Somali pirates hijack yacht
The European Union’s anti-piracy mission said that on Nov,7 pirates had hijacked a yacht on the Indian Ocean, off the Seychelles and that one of its passengers had been taken in by a warship. Local...
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Suspected Pirate Boat Boarded And Destroyed
Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Fort Victoria (A387), under the command of Captain Rob Dorey, boarded, cleared and destroyed a suspected pirate vessel. Fort Victoria is currently deployed as part of a special counter-piracy operation...
Raytheon buys cyber solutions provider
Raytheon Co. has acquired Trusted Computer Solutions, a Herndon, Va., provider of cross-domain, operating system and network security solutions. Financial terms were not reported. The acquisition of the private company is the seventh transaction...
Marinette Marine celebrates long wait for more Navy ships
It’s been years of work and waiting, but for Marinette Marine Corp. employees, a Navy decision this week to buy 20 littoral combat ships from two contractors is a welcome relief. Congressional approval for...
Congressional approval of Navy’s LCS plan is possible, says Jo Bonner
Congressional approval of a plan to buy littoral combat ships from Austal and Lockheed Martin will be “challenging but not impossible,” said U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile. Getting Congress to approve the U.S. Navy’s plan...
Navy Wants Both Versions Of Littoral Ship Class
The Navy wants to put off a decision about which of two cutting-edge designs to choose for its latest vessel class, the littoral combat ship, slated to be stationed in San Diego. The first...
Cyber Command Achieves Full Operational Capability
see the Command Structure here: https://www.aofs.org/2010/05/21/us-cyber-command-is-operational/ – Department of Defense announced that U.S. Cyber Command has achieved full operational capability (FOC). Achieving FOC involved U.S. Cyber Command completing a number of critical tasks to ensure...
Britain, France Defense Partnership
Britain and France announced an unprecedented partnership on defense in a bid to allow two medium-sized powers to remain global players, officials and diplomats say. IT IS SAID that British Prime Minister David Cameron,...
Army E-mail will use the Microsoft ‘Cloud’, but Google is not happy
This contract to Microsoft originated a large debate about the method used for the assignement: see, the following articles by J. Nicholas Hoover, www.informationweek.com, Army Consolidates Email Under DISA Cloud Joe Gould, www.DefenseNews.com Army E-mail Headed...
About National Export Initiative and Export Control Reform
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke continued the administration’s push to boost U.S. exports 100% by 2015 in accordance with President Obama’s 3/11/10 executive order establishing the National Export Initiative (“NEI”). Last week, Secretary Locke...
Al-Qaida Bombs Too Sophisticated For X-Rays, Say Officials
Standard X-ray is not enough Senior counter-terrorism officials warned that al-Qaida has exposed a blind spot in international aviation security by successfully smuggling bombs onto commercial cargo planes bound for the US. One official...
DRS: $24 M for IT Support Services in Afghanistan
DRS Technical Services Inc., a DRS Defense Solutions business unit, has received a contract to perform information technology support services and provide network service personnel for U.S. forces located on Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan....
IAI: $9 M for ELM-2105 Radar Based Border Protection Systems
download the ELM-2105 brochure here – Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been awarded a contract worth $9 million (USD) to provide a foreign customer with its ELM-2105 radar-based border protection system. The radar, which...
BAE Proposals for Brazilian Navy fleet renewal programme
BAE Systems has submitted a detailed proposal to the Brazilian Navy to supply a package of naval vessels to meet its ambitious fleet renewal programme through a full technology transfer agreement, with the ships...
Net-centric consortium proves 66 percent cost, time reduction in integrating industry labs
During three transatlantic laboratory demonstrations conducted earlier this year, eight Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) member companies validated their team’s ability to cut, by 66 percent, the time and cost of integrating their...
IAI MF- STAR Multi Function Surveillance & Threat Alert Radar delivered
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) delivered it’s first multi function surveillance and threat alert radar (MF- STAR) to a foreign customer. The MF- STAR is an advanced all-weather, day/night radar capable of performing various missions...
NGC Introduces New Coherent Doppler Radar System For Patrol Vessels and Small Combatants
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced the introduction of a new family of X-Band Coherent Radar (XBCR) systems designed primarily for offshore patrol vessels (OPV) and other smaller combat ship platforms. The SeaGuard XBCR systems are...
Thales launches CYBELS, a comprehensive cybersecurity solution
CYBELS (CYBer Expertise for Leading Security) is a comprehensive, modular and open-ended solution dedicated to active cyberdefence. Designed to protect critical information systems against cyber threats by anticipating, preventing and rapidly responding to attacks,...
LM Develops Vehicle-Mounted Tablet for Tactical Situational Awareness
Lockheed Martin has developed a ruggedized tablet computer for use in tactical vehicles. The TacFleet 8 allows real-world tactical situational awareness exchanges for brigade-and-below forces on the move. “The TacFleet 8 design incorporates innovative...
China Has Ability To Hijack U.S. Military Data, Report Says
China in the past year demonstrated it can direct Internet traffic, giving the nation the capability to exploit “hijacked” data from the U.S. military and other sources, according to a new report. Recent actions...