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The Boeing Company announced that Sojitz Corporation, a global trading company headquartered in Tokyo, has entered into an agreement with Boeing’s Information Solutions division for advanced network assessment. The contract is Boeing’s first international...
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with industry and small business representatives at the White House to discuss the Department’s current efforts to secure cyberspace and develop the cyber workforce. “Today we face an...
In view of the integration of Finmeccanica Electronics Companies into one single company, the shareholders’ meeting of Selex Elsag today renewed the Board of Directors by appointing Nazzareno Cardinali President (with the subsequent transfer...
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The DHS Northern Border Strategy is the first unified DHS strategy to guide the Department’s policies and operations along the U.S.-Canada border providing a framework for enhancing security and resiliency while expediting lawful travel...
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team delivered the nation’s third Littoral Combat Ship, Fort Worth (LCS 3), to the U.S. Navy two months ahead of schedule. The delivery followed the ship’s successful Acceptance Trials on...
The Navy officially accepted delivery of the future USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) June 6 during a ceremony in Marinette, Wis. Fort Worth is the third littoral combat ship (LCS) delivered to the Navy,...
The Office of the Secretary of Defense issued the 2011 F-35 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) to update Congress on the total cost estimates to develop, build, operate, upgrade, and maintain all aspects of the...
As Congress boosts spending on cybersecurity and mulls over new data safety requirements on private industry, some companies stand to get rich. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and other defense and tech companies have...
The Flame (also known as sKyWIper and Flamer) is considered to be more complex than Stuxnet, and it “might be the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed”. Researchers from the Laboratory of Cryptography and...
DRS Technologies announced that its Tactical Systems division has expanded its product portfolio. The ARMOR™ X7et and the ARMOR™ X7ad are new, thin, lightweight tablets based on customers requesting even more portable computers from...
“This truly shows the meaning of adapt and overcome our situation on the battlefield. The more we are able to use technology to our advantage the better we will be as a military to...
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...
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