Category: US Coast Guard

Sikorsky, Lockheed team to bid for US presidential helicopter

Sikorsky, Lockheed team to bid for US presidential helicopter

Lockheed sees possible US Navy award in 2011 or 2012 Lockheed still negotiating termination of VH-71 (AgustaWestland/Finmeccanica) with Navy Former rivals Sikorsky Aircraft and Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) said they would join forces in a...

Dutch ATC Systems integrated COMSOFT’s ARTAS, RMD and RRR into their Air Operation Control Station (AOCS

Dutch ATC Systems integrated COMSOFT’s ARTAS, RMD and RRR into their Air Operation Control Station (AOCS

Last month the Royal Air Force of The Netherlands (RNLAF) integrated further innovative COMSOFT equipment into their existing topology. The replacement of the affected predecessor systems are part of the customer’s drive to modernise...

DHS: Improved Standards to Protect Federal Facilities

DHS: Improved Standards to Protect Federal Facilities

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced two enhancements to federal facility security—initiatives that further strengthen the Department’s ability to protect thousands of government buildings across the United States one week...

Joint Maritime Enforcement Efforts Stops Smuggling Attempt

Joint Maritime Enforcement Efforts Stops Smuggling Attempt

U.S. Border Patrol agents, with the assistance of Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine and U.S. Coast Guard assets, stopped a maritime human smuggling attempt at a North County beach resulting...

FEMA: Appointment of Andrew Velasquez III as Regional Administrator for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

FEMA: Appointment of Andrew Velasquez III as Regional Administrator for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today applauded President Obama’s appointment of Andrew Velasquez III as FEMA Regional Administrator for Region V, which encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. “Regional...

Volcanic ash drifts over Europe – Monitoring of flights via ADS-B

Volcanic ash drifts over Europe – Monitoring of flights via ADS-B

All flights into and out of the UK have been suspended because of a cloud of volcanic ash high up in the atmosphere. And Mike Butcher at Tech Crunch Europe has written a little...

DEFENSE AND NON-PROLIFERATION : U.S.-EU HIGHLIGHTS

DEFENSE AND NON-PROLIFERATION : U.S.-EU HIGHLIGHTS

Global Leaders Endorse Securing of All Nuclear Material by 2014 – Following two days of meetings in Washington, leaders from around the world agreed to take tangible and meaningful steps to secure the world’s...

Lessons Learned: 8.8M$ to ManTech Co.

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...

Secretary Michael Chertoff, BAE Systems and the Whole-Body Scanners affair: $3 billion over the next eight years

Secretary Michael Chertoff, BAE Systems and the Whole-Body Scanners affair: $3 billion over the next eight years

Secretary Michael Chertoff Joins BAE Systems, Inc. Board of Directors The Honorable Michael Chertoff has joined the BAE Systems, Inc. Board of Directors. As a member of the Board, Secretary Chertoff will provide oversight...

Aptima’s Software to Support U.S. Navy’s Distributed, Multi-simulator Training

Aptima’s Software to Support U.S. Navy’s Distributed, Multi-simulator Training

As net centric warfare changes the nature of air and combat operations, the U.S. Navy is modernizing its aviation training, combining its various simulators into a unified platform to better replicate these complex missions....

Taliban Pushes France for Detainee Swap

Taliban Pushes France for Detainee Swap

France’s Foreign Ministry said Monday it was consulting with the families of two French TV journalists taken hostage in Afghanistan, after the Taliban demanded that France lean on Afghan and U.S. officials for a...

SAIC: 84M$ to Support Naval Air Systems Command

SAIC: 84M$ to Support Naval Air Systems Command

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to support the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Corporate Operations and Comptroller Offices with a full...

USS Ashland Captures Pirates

USS Ashland Captures Pirates

Three events over the past ten days have allowed the U.S. Navy to capture a total of 21 suspected pirates At approximately 5:00 a.m. local time, the USS Ashland (LSD 48), was fired upon...