Europe Needs To Invest In Defense
The United States said at the Munich Security Conference 2012 that Europe remains Washington‟s “partner of first resort” despite a U.S. strategic pivot to Asia, but it urged Europe to pull its weight. In a...
Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen: NATO has “found the way ahead” for the AGS
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen provided no details of the arrangements in a 3 February press conference, but confirmed members “have found the way ahead on a practical funding solution” for the alliance...
US CyberCommand Top Five Priorities
US Cyber Command’s COL John Surdu on Top Priorities for Cybersecurity Improve Situation Awareness across the Networks Create Trained and Ready Cyber Teams Build a more Defendable Architecture Continue to Pursue, Evolve, Improve the...
Former US Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn heads Finmeccanica US division
Finmeccanica SpA announced the appointment of former U.S. deputy secretary of defense William Lynn as head of its U.S. division, DRS Technologies, in the first major appointment made under the Italian defense and aerospace...
EU Warns Germans, Dutch To Comply With Procurement Law
The European Commission has sent the German and Dutch governments a letter warning them to take action to comply with an EU defense procurement law within two months or face potential fines. In a...
Smart Defence with Smart Comms
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 … capabilities to satisfy...
DRS Technologies Targets Original Equipment Manufacturers with Infrared Camera Module for Use in Security and Surveillance Products
DRS Technologies, Inc., A Finmeccanica Company, announced that its ZafiroTM640 infrared camera module is ready for immediate shipment to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for integration into security and surveillance installations as well as a...
Iraq Eyes Czech-Made Jet Fighters for Air Support
The Czech Republic is looking to sell dozens of Czech-made L-159 subsonic jet fighters to Iraq, Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra said after talks Jan. 23 with his Iraqi counterpart in Prague. “The talks are...
Indra Develops a Maritime Surveillance Light Aircraft
Copyright INDRA Indra, the premier IT company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe, is working on the development of a new maritime surveillance light aircraft in collaboration with Italian aircraft manufacturer...
nEUROn official launch
nEUROn, the technology demonstrator for a European UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) was officially presented by Charles Edelstenne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Aviation, to the representatives of the six countries collaborating...
GD Opens Cyber Intel Facility
General Dynamics opened its new Cyber and Intelligence Solutions Center in Annapolis Junction today. The 28,000 square foot facility houses ample space for technical demonstrations and collaborative meetings and brings together the full breadth...
Thales and Aerovision present FRONTEX with UAV for border control
Thales and Aerovisión have given a real flight demonstration of the UAV Fulmar (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for the European Agency Frontex, the organism in charge of coordinating the border control operations of the European...
India clears USD 1.2B missile deal with MBDA
India has cleared a $1.2 billion deal to buy 500 air-to-air missiles from European firm MBDA as it undergoes a major programme to modernise its military, defence ministry officials said Thursday. The cabinet committee...
Thales launches GeoMux, a new PR4G F@stnet Waveform
GeoMux is one of the most advanced Electronic Protective Measure (EPM) VHF waveforms on the market. In addition to providing three high quality services simultaneously, voice, data and GPS position, GeoMux also includes a...
Cybersecurity: merging and acquisitions
Raytheon Company has acquired privately held Henggeler Computer Consultants, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction will not materially impact Raytheon’s total company sales or earnings per share for the fourth quarter...
Accenture Awarded Biometric Identity System Contract from US DHS
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a 13-month, $71 million contract to further enhance the capabilities of its immigration and border management functions. The contract supports the United...
Raytheon to Provide ADS-B capability for National Airspace System
Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to incorporate Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) capability into its suite of APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders to support...
NATO and IBM to Use Cloud Technology for Improved Command and Control
NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) today selected IBM for a strategic technology project to gain experience with emerging information technologies to improve data center efficiency and increase data sharing by its 28 member nations....
NATO’s Newest Bombing Tool: Twitter
In the early days of the Libya war, U.S. commanders were adamant that they didn’t communicate with the Libyan rebels about what targets to bomb. As it turns out, they don’t need to. They’ve...
Finmeccanica and Northrop Grumman announce a Teaming Agreement to respond to NATO’s Cyber Security requirement
Finmeccanica, through its Finmeccanica Cyber Solutions team, and Northrop Grumman Corporation, announce today that they have signed a Teaming Agreement in order to respond to the proposal for the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) –...