Navy Wants Both Versions Of Littoral Ship Class
The Navy wants to put off a decision about which of two cutting-edge designs to choose for its latest vessel class, the littoral combat ship, slated to be stationed in San Diego. The first...
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Cyber Command Achieves Full Operational Capability
see the Command Structure here: https://www.aofs.org/2010/05/21/us-cyber-command-is-operational/ – Department of Defense announced that U.S. Cyber Command has achieved full operational capability (FOC). Achieving FOC involved U.S. Cyber Command completing a number of critical tasks to ensure...
Britain, France Defense Partnership
Britain and France announced an unprecedented partnership on defense in a bid to allow two medium-sized powers to remain global players, officials and diplomats say. IT IS SAID that British Prime Minister David Cameron,...
Army E-mail will use the Microsoft ‘Cloud’, but Google is not happy
This contract to Microsoft originated a large debate about the method used for the assignement: see, the following articles by J. Nicholas Hoover, www.informationweek.com, Army Consolidates Email Under DISA Cloud Joe Gould, www.DefenseNews.com Army E-mail Headed...
About National Export Initiative and Export Control Reform
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke continued the administration’s push to boost U.S. exports 100% by 2015 in accordance with President Obama’s 3/11/10 executive order establishing the National Export Initiative (“NEI”). Last week, Secretary Locke...
Al-Qaida Bombs Too Sophisticated For X-Rays, Say Officials
Standard X-ray is not enough Senior counter-terrorism officials warned that al-Qaida has exposed a blind spot in international aviation security by successfully smuggling bombs onto commercial cargo planes bound for the US. One official...
DRS: $24 M for IT Support Services in Afghanistan
DRS Technical Services Inc., a DRS Defense Solutions business unit, has received a contract to perform information technology support services and provide network service personnel for U.S. forces located on Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan....
IAI: $9 M for ELM-2105 Radar Based Border Protection Systems
download the ELM-2105 brochure here – Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been awarded a contract worth $9 million (USD) to provide a foreign customer with its ELM-2105 radar-based border protection system. The radar, which...
BAE Proposals for Brazilian Navy fleet renewal programme
BAE Systems has submitted a detailed proposal to the Brazilian Navy to supply a package of naval vessels to meet its ambitious fleet renewal programme through a full technology transfer agreement, with the ships...
Net-centric consortium proves 66 percent cost, time reduction in integrating industry labs
During three transatlantic laboratory demonstrations conducted earlier this year, eight Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) member companies validated their team’s ability to cut, by 66 percent, the time and cost of integrating their...
IAI MF- STAR Multi Function Surveillance & Threat Alert Radar delivered
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) delivered it’s first multi function surveillance and threat alert radar (MF- STAR) to a foreign customer. The MF- STAR is an advanced all-weather, day/night radar capable of performing various missions...
NGC Introduces New Coherent Doppler Radar System For Patrol Vessels and Small Combatants
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced the introduction of a new family of X-Band Coherent Radar (XBCR) systems designed primarily for offshore patrol vessels (OPV) and other smaller combat ship platforms. The SeaGuard XBCR systems are...
Thales launches CYBELS, a comprehensive cybersecurity solution
CYBELS (CYBer Expertise for Leading Security) is a comprehensive, modular and open-ended solution dedicated to active cyberdefence. Designed to protect critical information systems against cyber threats by anticipating, preventing and rapidly responding to attacks,...
LM Develops Vehicle-Mounted Tablet for Tactical Situational Awareness
Lockheed Martin has developed a ruggedized tablet computer for use in tactical vehicles. The TacFleet 8 allows real-world tactical situational awareness exchanges for brigade-and-below forces on the move. “The TacFleet 8 design incorporates innovative...
China Has Ability To Hijack U.S. Military Data, Report Says
China in the past year demonstrated it can direct Internet traffic, giving the nation the capability to exploit “hijacked” data from the U.S. military and other sources, according to a new report. Recent actions...
LCS Mine Countermeasure Mission Package Completes Phase III Testing
The Navy completed Phase III end-to-end testing of the littoral combat ship (LCS) mine countermeasure mission package off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Oct. 2, fully assessing unmanned vehicle operations and verifying vehicle...
Passenger Aircraft will fly with no pilot on board?
Ryanair’s chief executive is already planning single-pilot operation on short-haul flights. Military UAV can fly for hours, and conclude their complex mission with a mixture of remote controlled and automatic flight management. Let’s be...
SDA report “Fine-tuning EU border security” is published
Download the light-version of the document HERE. – On September 29, in Brussels, the Security and Defence Agenda hosted a roundtable debate bringing together key voices on border security from both sides of the...
Lockheed Martin: Next Generation Long-Range Surveillance Radar design approved
The U.S. Air Force has approved Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] preliminary design for its next-generation mobile, long-range surveillance and ballistic missile defense radar. The Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) will serve as the principal...
Transas Marine (UK): $28m from Lybia for Coastal Surveillance System
The radar system, which is being provided by marine technology supplier Transas Marine, will cover almost 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) of the country’s coastline, from Tunisia to Egypt. It is expected to be installed...