Use NATO to Fight ISIS in Europe
(copy of a Bryen’s article: see below) – Europe is in a war but it does not seem to know it. Neither does NATO which has not been called upon to fight the war. All of...
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Croatian Ministry of Interior Border Police: extention of Coastal Surveillance System
The coastal surveillance system will provide real-time information from state-of-the-art radar sensors, advanced long range and thermal closed circuit television cameras plus Automatic Identification System (AIS). The system will be supplied by Saab (Traffic...
French DGA: TAS and Airbus DS to Supply Comsat NG Military Satellite Communications System
French defense procurement agency DGA (Direction générale de l’armement), part of the Defense Ministry, has selected the consortium formed by Thales Alenia Space (65%) and Airbus Defence and Space (35%) to build and deliver...
NATO-Industry Forum 2015: Innovative or Disruptive?
From 2014 to 2015 – Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow speach – Better Innovative or Disruptive? – CEO Finmeccanica Mr. Mauro Moretti video – The NIAG Mission & Strategy From 2014 to 2015 “Up to years...
Defense Information Systems Agency named Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel as vice director
Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel, formerly director of cyberspace strategy and policy at the U.S. Air Force, has been reassigned to the Defense Information Systems Agency as vice director – See more at here Zabel comes...
America’s Coast Guard in the 21st Century: budget driven by strategy
A Conversation with Admiral Paul Zukunft, Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Admiral Paul Zukunft spoke on this topic at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on January...
Undersecretary of State for Defence, H.E. MP Antonio Rossi on two folds cooperation
Security need for two folds cooperation and synergies both between countries and among the different stakeholders (Defence, Research, Industry, Associations) Rome, 14/1 – The Honourable Domenico Rossi, Italian Under-Secretary of State for Defence, attended,...
Japan, Australia to Provide F-35 Maintenance Sites in Pacific Region
Japan and Australia will be sharing maintenance and upgrade duties for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter based or operating in the Pacific region, the program executive officer for the aircraft announced today....
France, U.K. Move Toward Joint UCAV
A version of this article appears in the August 11/18 double issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. New low-observable technologies, a highly reliable turbofan engine and multifunction radar are among the technologies that...
Airbus Demonstrates New, Portable Threat Detection System
Around the world, threats to densely populated locations such as subways, train stations and airports underscore the need for new counterterrorism methods – especially the capability to investigate suspicious objects that may contain weapons...
EDA: Military Implementation of Single European Sky
A new cell focusing on the military implementation of SESAR – the European air traffic control modernisation programme – has been established within the EDA. The Single European Sky (SES) aims at realising the...
Rotary-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at the Italian Navy
The Italian Navy selected the CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air System) to provide support for its fleet, making it the first European Navy that has S-100 in operational use. The CAMCOPTER® S-100 was the...
US CBP Signs Public-Private Partnership Agreements for Expanded Services
U.S. Customs and Border Protection today finalized the agreements for five public-private partnerships during an official signing ceremony. Under authority from the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, CBP created a reimbursable fee agreement...
DHS: up to $6 billion contract for cyber continuous diagnostics and mitigation services
Early August, the Department of Homeland Security has awarded contracts to 17 firms to provide continuous diagnostics and mitigation services, also known as CDM, to the federal government, creating a potential model for private...
Transatlantic Cooperation on Defence 2 – the NIAG Contribution
Transatlantic Cooperation on Defence How can the EU and the US collaborate on joint defence and homeland security technology initiatives to maximise economies of scale? Intervention by Martin Hill, Vice Chairman NATO Industry Advisory...
Border security proposal gives Napolitano new waivers
Analysts looking through the new border security deal in the Senate say it includes waivers that would let Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano refuse to build any new fencing or install the new technology...
DHS: The new US border security plan.
The new version removes flexibility, ordering to place new systems in different locations. For example, it requires to deploy 685 ground sensors, 50 towers and 73 fixed cameras to Arizona’s two sectors, with similar...
US Army prioritizes Soldiers in fight
The Army’s fiscal year 2014 Equipment Modernization Plan, now working its way through Congress, prioritizes equipping warfighters in Afghanistan while simultaneously preparing for an uncertain future. Programs in the modernization strategy are grouped within...
USGC: FLIR’s Optical Sensor System for H-60 and H-65 helicopters
FLIR Systems, Inc. has received an order to support the U.S. Coast Guard valued at $23 million. The order is for the Coast Guard’s Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) configuration of FLIR’s commercially developed military...
Saab’s MEDAV: Brazilian border security program contract
Defence and security company Saab’s subsidiary MEDAV GmbH has received an order for the electromagnetic signal-sensor part of the Brazilian border security program Sisfron. Deliveries will take place during 2013 to 2016. Sisfron is...