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ThalesRaytheonSystems signed a €136 million contract with NATO to produce and deploy a Theater Ballistic Missile Defense capability to be integrated with the NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS). This is a great...
The US and Russia have a agreed to establish a network for sharing information on cyber security threats and activities. The two nations, speaking from the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland, said that the...
The text of the following statement was agreed by the Governments of the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany on the occasion of the U.S.-Germany Cyber Bilateral Meeting June 10-11,...
Norway’s parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to conscript women into its armed forces, becoming the first European and first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both genders. “Rights and duties should be...
A new economic scenario is the most vital and balanced auspices of all, but the feeling that the policies adopted in recent years in various world economies were based on incorrect assumptions and on...
The conference, organized by Centro Studi Demetra (Development of European Mediterranean Transportation), brought together representatives of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) , Air Navigation Services provider (ENAV) , legal experts and judges in...
The U.S. State Department released its annual Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 on May 30. This report, an annual assessment of international terrorism trends and events, focuses attention on the continuing threat that international terrorism poses...
The Army’s fiscal year 2014 Equipment Modernization Plan, now working its way through Congress, prioritizes equipping warfighters in Afghanistan while simultaneously preparing for an uncertain future. Programs in the modernization strategy are grouped within...
Eurofighter (EADS, BAE, Finmeccanica, INDRA) offered a $2.0 billion investment sweetener as it seeks to edge out US rivals for a contract to provide 60 advanced fighter planes to South Korea. The consortium announced...
“This technology represents the trending future for current and new electronic warfare systems operated by our military.” John Fratamico, SAIC senior VP and group GM. “the ARC solution that will potentially mitigate future advanced...
A small team of UK personnel are learning all about the fifth-generation stealth aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. So far, Britain has taken delivery of 2 Lightning II multi-role Joint Strike...
HeliVert, the Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland joint venture, will deliver to Exclases Russia five AW139 helicopters which will be assembled at the HeliVert plant in Tomilino near Moscow. This contract, which includes a mix...
FLIR Systems, Inc. has received an order to support the U.S. Coast Guard valued at $23 million. The order is for the Coast Guard’s Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) configuration of FLIR’s commercially developed military...
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and its programs, the National Association of Student Councils (NASC) and National Honor Society (NHS), have joined the National Network of the US Department of Homeland...
Germany has cancelled a planned ‘Euro Hawk’ drone programme fearing European authorities will not certify them, a defence ministry source said Tuesday after reported European safety concerns. The Euro Hawk is a version of...
Defence and security company Saab’s subsidiary MEDAV GmbH has received an order for the electromagnetic signal-sensor part of the Brazilian border security program Sisfron. Deliveries will take place during 2013 to 2016. Sisfron is...
Italy’s top military brass is hopeful that Poland, and possibly Japan, will step in to fill the vacuum left by the U.S. after it abandoned plans to produce a next-generation air and missile defense...
Air Systems / Contracts / Policy / TADIC
Italian Center of AirForces Military Studies (CESMA), May 14, at the Aviator’s House, in Rome, organized a conference with prof. Michele Nones on the theme: “F35: a scapegoat.” The debate was moderated by Gen...
Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) is an information-sharing program to assist critical infrastructure owners and operators in enhancing the cybersecurity protections of their information systems from unauthorized access, exploitation and data exfiltration. Under ECS, DHS...
Samsung says it has developed technology that could sit “at the core of 5G” – the successor to the 4G mobile-communications standard. The company says its equipment is capable of transmitting data at more...
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