Selects NGC for Force Protection Contract
• $997 Million ID/IQ Contract: Northrop Grumman Corporation has received an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) award from the U.S. Army to provide force protection systems and components in theater and the continental United States. Northrop Grumman is one of 19 … Continue reading
Medical Initiative to Save Estimated $254 M, Improve Warfighter Support
A new initiative Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical is participating in could realize $254.1 million in savings to customers over five years, while improving support to warfighters. Nancy Richardson, of the DLA Troop Support Medical forward cell at Fort … Continue reading
DOD Works to Boost Smartphone Security
As the Defense Department seeks innovation made possible by smartphones and other mobile computing platforms, it’s also working to ensure DOD users of those devices employ them securely, a defense official said. “Because of the pervasiveness of the [mobile computing] … Continue reading
New GD400 Rugged Handheld Computer Narrows Divide between Smartphones and Full-sized Computers
General Dynamics Itronix introduces the GD400 rugged handheld computer, designed for mobile professionals whose jobs range from ensuring the public’s safety and working inside warehouses to maintaining utilities. Weighing less than eight ounces, the sleek GD400 handheld is equipped with … Continue reading