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President Obama’s nominee to lead the Pentagon has made it clear military personnel programs, once considered sacrosanct, will be scrutinized as the administration looks for spending cuts. In written answers to advance policy questions...
More than 380 experts gathered in Tallinn, Estonia, to participate in the annual International Conference on Cyber Conflict. Presentations treated the legal aspects of cyber conflict as well as the technical ones, including recent...
The United States plans to export $46.1 billion in weapons this year, nearly doubling its 2010 figures, officials said June 10. During the fiscal year 2011, which ends Sept. 30, Washington expects the sales...
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a task order through the U.S. General Services Administration’s Alliant Contract to support the relocation of the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Against the background of rapidly developing technology, NATO is advancing its efforts to confront the wide range of cyber threats targeting the Alliance’s networks on a daily basis. NATO’s Strategic Concept and the 2010...
NATO and Russia failed to reach a breakthrough on a missile shield project in Europe on June 8 with the Russian defense minister complaining that Moscow’s demands were falling on deaf ears. After talks...
NATO wants to beef up its cyber defense capabilities with the creation of a special task force to detect and respond to Internet attacks, an alliance expert said at a conference on cyber security...
Defence ministers meeting in Brussels on 8 and 9 June came to an agreement on the “most fundamental structural changes the Alliance has ever seen “, according to Robert Gates. Based on a decision...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that its Office of Air and Marine’s Unmanned Aircraft System program has achieved a historic milestone, exceeding 10,000 flight hours. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.,Predator B UAS supports...
The Italian Customs Guards Corps “Guardia di Finanza” Air-Naval Operational Command and Finmeccanica SELEX Galileo are celebrating ten years of operations of the ATOS aerial surveillance system on board ATR 42 MP aircraft produced...
EU foreign ministers meeting on May 23 identified research and technology, procurement, maintenance, logistics, education and training as potential areas for pooling and sharing initiatives. The EU’s Military Committee compiled the findings, which are...
Broadening competition for US government contracts would save money – In most debates around the country’s looming fiscal crisis, “shared sacrifice” is the prevailing theme. But as policymakers consider the options on the table,...
LM, Selex SI and Cobham, Raytheon and Serco are teaming for the 1.7 Billion Euro Prorgam – UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has called for expressions of interest (EOI) for a service provider for...
The Signal Tactical Functional Area Assessment (FAA) conducted a top to bottom look at the challenges facing the Regiment in supporting Army full spectrum operations during the 2014-2018 timeframe. The analysis showed that the...
Air Defence / NATO / Policy
NATO’s secretary-general on May 19 called for a “true, strategic partnership” between NATO and Russia after warnings from Moscow of a possible new Cold War should the two sides fail to agree on missile...
The U.S. Navy is turning to the wisdom of the crowd to forge military strategy, inviting the public to join an online game in which Somali pirates have hijacked commercial ships. The Office of...
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully to sign a joint statement on global supply chain security cooperation — further strengthening ongoing collaboration between the United States...
Raytheon Professional Services LLC (RPS) has received a NATO contract to develop an electronic Individual Training and Education Program (e-ITEP). (see also here for other news on training) “This is a key milestone in...
The U.S. Army is acquiring and sustaining Russian-built Mi-17 helicopters for Iraqi and Afghan forces so they can further stand up their respective militaries and enable more U.S. forces to return home, service officials...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine has played a crucial role in responding to the severe flooding of the Red River in the upper Midwest. CBP unmanned aerial systems began...