Category: VTS / VTM

Cobham to upgrade and support Air Defence and Air Traffic Services for UK MoD

Cobham to upgrade and support Air Defence and Air Traffic Services for UK MoD

Cobham will upgrade and support key air traffic control systems and operations for the UK Ministry of Defence through to at least 2015, after being awarded three contracts totalling GBP12 million. The contracts include...

US DHS Critical Infrastructure: Chemical Security Update

US DHS Critical Infrastructure: Chemical Security Update

The chemical security laws and regulations (click to download) information has been updated to reflect compliance activities related to the paperwork reduction act for the Chemical-Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS). In particular, the Infrastructure Security Compliance Division...

Sikorsky, Lockheed team to bid for US presidential helicopter

Sikorsky, Lockheed team to bid for US presidential helicopter

Lockheed sees possible US Navy award in 2011 or 2012 Lockheed still negotiating termination of VH-71 (AgustaWestland/Finmeccanica) with Navy Former rivals Sikorsky Aircraft and Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) said they would join forces in a...

Dutch ATC Systems integrated COMSOFT’s ARTAS, RMD and RRR into their Air Operation Control Station (AOCS

Dutch ATC Systems integrated COMSOFT’s ARTAS, RMD and RRR into their Air Operation Control Station (AOCS

Last month the Royal Air Force of The Netherlands (RNLAF) integrated further innovative COMSOFT equipment into their existing topology. The replacement of the affected predecessor systems are part of the customer’s drive to modernise...

DHS: Improved Standards to Protect Federal Facilities

DHS: Improved Standards to Protect Federal Facilities

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced two enhancements to federal facility security—initiatives that further strengthen the Department’s ability to protect thousands of government buildings across the United States one week...

Joint Maritime Enforcement Efforts Stops Smuggling Attempt

Joint Maritime Enforcement Efforts Stops Smuggling Attempt

U.S. Border Patrol agents, with the assistance of Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine and U.S. Coast Guard assets, stopped a maritime human smuggling attempt at a North County beach resulting...

FEMA: Appointment of Andrew Velasquez III as Regional Administrator for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

FEMA: Appointment of Andrew Velasquez III as Regional Administrator for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today applauded President Obama’s appointment of Andrew Velasquez III as FEMA Regional Administrator for Region V, which encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. “Regional...

Volcanic ash drifts over Europe – Monitoring of flights via ADS-B

Volcanic ash drifts over Europe – Monitoring of flights via ADS-B

All flights into and out of the UK have been suspended because of a cloud of volcanic ash high up in the atmosphere. And Mike Butcher at Tech Crunch Europe has written a little...

DEFENSE AND NON-PROLIFERATION : U.S.-EU HIGHLIGHTS

DEFENSE AND NON-PROLIFERATION : U.S.-EU HIGHLIGHTS

Global Leaders Endorse Securing of All Nuclear Material by 2014 – Following two days of meetings in Washington, leaders from around the world agreed to take tangible and meaningful steps to secure the world’s...

LCS: proposal from Lockheed Martin

LCS: proposal from Lockheed Martin

The Lockheed Martin-led industry team submitted its proposal for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fiscal year 2010-2014 contract to the U.S. Navy today. Lockheed Martin is one of two industry teams competing for the...