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Transatlantic cooperation

• U.S., EU Announce Intention to Launch Free Trade Talks
• EU, US Fully Implement Mutual Recognition Decision
• Europe Considers a Requirement to Report Data Breaches – To combat a rise in cybercrime, the European Commission is considering a plan to require companies that store data on the Internet — like Microsoft, Apple, Google and I.B.M. — to report the loss or theft of personal information in …

• Smart phone charging increases cyber threat
• Finland adopted its Cyber-security Strategy

• New NGC UAV mission management control system
• Advanced Maritime Surveillance Solutions with UAVs

Industrial policy

• US: $86.5 Million in Public-Private Partnerships
• Ruth Bishop: NGC VP of Quality, Safety and Mission Assurance for Technical Services
• US/ITA Join Forces for USAF T-X Trainer Competition – The General Dynamics-led team leverages proven Alenia Aermacchi jet trainer aircraft and ground-based training systems and complex systems integration expertise for a cost-effective, off-the-shelf system for the U.S. Air Force General Dynamics and Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, announced today
• Rockwell Collins will provide integrated avionics system for Piaggio’s MPA