Cyberwarfare advances
The commander of the new U.S. Cyber Command told Congress on Wednesday that threats of cyberwar continue to grow. “The cyberthreat continues to mature, posing dangers that far exceed the 2008 breach of our...
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DHS : Einstein 2 cyber intrusion detection system deployed
DHS continues to deploy the Einstein 2 cyber intrusion detection system, which is now at 15 federal agencies and four major Internet service providers. Last year, the system detected over 5.4 million events, demonstrating...
News from SBINET
according to Defense Daily reporting Southern Border Technology Deployment Won’t Finish For 10 To 15 Years The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new plan to deploy various technologies along the nation’s southern border that are...
Smartphones Combine With Tactical Radios to Boost Ground Troops
A cutting-edge combination of smartphones plugged into tactical radios empowered small Army units during a recent field exercise observed by Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army’s vice chief of staff. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne...
Top Five Apps for the Army Winners Recognized at LandWarNet Conference
The Army announced winners of the Apps for the Army (A4A) application development challenge at the LandWarNet Conference in Tampa, FL. A4A is the Army’s first internal application development challenge. In 75 days, 141...
Gen. Peter Chiarelli: Smartphones combine with tactical radios to boost ground troops
A cutting-edge combination of smartphones plugged into tactical radios empowered small Army units during a recent field exercise observed by Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army’s vice chief of staff. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne...
DHS Spending Big on New Sensor Systems
After one year of studying whether it was wise to proceed with SBInet — the so-called virtual border fence — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pulled the plug on its current iteration....
TSA Plan to Body-Scan Pedestrians, Train Passengers
Giving Transportation Security Administration agents a peek under your clothes may soon be a practice that goes well beyond airport checkpoints. Newly uncovered documents show that as early as 2006, the Department of Homeland...
U.S. To Spend $800M To Terminate MEADS Program
Over the next three years, the U.S. government plans to spend more than $800 million on a missile defense “proof of concept” that Army Secretary John McHugh has little confidence will even work. Speaking...
TSA to conduct employee threat assessments
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced channeling service provider agreements with three award recipients: American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), L-1 and Telos ID. Through aviation channeling service providers, employee data is collected and...
Turnkey Airport Taking Shape
Electronic Systems Center officials of the Hanscom AFB intend to call for proposals within the next few months for development and production of a new deployable air traffic control system. Referred to as the Deployable Radar...
US DoS: $2.5 Billion to SAIC
Company to Serve as Lead Systems Integrator Supporting Bureau of Information Resource Management Information Technology (IT) Initiatives McLean, Va. – Science Applications International Corporation announced that it was awarded the Vanguard 2, Task Order 2.2.1 by...
NATO ”Smart Defence”
On 4 February, NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, delivered the keynote speech at the Munich Security Conference on building security in an age of austerity, a challenge he asserted that NATO was ideally...
DC: Urban Areas Security – Integration of thousands of private and public cameras
see also Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) – The District’s top security chiefs are planning to expand their use of electronic surveillance and to procure new technology that “allows us some flexibility,” Police Chief...
Army Acquisition Evolves
hybrid approaches can afford the Army the opportunity to both fast-track a needed technology and also preserve the process of checks, balances and certifications typically associated with traditional acquisition practices. Maj. Gen. Mark Brown,...
US DHS Awards Contract to AS&E
American Science and Engineering, Inc. (“AS&E”) a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced a research and development contract award under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T)...
EADS TRS-3D Radar for U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship
EADS North America has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to supply its TRS-3D radar for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship. As part of a recent Department of Defense award, Lockheed Martin will...
TSA Begins Testing New Advanced Imaging Technology Software
TSA to begin testing new Advanced Imaging Technology Software at select U.S. Airports to further enhance passenger privacy The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin testing new software on its advanced imaging technology...
NATO Achieves 1st Step on TBMD Capability
On 27 January 2011, NATO’s first ever theatre ballistic missile defence (TBMD) capability has been handed over to NATO’s military commanders. The handover took place at the NATO Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in...
Obama ends color-coded threat warnings
The Obama administration plans to replace the widely mocked color-coded terror warnings with a simpler, two-tier system: “imminent threat” or “elevated threat,” with more detailed information. “The alerts will be specific to the threat,”...