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The USA is Germany’s most important scientific and technological cooperation partner among all industrialized countries. A large number of joint initiatives are carried out in all fields of science and research. Every year, several...
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...
The former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff was elected as chairman of BAE Systems Inc. board of directors, giving the company leadership insight from a key Washington insider as it tries to boost sales...
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...
DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it has realigned its operating structure to more effectively serve its military and commercial customers. The company has been reorganized into three new operating Groups: DRS Network and Imaging...
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...
As the Obama administration moves to expedite arms sales to foreign countries, key lawmakers are claiming the executive branch is threatening Congress’ role in overseeing sensitive foreign arms deals. With the April 18 release...
If there is a further dramatic cost increase on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), Norway will reconsider its participation in the programme. “If there should happen to be something that would...
The 13th and 14th of April, at the premises of the CASD (Centro Alti Studi Difesa) in Rome, the AFCEA Rome Chapter held a conference titled “CyberSecurity or Cyberwar”, dealing with the new threats...
Representatives from seven NATO countries joined the U.S. for the first time in a war game that focuses on space and cyber defense issues. Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey took...
Lawmakers questioned the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to test allowing drones to fly beside commercial airplanes in U.S. airspace. The FAA is planning a pilot program that would allow unmanned aircraft to fly in...
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, has proven the superior performance of its newly developed SPEXER™ 2000 Coastal radar in an extensive series of real-scenario field tests. In challenging test runs exerted...
A team of Northrop Grumman Corporation engineers recently successfully demonstrated the capability of the company’s Silent Watch Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Distributed Aperture System (DAS) to enable a surface vessel to sense and track threats....
Navigation and guidance experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are trying to reduce the military’s reliance on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite guidance for advanced munitions, mid-...
Mubadala Aerospace yesterday announced a US$1 billion (Dh3.67bn) contract to build major sections for the Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner airliners at its Strata Manufacturing plant in Al Ain. The announcement, which dominated yesterday’s...
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has initiated plans to expand its current Australian operations to include a regional cybersecurity research and development (R&D) center in Melbourne, Australia. The center will focus on R&D in...
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