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Technical woes halt some Iran nuclear machines

Technical woes halt some Iran nuclear machines

Iran has been experiencing significant technical problems with equipment in its uranium enrichment drive and temporarily shut down some of its centrifuge machines, Western diplomats said on Tuesday. One senior diplomat said Iran acted...

Cyber war and cyber power. Issues for NATO doctrine.

Cyber war and cyber power. Issues for NATO doctrine.

For some time, terms prefixed with “cyber” have tended to become buzzwords in the international security debate. Cyberwar, cyber attacks and cyber threats were frequently mentioned in the discussions on NATO’s new Strategic Concept...

Boeing Offers New Surveillance Detection System

Boeing Offers New Surveillance Detection System

The system identifies when friendly forces are being monitored or targeted by cameras, binoculars, sniper scopes or other optical means The Boeing Company announced it has begun offering a Surveillance Detection System (SDS) capable...

NATO’s new Strategic Concept

NATO’s new Strategic Concept

Click here to download the full document – : The new NATO Strategic Concept reconfirms the commitment to defend one another against attack as the bedrock of Euro-Atlantic security and will serve as the Alliance’s...

NATO’s new Strategic Concept

NATO’s new Strategic Concept

Click here to download a PDF version of the document. – The document lays out NATO’s vision for an evolving Alliance that will remain able to defend its members against modern threats and commits...

Cyber Defence will be the same for Military and Civil environment ?

Cyber Defence will be the same for Military and Civil environment ?

Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned that potential cyber attacks poses a “huge” future threat that should be tackled through joint efforts by military and civilian agencies. “There is a huge future threat and there...

Germany Considers Loosening Arms Export Controls

Germany Considers Loosening Arms Export Controls

“Eurofighter,” “Leopard,” Submarine Class 214: Germany is the third largest weapons exporter in the world, despite restrictive guidelines. Now the federal government wants to make arms sales abroad even easier to make up for...

GD Awarded MDA Contract

GD Awarded MDA Contract

General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, is one of five awardees selected by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to provide systems engineering and testing services under the Missile Defense Agency...

DHS USCG and CBP Collaborative Effort Stop Maritime Smuggling Attempt

DHS USCG and CBP Collaborative Effort Stop Maritime Smuggling Attempt

A collaborative effort between officers of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents resulted in the arrest of 23 foreign nationals early yesterday morning off the San Diego coastline....

Experts Skeptical On Export Control Reform

Experts Skeptical On Export Control Reform

Support for Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ export-control reform initiative is not robust within the cabinet agencies with authority over international weapons sales, according to a panel of experts on U.S. export policy. Suzanne Palmer,...

US DoD “Implementation Directive for Better Buying Power”

US DoD “Implementation Directive for Better Buying Power”

In early 2010, the Defense Department began a comprehensive effort to increase efficiencies, reduce overhead costs, and eliminate redundant functions in order to improve the effectiveness of the DoD enterprise. This effort is focused...

Somali pirates hijack yacht

Somali pirates hijack yacht

The European Union’s anti-piracy mission said that on Nov,7 pirates had hijacked a yacht on the Indian Ocean, off the Seychelles and that one of its passengers had been taken in by a warship. Local...

Suspected Pirate Boat Boarded And Destroyed

Suspected Pirate Boat Boarded And Destroyed

Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Fort Victoria (A387), under the command of Captain Rob Dorey, boarded, cleared and destroyed a suspected pirate vessel. Fort Victoria is currently deployed as part of a special counter-piracy operation...

Raytheon buys cyber solutions provider

Raytheon buys cyber solutions provider

Raytheon Co. has acquired Trusted Computer Solutions, a Herndon, Va., provider of cross-domain, operating system and network security solutions. Financial terms were not reported. The acquisition of the private company is the seventh transaction...

Marinette Marine celebrates long wait for more Navy ships

Marinette Marine celebrates long wait for more Navy ships

It’s been years of work and waiting, but for Marinette Marine Corp. employees, a Navy decision this week to buy 20 littoral combat ships from two contractors is a welcome relief. Congressional approval for...

Congressional approval of Navy’s LCS plan is possible, says Jo Bonner

Congressional approval of Navy’s LCS plan is possible, says Jo Bonner

Congressional approval of a plan to buy littoral combat ships from Austal and Lockheed Martin will be “challenging but not impossible,” said U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile. Getting Congress to approve the U.S. Navy’s plan...

Navy Wants Both Versions Of Littoral Ship Class

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...

Cyber Command Achieves Full Operational Capability

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, 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,...