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STOP. THINK. CONNECT

STOP. THINK. CONNECT

NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP WITH FACEBOOK AND ANTIVIRUS PROVIDERS – The new agreement paves the way for the continuation of the recently established public private partnership known as the National Cybersecurity Education Council...

SAAB Ensures Maritime safety on Duth Waterways

SAAB Ensures Maritime safety on Duth Waterways

Saab has received an order from the Dutch authority Rijkswaterstaat regarding delivery of the AIS automatic identification system. The system will increase safety on the Dutch waterways. The contract means that Saab will provide...

“DHS, not NSA, Should Lead Cybersecurity”

“DHS, not NSA, Should Lead Cybersecurity”

In the midst of an ongoing turf battle over how big a role the National Security Agency should play in securing the nation’s critical infrastructure, a Defense Department official asserted that the military’s controversial intelligence...

Cloud Based High Performance Situational Awareness

Cloud Based High Performance Situational Awareness

Luciad announced its support for Cloud based Geospatial Situational Awareness applications and services. Cloud computing is a rapidly emerging technology in the Defense, Security and Aviation domains, and an essential element of Geospatial Situational...

Smart Defence with “Smart Military APPS”

Smart Defence with “Smart Military APPS”

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 of capabilities to satisfy...

CyberSecurity or Cyberwar

CyberSecurity or Cyberwar

The  13th and 14th  of April, at the premises of the CASD (Centro Alti Studi Difesa) in Rome,  the AFCEA Rome Chapter held a conference titled “CyberSecurity or Cyberwar”, dealing with the new threats...

Question to FAA on Privacy of Drones

Question to FAA on Privacy of Drones

Lawmakers questioned the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to test allowing drones to fly beside commercial airplanes in U.S. airspace. The FAA is planning a pilot program that would allow unmanned aircraft to fly in...

Innovative Threat Warning System

Innovative Threat Warning System

A team of Northrop Grumman Corporation engineers recently successfully demonstrated the capability of the company’s Silent Watch Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Distributed Aperture System (DAS) to enable a surface vessel to sense and track threats....

Smart Weapons will not use GPS data

Smart Weapons will not use GPS data

Navigation and guidance experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are trying to reduce the military’s reliance on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite guidance for advanced munitions, mid-...