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Finmeccanica: 130M$ contracts for security

Finmeccanica: 130M$ contracts for security

Finmeccanica has won contracts with a total value of approximately 13 M$ million through its companies DRS, SELEX Sistemi Integrati and Elsag Datamat. Specifically, DRS Technical Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Finmeccanica Group...

DRS Technical Services: 77 M$ for C2 Technical Assistance to United States Forces-Iraq

DRS Technical Services: 77 M$ for C2 Technical Assistance to United States Forces-Iraq

DRS Technical Services, Inc., Finmeccanica Group, announced that its Tactical Services & Network Solutions business unit was awarded a contract for approximately $77 million to provide technical assistance to the United States Army and...

Alenia Aeronautica delivers second ATR-42MP airplane to the NAF

Alenia Aeronautica delivers second ATR-42MP airplane to the NAF

The delivery ceremony was held at Alenia Aeronautica’s Training Centre at Turin-Caselle and was attended by Air Vice Marshal DS Dillimono (Chief Operation Officer) and Wing Commander AT Marquis (Programme Manager ATR-42MP NAF) who...

Airport security should be “unpredictable”

Airport security should be “unpredictable”

MPs say that business travellers should not know what to expect when they pass through airports in order to beat terrorism The current confusion over what business travellers should expect when they go through...

Telephonics: Advanced ATM Automation System

Telephonics: Advanced ATM Automation System

Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, and a leader in providing advanced air traffic management solutions, announced today the launch of its newest and most advanced Air Traffic Management (ATM) automation...

Updating air traffic system top aim of Senate bill

Updating air traffic system top aim of Senate bill

Replacing World War II-era radar with 21st century GPS technology and implementing several new airline safety rules would be required under a $34.5 billion bill approved on March,22 by the Senate. The measure funding...

Information Sharing: The new intelligence capability

Information Sharing: The new intelligence capability

Steve Coles, Head of Security Strategy at SELEX SI/VEGA, revisits the importance of information sharing for the UK in light of the failed Christmas Day airline bomb plot. According to President Obama, it was...

Navy Warns Ships About Al Qaeda Risk Near Yemen

Navy Warns Ships About Al Qaeda Risk Near Yemen

Merchant, military vessels put on alert The Navy is warning ships sailing in waters near Yemen that al Qaeda is planning seaborne attacks similar to the 2000 suicide boat bombing of the USS Cole....

‘dominator(tm)’- the System That Enables Soldiers to Dominate the Battlefeild

‘dominator(tm)’- the System That Enables Soldiers to Dominate the Battlefeild

 Elbit Systems will be presenting the “Dominator ™” – an Integrated Infantry Combat System at the upcoming Australian Air Show. Geared for the unit level and individual soldier, the “Dominator ™” enables forces to...

New Command, Control and Comms System

New Command, Control and Comms System

Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that a contract has been signed with Elbit Systems Limited (Elbit) to provide the next generation of command, control and communications capability to...

Aircrafts and Helicopters: Finmeccanica Seeks To Make U.S. Home Market

Aircrafts and Helicopters: Finmeccanica Seeks To Make U.S. Home Market

Finmeccanica is looking to further increase its business activity in the U.S., capitalizing on its acquisition of DRS Technologies.The company has long eyed the U.S. and, through a growing industrial footprint, has tried to...

What is the Purpose of the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organizations List?

What is the Purpose of the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organizations List?

The United States maintains a range of “terrorist lists,” of which the Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) list is one of the better known. But in two recent court cases, the U.S. government has offered...

Cyberwar Declared As China Hunts For The West’s Intelligence Secrets

Cyberwar Declared As China Hunts For The West’s Intelligence Secrets

Urgent warnings have been circulated throughout Nato and the European Union for secret intelligence material to be protected from a recent surge in cyberwar attacks originating in China. The attacks have also hit government...

USDoD New Cyber-Security Rules For Unclassified Data

USDoD New Cyber-Security Rules For Unclassified Data

The U.S. Defense Department, the target of 300 million attempts daily to probe its computer networks, wants to require its contractors to report hacking that compromises sensitive information. Under a proposed regulation, companies would...

Vice Adm. R. J. Papp memo on USCG restructuring

Vice Adm. R. J. Papp memo on USCG restructuring

The incoming Coast Guard commandant has penned a remarkably honest and sometimes disturbing memo saying the service was “forced to make asset reduction decisions” in the 2011 budget without “full appreciation” of the operational...

Defending Against Drones: How our new favorite weapon in the war on terror could be turned against us.

Defending Against Drones: How our new favorite weapon in the war on terror could be turned against us.

The unmanned spy plane that Lebanon’s Hizbullah sent buzzing over Israeli towns in 2005 was loud and weaponless, and carried only a rudimentary camera. But the surprise flight by a regional terror group still...

UK Defence Committee: Millions On Unproductive Procurement,

UK Defence Committee: Millions On Unproductive Procurement,

The MoD is spending hundreds of millions of pounds a year on unproductive activities because it has commissioned more work than it can afford to pay for, says the Defence Select Committee in its...

Northrop Considers Bid for U.S. Navy’s LCS

Northrop Considers Bid for U.S. Navy’s LCS

Northrop Grumman is examining both competing Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designs with an eye to possibly bidding as a second-source shipyard to build the small, fast warships for the U.S. Navy, the company’s top...

Finmeccanica Looks for Partner in White House Helicopter Bid

Finmeccanica Looks for Partner in White House Helicopter Bid

Finmeccanica SpA, Italy’s biggest defense contractor, said it is looking for a partner as the U.S. Defense Department restarts the process of replacing the ageing fleet of presidential helicopters. The group will respond with...