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“According to the Eurocontrol Performance Review Report 2011, air traffic delays cost around 1.5 billion euros a year in Europe alone. The comprehensive, intelligent and profitable use of existing resources is set to become...
Several next-generation, mobile Counter Target Acquisition, or CTA radar systems are now able to provide Soldiers with a 360-degree protective envelope or warning capability against incoming enemy rocket, artillery and mortar fire, service officials...
The second iteration of the government’s G-Cloud went live today, with 458 suppliers, many of them small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). see also: The G-Cloud programme The G-Cloud which promotes a common platform for procuring...
Air Defence / C2I / Contracts
ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has been selected by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) to supply the French Air Force with a Ground Master 406 radar base and provide on-site support at Nice Mont-Agel airbase. The...
BAE Systems has been awarded a multi-year $27.4 million contract to provide program management and technical support services to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). BAE Systems’...
AgustaWestland and Northrop Grumman will team for helicopter competitions for the new Marine One Presidential Helicopter and the requirements for the Combat Rescue helicopter. see also New Air Force One & Marine One New...
Indra is the only Spanish company that is capable of undertaking both aspects of security: cybersecurity (communication and information systems) and physical security (venue, border and air space security, etc.). The company is capable...
General Dynamics UK has been awarded a £4 million contract by the Ministry of Defence to deliver the British Army’s first Systems Information Exploitation / Health and Usage Monitoring System (SIE/HUMS). General Dynamics UK...
An innovative Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) developed by Lockheed Martin for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) is now being used by the Italian Air Force in a live operational environment. Lockheed Martin signed a...
The infrastructure security market has rapidly developed over the past decade, with the formation of a host of governmental and international organisations dedicated to homeland security (HLS) and critical infrastructure protection. The major threats...
Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper RPA has successfully completed 106 full-stop Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) landings, a first for the multi-mission aircraft. The milestone was first achieved with four ATLC landings on June 27...
– A total contract ceiling of $4.6 billion – The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has chosen Lockheed Martin to manage the transformation of the Department of Defense’s global data network. The work will...
DRS Technologies, Inc. a Finmeccanica Company, announced that its Global Enterprise Solutions International division of DRS Technical Services has received a $92 million contract for continued IT support to the military’s Internet Café program,...
The technology demonstrator, object of a jointly funded £24.5M contract, is scheduled to be completed in 2015. It will prove that the system can identify and declare threats in complex environments with a high...
Cassidian’s SPEXER 1500 Radar offers unprecedented level of situational awareness for the mobile protection of border regions and sensitive industrial or military installations. Dr. Elmar Compans, Head of Cassidian’s Sensors & Electronic Warfare, said: “SPEXER...
Sponsored by the NATO Joint Capability Group on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (JCGISR), the Joint ISR (JISR) trial focused on the enhancing the interoperability of national ISR assets, sharing ISR data, and improving NATO...
The White House may use an executive order to boost the nation’s cyber defenses following the failure of major cybersecurity legislation in the Senate last week. “In the wake of Congressional inaction and Republican...
ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a $44.9 million contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade the Receiver Exciter (REX) in the Improved AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar. The enhanced REX is part of the U.S. Army’s program...
DOD has begun planning for two major programs to replace Air Force One and the Marine Corps’ fleet of presidential helicopters, and they’ll remain separate efforts run by the Departments of the Air Force...
Cisco and Thales announced a new partnership to address the global defense and security market. The new agreement will combine Thales’ global industry expertise with Cisco® networking and communications innovations, expand the collaboration globally...
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