Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS)
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Cubic Applications, Inc., a mission support services subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, has received a new, nine-month contract from the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide seaport security assessments and...
C4ISR / Contracts / Cyber Security / US DoD
The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation have successfully completed anarchitecture review of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) BattleCommand System (IBCS). IBCS is the first major Army acquisition to proactivelyincorporate the evaluation...
The U.K. has strongly rejected the idea of a European Union operations headquarters for planning and carrying out EU military and civil missions abroad. The proposal was put forward by Catherine Ashton, the EU’s...
The cyber threat the United States faces is increasing in severity and is accessible to a wide range of enemies, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said in a television interview broadcast. “Most...
The Army has fielded its next-generation friendly force tracking system to five operational brigade combat teams, equipping Soldiers with a faster satellite network, secure data encryption and advanced mapping kits for improved tactical communications...
The Defense Department’s first strategy for operating in cyberspace is a milestone in the fight to protect the nation from potentially devastating network attacks, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said today. (download...
The Pentagon released a long-promised cybersecurity plan Thursday that declares the Internet a domain of war. The plan notably does not spell out how the U.S. military would use the Web for offensive strikes,...
Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $16 million in additional funding by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under phase two of the Military Networking Protocol (MNP) program to create architectures, protocols, and...
In March, a cyber attack on a defense company’s network captured 24,000 files containing Defense Department information. – Nations typically launch such attacks, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said, but a growing...
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that it has entered into a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army...
Ottawa is now home to one of the newest, most state-of-the-art rescue helicopters in the province after medical transport company Ornge began transporting injured and critically ill patients in the new AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter...
DRS Technologies, Inc., A Finmeccanica Company, announced its DRS Tactical Systems business unit received a cost-plus fixed-fee award for the development of an ultra-rugged handheld device for the US Army’s Joint Battle Command –...
The notice appeared quietly on the website of Frontex, Europe’s agency to fight undocumented migration.It called for expressions of interest in demonstrating “Small UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and Fixed systems for Land border surveillance”...
Fueled by federal grants, high-speed cameras that can automatically read up to 30 license plates a second and check them for violations or law enforcement alerts are scanning more streets and highways across Massachusetts...
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov point of view here – The 29 nations of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) restated their commitment to pursuing cooperation on missile defence as well as cooperation in other security areas...
Thales announces the creation of Thales Communications & Security, a company combining the joint skills of Thales Communications and Thales Security Solutions & Services in the fields of defence, security and ground transportation. This...
A study commissioned by the Security and Defence Committee of the European Parliament is calling for an European Strategic Defence and Security Review to help countries identify capability improvements and set a target for...
A massive transformation of the Signal Regiment has been cleared to move forward according to the Chief of Signal. During an awards ceremony held June 6, 2011, in Alexander Hall on Fort Gordon, Ga.,...
The latest unmanned aircraft pictures from China show a reconnaissance truck with a joined wing and tail that could considerably increase range and payload and produce better handling at high altitudes. U.S. analysts already...
Border Security / Customs and Border Protection / DHS / FEMA / Homeland Security / Policy / US Coast Guard
As part of Secretary Napolitano’s vision for One DHS, the Department today unveiled an cross-component Maritime Operations Coordination (MOC) plan to enhance the Department’s coordination capabilities when responding to threats against the United States....