Category: VTS / VTM

Military Video Surveillance Systems Market $7.7bn in 2010

Military Video Surveillance Systems Market $7.7bn in 2010

Full-Motion Video for ISR’ reveals one of the new emerging technologies to come out of the growth in ground and airborne surveillance and in particular the increase in UAV deployment. Assessed is that worldwide...

In Europe, U.S. Allies Target Defense Budgets

In Europe, U.S. Allies Target Defense Budgets

European governments’ budget-slashing efforts are expected to cut deep into the Continent’s defense spending, widening the gulf between U.S. and European military capabilities. Governments in France, Germany, Spain and Italy, in rolling out recent...

Finmeccanica update: Board of directors designates senior managers of group companies

Finmeccanica SpA’s board of directors has approved the designation of the following senior managers at its subsidiaries: • Giuseppe Giordo, currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alenia North America and Deputy General Manager...

SWIM SUIT prototype delivered

SWIM SUIT prototype delivered

SWIM-SUIT, which has a value of 12 million Euros, relied on a contribution of about 50% from the European Commission. The project, born within the 6 Framework programme of the European Union, represents one...

U.S. Signs 2nd-Stage U.S.-EU Aviation Agreement

Cynthia Stroum, the US Ambassador to Luxembourg and Susan Kurland, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, along with representatives of the European Union (EU) and its 27 member...

New Marine One (Boeing 101) will be too late for Obama

New Marine One (Boeing 101) will be too late for Obama

Since President Dwight Eisenhower started using them in the mid-1950s, helicopters have become a routine part of presidential life and the sight of the large green-and-white craft lifting off from the South Lawn of...

US to deploy drones to shore up border with Mexico

US to deploy drones to shore up border with Mexico

The United States plans to deploy two drone aircraft along the Texas-Mexico border as part of a new effort to stem organized crime and illegal immigration. The two Predator drones will be used to...

Gregory S. Martin appointed to Alenia North America’s Board of Directors

 “We look forward to General Martin joining Alenia North America’s Board of Directors”, said ADM Gregory Johnson, USN (Ret.), Chairman, Board of Directors, Alenia North America, Inc. “General Martin’s experience as commander of AFMC,...

NGC Successfully Demos Naval S-Band Radar Testbed

Northrop Grumman Corporation has marked a significant milestone in the development of advanced surface warfare radars with the successful live outdoor testing of the company’s S-band radar testbed. Northrop Grumman successfully conducted live outdoor...

High-Tech X-ray Detects Illegal Exportation

High-Tech X-ray Detects Illegal Exportation

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped an illegal exportation of currency. CBP officers conducting southbound operations searched a vehicle utilizing a high-tech x-ray machine which led to the discovery of the illegal exportation...

Dubai: 136 M$ for security: cameras ‘everywhere’

The bustling Gulf city currently has 25,000 security cameras, but “surveillance needs to be ramped up to meet the growing requirements of an expanding city,”  told The National newspaper. “We need to work according...

Proposal to Supply NATO’s Ground Surveillance System Delivered

Proposal to Supply NATO’s Ground Surveillance System Delivered

Towards supplying NATO’s premier and long-standing contract for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system, Northrop Grumman has submitted a formal proposal. The award is expected sometime in October 2010. Northrop already supplies NATO...

EU SeaBILLA (Sea Border Surveillance) program unveiled

EU SeaBILLA (Sea Border Surveillance) program unveiled

SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, has launched the European research and development project SeaBILLA (Sea Border Surveillance). SeaBILLA, proposed to the European Union as a research and development project on maritime and boarders...

Boeing, General Dynamics and ITT: $4.4 Bn for NextGen Engineering Contracts

Boeing, General Dynamics and ITT: $4.4 Bn for NextGen Engineering Contracts

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded three separate Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) contracts totaling up to $4.4 billion over 10 years. Under the contracts, the companies will perform work that will demonstrate...

U.S. and EU Sign Deal to Boost Cooperation on Air Traffic

U.S. and EU Sign Deal to Boost Cooperation on Air Traffic

The U.S. and the European Union expect to sign as soon as Friday an agreement that will increase cooperation on their new-generation systems for highly efficient air-traffic management, people close to the talks say....

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Major cyber security conference in Estonia

Experts from around the world stressed the importance of enhancing cyber security.TALLINN – Security experts from around the world have gathered in Tallinn for the third international high-level conference on cyber security that called...

EU nations decide on airport body scanners

European Union nations should decide on their own whether to use body scanners at airports, but the technology employed must be up to EU standards. “It is for each member state to decide to...

Presidential Helo Competition Complicated

Presidential Helo Competition Complicated

see also: June, 15 Boeing & AgustaWestland Agreement  June, 7 Presidential Helicopter Neverending Story  May, 5 AgustaWestland Will Bid on New Marine One  April 19, Sikorsky, Lockheed team to bid for US presidential helicopter The myriad...

UK MoD: $53 M to ITT for Night Vision Goggles

Technology enables huge improvements to the infantryman’s capability: read also Colonel Alec Bain’s article for RUSI here ITT Corporation has received a $53 million order from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) for...

Integrated Ground Based Air Defense Systems

Integrated Ground Based Air Defense Systems

Terma’s Ground Based Air Defense System is designed to meet the air threats of today and tomorrow. It offers an open and flexible system architecture that allows for modular integration of new and legacy...