Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS)
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Board of Commissioners will consolidate all of its security functions into one department as part of major reforms aimed at cutting costs and modernizing the...
Comms / Contracts / Crisis management / DHS
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide tactical and mission critical communications services to the DHS community. The multiple-award,...
L-3 Communications announced on the 10th of May that it has been selected by the Commonwealth of Australia to provide the C-27J Spartan for the country’s Battlefield Airlifter program. The U.S. Foreign Military Sales...
Research is under way that could turn the ubiquitous smartphone into a critical link in the kill chain of the modern battlefield. Engineers from the University of Missouri (MU) College of Engineering, with funding...
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced that plans to deliver Carrier Strike capability will now be executed using a different type of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jet than was planned. The MOD will move...
The North Korean military is using GPS jamming attacks to help build cyber-warfare capabilities, according to South Korean officials. North Korea has used jamming equipment to interfere with global positioning system (GPS) signals near...
UK plans nine-day exercise aimed at testing the military contribution to the overall Olimpic Games security effort. It includes the use of the Typhoon fighters which arrived at RAF Northolt yesterday, Army Lynx helicopters...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an expanded list of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) designated-degree programs that qualify eligible graduates on student visas for an optional practical training (OPT) extension. This...
A recent bout of electronic jamming signals from North Korea highlighted the growing risks of cyber warfare, which experts fear could be among its pledged “special actions” against South Korea. Hundreds of aircraft and...
C2I / ISR / Land Systems
Soldiers now can purchase mobile training apps from the newly launched Army Software Marketplace. The apps, developed through the Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications initiative, are approved for Army-wide use and available at www.marketplace.army.mil. Currently,...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the European Union (EU) signed today a Mutual Recognition Decision between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the EU’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program. CBP...
The South Korean government reported that electronic jamming signals from North Korea were affecting communications and GPS signals for passenger aircraft. So far, there has not been a serious threat to safety because the...
There is, no doubt, an new aspect of the NATO Chicago Summit to consider is the role that Social Media will play. In partnership between NATO’s Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy staff, Allied Command...
NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP WITH FACEBOOK AND ANTIVIRUS PROVIDERS – The new agreement paves the way for the continuation of the recently established public private partnership known as the National Cybersecurity Education Council...
Saab has received an order from the Dutch authority Rijkswaterstaat regarding delivery of the AIS automatic identification system. The system will increase safety on the Dutch waterways. The contract means that Saab will provide...
If the Obama administration wants Congress to finance a new missile shield in Eastern Europe, it will have to first get NATO to agree to foot part of the bill. The House Armed Services...
In the midst of an ongoing turf battle over how big a role the National Security Agency should play in securing the nation’s critical infrastructure, a Defense Department official asserted that the military’s controversial intelligence...
DRS Technologies, Inc., announced the availability of its WatchMaster® IP Elite thermal imaging camera, which provides commercial operations with the ability to replace conventional low-light surveillance and security cameras with affordable devices that produce...
Luciad announced its support for Cloud based Geospatial Situational Awareness applications and services. Cloud computing is a rapidly emerging technology in the Defense, Security and Aviation domains, and an essential element of Geospatial Situational...
Smart-phone technologies, already familiar to many young soldiers who are once and future gamers, might be changing the face of warfare. Smart phones are a leap-ahead technology offering soldiers myriad of capabilities to satisfy...