Category: US Coast Guard

EU Commission Regulation on Aviation Security

EU Commission Regulation on Aviation Security

EU lays down detailed measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security for safeguarding against acts of unlawful interferences and general measures supplementing the common basic standards in the following...

EADS Falls Into The Red – A380 Will Make Losses For At Least 2-3 Years

EADS Falls Into The Red – A380 Will Make Losses For At Least 2-3 Years

European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. NV said Tuesday it swung into the red in 2009 as problem contracts weighed on earnings, as expected, and it predicted that 2010 will be another difficult year...

MEADS : Army would like to kill the program, but Pentagon resists

MEADS : Army would like to kill the program, but Pentagon resists

Another battle is brewing at the Pentagon over a costly weapons program that many military leaders do not want but that so far has proven difficult to kill. After several failed attempts, the Army...

Training, Investment Create Sustainable Afghan Army

Training, Investment Create Sustainable Afghan Army

Training and financial investment are critical to helping Afghanistan’s security forces become self-sufficient, a senior participant in the effort said. Army Brig. Gen. Gary Patton, the deputy commanding general for programs with Combined Security...

Cyberwar Declared As China Hunts For The West’s Intelligence Secrets

Cyberwar Declared As China Hunts For The West’s Intelligence Secrets

Urgent warnings have been circulated throughout Nato and the European Union for secret intelligence material to be protected from a recent surge in cyberwar attacks originating in China. The attacks have also hit government...

USDoD New Cyber-Security Rules For Unclassified Data

USDoD New Cyber-Security Rules For Unclassified Data

The U.S. Defense Department, the target of 300 million attempts daily to probe its computer networks, wants to require its contractors to report hacking that compromises sensitive information. Under a proposed regulation, companies would...

Vice Adm. R. J. Papp memo on USCG restructuring

Vice Adm. R. J. Papp memo on USCG restructuring

The incoming Coast Guard commandant has penned a remarkably honest and sometimes disturbing memo saying the service was “forced to make asset reduction decisions” in the 2011 budget without “full appreciation” of the operational...

Defending Against Drones: How our new favorite weapon in the war on terror could be turned against us.

Defending Against Drones: How our new favorite weapon in the war on terror could be turned against us.

The unmanned spy plane that Lebanon’s Hizbullah sent buzzing over Israeli towns in 2005 was loud and weaponless, and carried only a rudimentary camera. But the surprise flight by a regional terror group still...

UK Defence Committee: Millions On Unproductive Procurement,

UK Defence Committee: Millions On Unproductive Procurement,

The MoD is spending hundreds of millions of pounds a year on unproductive activities because it has commissioned more work than it can afford to pay for, says the Defence Select Committee in its...

Northrop Considers Bid for U.S. Navy’s LCS

Northrop Considers Bid for U.S. Navy’s LCS

Northrop Grumman is examining both competing Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designs with an eye to possibly bidding as a second-source shipyard to build the small, fast warships for the U.S. Navy, the company’s top...

Finmeccanica Looks for Partner in White House Helicopter Bid

Finmeccanica Looks for Partner in White House Helicopter Bid

Finmeccanica SpA, Italy’s biggest defense contractor, said it is looking for a partner as the U.S. Defense Department restarts the process of replacing the ageing fleet of presidential helicopters. The group will respond with...

Capitol Police upped security after shooting at Pentagon Metro

Capitol Police upped security after shooting at Pentagon Metro

Capitol Police on Friday continued to maintain stringent security levels on Capitol Hill after a lone gunman shot and wounded three officers outside of the Pentagon on Thursday. Officers with the Pentagon Force Protection...

NGC Team Awarded CANES Development Contract

NGC Team Awarded CANES Development Contract

The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation for the development phase of the U.S. Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program. CANES will streamline and update shipboard network systems to improve...

EADS North America Delivers 100th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army

EADS North America Delivers 100th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army

EADS North America delivered its 100th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army today, marking another on-time and on-budget achievement for a highly successful program that supports America’s warfighters and contributes to...

Fimeccanica / Guarguaglini: 2009 results exceed expectations

Fimeccanica / Guarguaglini: 2009 results exceed expectations

Data even more positive when compared to world stage * orders over 22 billion euros in both 2010 and 2011 * recovery in civil helicopter market by 2012 * Ansaldo Energia fate within next two...

Police partner with license plate readers

Police partner with license plate readers

A growing number of police departments are turning to mobile camera systems to fight motor vehicle theft and identify unregistered cars. The cameras read license plates of parked and moving cars — hundreds per...

U.S. Puts Hold on Export Licenses for BAE: State Dept.

U.S. Puts Hold on Export Licenses for BAE: State Dept.

The U.S. State Department has placed a “temporary administrative hold” on weapons export licenses sought by BAE Systems or companies using BAE Systems’ products, a State Department official said. BAE officials, however, said there...

Pirates Hit Spanish Fishing Ship With RPG

Pirates Hit Spanish Fishing Ship With RPG

Somali pirates hit a Spanish fishing boat off the coast of Kenya with a rocket-propelled grenade Thursday as private security on board returned fire at the would-be hijackers.  The successful defense of the fishing...

Coast Guard takes control from Deepwater’s integrators

Coast Guard takes control from Deepwater’s integrators

The Coast Guard has taken full control of developing a new flagship vessel from an embattled industry team and is determined to stay on schedule and keep costs from skyrocketing, a senior Homeland Security...