Category: Cyber Security

Terrorism cell used to fund Islamic network dismantled

Five people were arrested in Italy, Britain and France as part of an investigation into the funding of a network of Islamic terrorism. This was announced in The Hague, Eurojust, the European body for...

SELEX Galileo shows latest UAS and soldier technology to Jordan’s Armed Forces at SOFEX 2010

  SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, is building on established partnerships with Jordanian industry at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition (SOFEX) 2010, and is demonstrating how the Company can support the growth of capabilities...

Little Progress Made On Afghan Surveillance Effort

Nine months after the Army’s U.S. Central Command formally declared that there was an “urgent need” for sophisticated electronic surveillance systems to be installed throughout Afghanistan to protect U.S. forward operating bases, little has...

DRS Defense Technical Services: 100 M$ for U.S. Customs and Border Protection License Plate Readers.

DRS Technical Services Inc., a DRS Defense Solutions company, announced today that its Maritime & Security Solutions business unit was awarded a fixed price, indefinite- delivery indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $100 million to...

Russian marines free tanker, capture pirates

Russian marines free tanker, capture pirates

Russian marines stormed a hijacked Russian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden in a daring early morning raid, killing one of the Somali pirates aboard and capturing another 10. The oil tanker’s crew...

“Italy was right decision” interview to Mark S. Newman, DRS CEO

“Italy was right decision” interview to Mark S. Newman, DRS CEO

The marriage between Finmeccanica and DRS Technologies, the U.S. military electronics company bought in 2008 for 3.7 billion euros’ is successful, although there is still much to do. Moreover Rome was not built in...

Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection opened a new facility to help enhance information sharing across the nearly 60,000-person organization. The new Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center will serve as the “one-stop-shop” for operations coordination...

Finmeccanica: 130M$ contracts for security

Finmeccanica: 130M$ contracts for security

Finmeccanica has won contracts with a total value of approximately 13 M$ million through its companies DRS, SELEX Sistemi Integrati and Elsag Datamat. Specifically, DRS Technical Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Finmeccanica Group...

DRS Technical Services: 77 M$ for C2 Technical Assistance to United States Forces-Iraq

DRS Technical Services: 77 M$ for C2 Technical Assistance to United States Forces-Iraq

DRS Technical Services, Inc., Finmeccanica Group, announced that its Tactical Services & Network Solutions business unit was awarded a contract for approximately $77 million to provide technical assistance to the United States Army and...

Alenia Aeronautica delivers second ATR-42MP airplane to the NAF

Alenia Aeronautica delivers second ATR-42MP airplane to the NAF

The delivery ceremony was held at Alenia Aeronautica’s Training Centre at Turin-Caselle and was attended by Air Vice Marshal DS Dillimono (Chief Operation Officer) and Wing Commander AT Marquis (Programme Manager ATR-42MP NAF) who...

Airport security should be “unpredictable”

Airport security should be “unpredictable”

MPs say that business travellers should not know what to expect when they pass through airports in order to beat terrorism The current confusion over what business travellers should expect when they go through...

Telephonics: Advanced ATM Automation System

Telephonics: Advanced ATM Automation System

Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, and a leader in providing advanced air traffic management solutions, announced today the launch of its newest and most advanced Air Traffic Management (ATM) automation...

Updating air traffic system top aim of Senate bill

Updating air traffic system top aim of Senate bill

Replacing World War II-era radar with 21st century GPS technology and implementing several new airline safety rules would be required under a $34.5 billion bill approved on March,22 by the Senate. The measure funding...

Information Sharing: The new intelligence capability

Information Sharing: The new intelligence capability

Steve Coles, Head of Security Strategy at SELEX SI/VEGA, revisits the importance of information sharing for the UK in light of the failed Christmas Day airline bomb plot. According to President Obama, it was...

Navy Warns Ships About Al Qaeda Risk Near Yemen

Navy Warns Ships About Al Qaeda Risk Near Yemen

Merchant, military vessels put on alert The Navy is warning ships sailing in waters near Yemen that al Qaeda is planning seaborne attacks similar to the 2000 suicide boat bombing of the USS Cole....

‘dominator(tm)’- the System That Enables Soldiers to Dominate the Battlefeild

‘dominator(tm)’- the System That Enables Soldiers to Dominate the Battlefeild

 Elbit Systems will be presenting the “Dominator ™” – an Integrated Infantry Combat System at the upcoming Australian Air Show. Geared for the unit level and individual soldier, the “Dominator ™” enables forces to...

New Command, Control and Comms System

New Command, Control and Comms System

Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that a contract has been signed with Elbit Systems Limited (Elbit) to provide the next generation of command, control and communications capability to...

Aircrafts and Helicopters: Finmeccanica Seeks To Make U.S. Home Market

Aircrafts and Helicopters: Finmeccanica Seeks To Make U.S. Home Market

Finmeccanica is looking to further increase its business activity in the U.S., capitalizing on its acquisition of DRS Technologies.The company has long eyed the U.S. and, through a growing industrial footprint, has tried to...