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DRS Technologies wins JBC-P contract

DRS Technologies wins JBC-P contract

DRS Technologies, Inc., A Finmeccanica Company, announced its DRS Tactical Systems business unit received a cost-plus fixed-fee award for the development of an ultra-rugged handheld device for the US Army’s Joint Battle Command –...

Thales To Pay Record Bribes Fine

Thales To Pay Record Bribes Fine

The French state and defense electronics group Thales will have to pay a record fine of 630 million euros ($920.2 million) for bribes in the 1991 sale of frigates to Taiwan, a court ruled...

U.K. To Form Land, Maritime Safety Board

U.K. To Form Land, Maritime Safety Board

An authority responsible for improving safety across land and maritime forces is to be set up within months by the British Ministry of Defence following the launch last year of a similar organization covering...

Drones may track migrants

Drones may track migrants

The notice appeared quietly on the website of Frontex, Europe’s agency to fight undocumented migration.It called for expressions of interest in demonstrating “Small UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and Fixed systems for Land border surveillance”...

NATO Russia Joint Missile Defense Center

NATO Russia Joint Missile Defense Center

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov point of view here – The 29 nations of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) restated their commitment to pursuing cooperation on missile defence as well as cooperation in other security areas...

Micro-Cyber: Future of Signal Regiment

Micro-Cyber: Future of Signal Regiment

A massive transformation of the Signal Regiment has been cleared to move forward according to the Chief of Signal. During an awards ceremony held June 6, 2011, in Alexander Hall on Fort Gordon, Ga.,...

Innovative New Chinese UAV Emerges

Innovative New Chinese UAV Emerges

The latest unmanned aircraft pictures from China show a reconnaissance truck with a joined wing and tail that could considerably increase range and payload and produce better handling at high altitudes. U.S. analysts already...

West Point team wins Cyber Defense title

West Point team wins Cyber Defense title

West Point cadets tested their cyber defense skills against veteran hackers from the National Security Agency and emerged victorious. The three-day 2011 Cyber Defense Exercise concluded April 22, 2011, giving the U.S. Military Academy...

Boeing Phantom Eye HALE Completes Vibration Tests

Boeing Phantom Eye HALE Completes Vibration Tests

High-altitude long  endurance unmanned airborne system marks major milestone in preparation  for 1st flight The Boeing Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned airborne system completed 12 days of ground vibration and structural mode...

Morocco – 67 M$ for 8 SENTINEL AN/MPQ-64F1 Radars

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Thursday of a Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Morocco of eight AN/MPQ-64F1 SENTINEL Radars, and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost...