European governments’ budget-slashing efforts are expected to cut deep into the Continent’s defense spending, widening the gulf between U.S. and European military capabilities.
Governments in France, Germany, Spain and Italy, in rolling out recent austerity measures in response to Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, have promised that their militaries won’t be spared in coming spending cuts. Last [...]
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In Europe, U.S. Allies Target Defense Budgets
Danish pullout hits NATO AGS
Concern about ”RIPPLE EFFECT”
“There could be a ripple effect in the current financial climate with budgets being cut,” one alliance source said.
The NATO sources said the system had broad possible uses, including in countering attacks by improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and in counter piracy operations off Somalia.
“The value of the project is such that [...]
Proposal to Supply NATO’s Ground Surveillance System Delivered
Towards supplying NATO’s premier and long-standing contract for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system, Northrop Grumman has submitted a formal proposal. The award is expected sometime in October 2010. Northrop already supplies NATO AGS at its facility in Melbourne, Florida. EADS, General Dynamics Canada, Kongsberg and Selex Galileo are part of an industrial team [...]
Major cyber security conference in Estonia
Experts from around the world stressed the importance of enhancing cyber security.TALLINN – Security experts from around the world have gathered in Tallinn for the third international high-level conference on cyber security that called attention to the need for countries to invest more in protecting their internet space.
The conference, organized by the NATO-accredited Cooperative Cyber [...]
Interoperability is the Key to Success in Missile Defense
Terma and Lockheed Martin have jointly developed a Ballistic Missile Defense C4I system called BMD-Flex. The system is based on Terma’s T-Core C4I framework, fielded in several European Army, Navy, and Air Force systems. Lockheed Martin provides modular Command and Control (C2) products for decision support and battle management as well as system-of-systems expertise to [...]
NATO AGS – Northrop Grumman Submits Proposal
Transatlantic cooperation is NATO’s top acquisition program of record
Northrop Grumman Corporation formally submitted to NAGSMA its proposal or the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system – NATO’s top and long-running acquisition program. A contract award is anticipated in October 2010.
“This program has been a model of the value of transatlantic cooperation to meet the security [...]
Experts group presents report on new Strategic Concept for NATO (doc to download)
On 17 May, the Group of Experts appointed by Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to lay the groundwork for a New Strategic Concept for NATO presented its analysis and recommendations to the North Atlantic Council (NAC).
Speaking to the Council, the Secretary General thanked the experts for their hard work. “The group has … reached out beyond [...]
Adm Di Paola: Russia may cooperate on NATO anti-missile systems
Russia is considering cooperating with NATO on anti-missile defence systems and other areas, the transatlantic alliance’s top military officer, Italian admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, said Thursday.
“Missile defence has … been named by General (Nikolai) Makarov, as an area in which we could look,” said Di Paola, referring to his Russian counterpart, following two days of [...]
Lessons Learned: 8.8M$ to ManTech Co.
ManTech Awarded $8.8M from NATO to Support Analysis of Worldwide Operations Will Support the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre in Monsanto, Portugal and Worldwide. They received a five-year contract from NATO’s Supreme Allied Command Transformation to support their Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC).
The JALLC is NATO’s lead agency for the analysis of operations, [...]
NATO Contract to SELEX Sistemi Integrati
SELEX Sistemi Integrati has received a Contract of 15 M€ for the integration of about 230 Sensors on new implemented Air Command and Control (ACCS) Sites, hosted by eleven NATO Nations: Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Hungary, Norway, Portugal, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece and France.
The Contract has been awarded to SELEX Sistemi Integrati, through the ACCS Main [...]
NATO will operate from Poggio Renatico the control of NATO air forces in Europe.
By March 2010, NATO will rely on the radar base at Poggio Renatico (Ferrara) control of the airspace between the Atlantic Ocean and the Danube delta. The decision to strengthen and expand geographically functioning of the Italian military was announced at the conclusion of the annual conference of the commanders of NATO’s Southern Region, held [...]
US Urges Allies To Ratchet Up Afghan Training Effort
The United States urged NATO allies to send thousands of trainers to help strengthen Afghan security forces and exploit a window of opportunity to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
The request came as the top commander in Afghanistan, US General Stanley McChrystal, said that security was no longer deteriorating but that the corner had not [...]
NATO ACCS approved for rollout in Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece
ThalesRaytheonSystems, operating through Air Command Systems International, has received an award for three additional NATO Air Command and Control (ACCS) replication sites in the Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece.
This contract includes the delivery of an ACCS Level of Operation Capability One (LOC1) Air Control Center, Recognised Air Picture Production Center and Sensor Fusion Post (ARS) for [...]
NATO-Russia airspace cooperation project undergoes joint tests
Joint system testing is currently underway on the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI), which is being developed under the auspices of the NATO-Russia Council.
The CAI fosters NATO-Russia cooperation on airspace surveillance and air traffic coordination. Its underlying goal is to strengthen capabilities required to deal with situations in which aircraft are suspected of being controlled by [...]
SELEX SI: NATO MAJIIC – second phase development contract
SELEX Sistemi Integrati signed a contract with TELEDIFE for the development of the second phase of the MAJIIC (Multi-Sensor Aerospace-Ground Joint Interoperable ISR Coalition) programme. MAJIIC is an international multilateral cooperation programme issued by the Ministries of Defence of countries belonging to NATO. Its main task is the definition of a common architecture allowing the [...]