US Navy: LCS Budget
The Navy plans to spend about $28 billion to buy 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and at least 64 interchangeable mission packages to perform one of three missions – mine countermeasures, antisubmarine warfare, and...
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Canadian Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP) competition
Canada’s Department of National Defence expects to issue a request for proposal (RfP) for its emerging Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP) competition. ISSP gear is similar to the US Army’s currently fielded Land Warrior...
Obama officials present a strategic redefining of Homeland Security’s mission
The Obama administration Monday delivered to Congress the nation’s first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, defining homeland security for the first time as including hazards beyond terrorism, in a strategic document intended to drive long-term...
EU: 20 M€ for research Selex SI
The European Union has approved funding of almost € 20 million for two projects coordinated by Selex Sistemi Integrati in the second edition of the ban “Call Security” of the Seventh Framework Program. This...
NGC Awarded $335 M Base Operations Contract
U.S. Air Forces in Europe has awarded the Northrop Grumman Corporation and Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc 50/50 joint venture Vinnell, Brown & Root LLC a contract to provide base operations support services for locations in Turkey...
EU: 20 mln for research to Selex SI
The European Union has approved funding of almost € 20 million for two projects coordinated by Selex Sistemi Integrati in the second edition of the ban “Call Security” of the Seventh Framework Program. This...
Raytheon Wins $4.3 M for On-Dock Rail Nuclear Detectors
Under a $4.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Raytheon Company is developing next-generation panels that can scan rail cars to detect nuclear weapons and other materials. The new panels are...
Raytheon Wins $4.3 M for On-Dock Rail Nuclear Detectors
Under a $4.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Raytheon Company is developing next-generation panels that can scan rail cars to detect nuclear weapons and other materials. The new panels are an...
LM Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite
Lockheed Martin today launched its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(tm), of advanced grid management applications to give utilities, system operators and defense customers unprecedented insight into their enterprise operations and command and control...
Italian official condemns Haiti earthquake relief
Guido Bertolaso, undersecretary of State and the head of Italy’s civil protection service, has commented the presence of US soldiers in Haiti after the earthquake, saying they don’t have a ‘close rapport with the territory’....
The major international security challenges in 2010: Italy’s role and vision
Intervention of: Franco Frattini, Italian Minister for Foreing Affairs : The full document in, 100125 The major international security challenges “in 2010 we face an “arch of instability” which stretches from the Horn of Africa...
LM Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite
Lockheed Martin launched its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(tm), of advanced grid management applications to give utilities, system operators and defense customers unprecedented insight into their enterprise operations and command and control of...
Customs and Border Protection Halts Deadly Illegal Immigration Attempt at Torrey Pines Beach
One person is dead, another is in critical condition, and 14 others are in custody following a failed attempt to illegally enter the United States by boat at a San Diego beach this morning....
Vatican City: Pope attack prompts security review
The Vatican will review security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, this time managing to knock him down before being...
ManTech: 98M$ to Support DHS SBI Program Office
Will Provide Systems Engineering and Technical Support to Enhance Border Security ManTech International Corporation announced that it was awarded an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide a...
Somali pirates hijack Panamanian carrier with 26 crew
Pirates captured a Panamanian-flagged ship with 26 crew off the East Africa coast on Thursday and fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at an Italian ship, which escaped. The bulk carrier Al Khaliq was...
IT Coast Guard VADM Pollastrini: “Implementing Integrated Maritime Policy in the European Union
In conjunction with Italian Embassy in Washington, SELEX Sistemi Integrati has organized an event in line with the recent declarations of DHS Secretary, Janet Napolitano, looking for an “international approach to the security” recommending...
CBP and Coast Guard Team Up to Interdict 5 Migrants
Five Mexican migrants were apprehended this afternoon by Coast Guard officers and Customs and Border Protection marine interdiction agents as they tried to illegally enter the U.S. by boat. At 9:26 a.m., the Coast...
SELEX SI: upgrading of the ATCR 33 radar for the Italian Army Nettuno Firing Center
SELEX Sistemi Integrati signed a contract with TELEDIFE for the upgrading of the ATCR 33 radar for air traffic control, installed in the firing ground of the Italian Army in Nettuno (Rome). The contracy...
NATO-Russia airspace cooperation project undergoes joint tests
Joint system testing is currently underway on the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI), which is being developed under the auspices of the NATO-Russia Council. The CAI fosters NATO-Russia cooperation on airspace surveillance and air traffic...