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Defence and security company Saab AB’s acquisition of the U.S. Company Sensis Corporation (Sensis), announced on 29 June 2011, is completed. The acquisition creates a stronger foundation for growth in the North American market...
Denel Integrated Systems Solution (DISS) has successfully completed an important testing phase in the development of the SANDF’s new Ground-based Air Defence System. The system is expected to be delivered for operational deployment by...
DRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced it has appointed Richard “Lee” Engel as its Vice President, Security. Mr. Engel has over thirty years of industrial security experience and has led programs at several...
Raytheon Company and Tobyhanna U.S. Army Depot have signed a pledge of commitment for a public-private partnership to support various electronic and radar systems. Signed by Wayne Iurillo, vice president of the Raytheon Technical Services...
DRS Defense Solutions announced that its Technical Services business unit has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at up to $100M through 2016 by SSC Atlantic for worldwide provision of Integrated...
Peiter Zatko, a hacker known as Mudge who now works at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has told security experts at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas of DARPA’s new “Cyber...
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it has appointed Jack Dorsett as vice president of Cybersecurity/C4. Dorsett will report to Sid Ashworth, corporate vice president, Government Relations. In this role, Dorsett leads the Cybersecurity/C4 portfolio in...
In international peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations, asymmetric threats pose the principal danger to the Bundeswehr and its allies. Security sweeps by mobile elements and the need to protect convoys used for moving troops...
The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between The Boeing Company and Bell Helicopter – Textron, announced today that it has submitted its proposal to the U.S. Navy for a second multiyear procurement...
Charles River Analytics Inc, a developer of cutting-edge technologies for intelligent solution systems, received a follow-on contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a Precision Information...
President Obama will soon nominate Pentagon acquisition executive Ashton Carter to become deputy Defense secretary replacing William Lynn. Lynn is expected to step down as the Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian this fall after more...
Finmeccanica, through its company DRS Technologies, has been awarded a contract valued at up to USD 514 million by the U.S. Army to supply the Small Tactical Optical Rifle Mounted Micro-Laser Range Finder (STORM-mLRF)....
On paper, Finmeccanica shares look absurdly cheap. The Italian engineering and defense giant’s stock has fallen 30% since last week’s disappointing second-quarter results and it now trades at barely five times estimated 2012 earnings,...
The United States, United Nations, defense contractors and the International Olympic Committee were targets of a massive global cyber spying campaign, a computer security firm said Wednesday, with China seen as the likely culprit....
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, will improve the protection of soldiers of the Swedish Armed Forces in out-of-area missions with two of their proven protected passenger transport systems “TransProtec”. The Swedish...
Utility and energy industry IT analysts will now be able to stay ahead of cyber security threats through intelligence-driven defense with Lockheed Martin’s PalisadeTM. This new cyber security solution is tailored to the complex threat...
Cubic Applications, Inc., a mission support services subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, has received a new, nine-month contract from the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide seaport security assessments and...
C4ISR / Contracts / Cyber Security / US DoD
The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation have successfully completed anarchitecture review of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) BattleCommand System (IBCS). IBCS is the first major Army acquisition to proactivelyincorporate the evaluation...
The U.K. has strongly rejected the idea of a European Union operations headquarters for planning and carrying out EU military and civil missions abroad. The proposal was put forward by Catherine Ashton, the EU’s...
The cyber threat the United States faces is increasing in severity and is accessible to a wide range of enemies, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said in a television interview broadcast. “Most...
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