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Lockheed Martin announced BlackCloudTM, a secure turnkey private cloud solution for government agencies designed to minimize risk while addressing compliance and mission requirements. BlackCloud integrates Lockheed Martin’s architecture with solutions from Cyber Security Alliance...
Close cooperation between Cassidian and Defence Research and Development Canada at Valcartier – Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, will develop innovative solutions to protect ships of the Canadian Navy against new types...
Boeing is under “continuous” cyber attack but there has been no breach of its databases, a senior executive said Friday. The admission by Dennis Muilenburg, the chief executive of Boeing Defense, Space and Security,...
USS Bunker Hill, At Sea – Guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) boarded a suspected pirate vessel in cooperation with international forces while responding to a distress call May 5. The United Kingdom...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that its Office of Air and Marine’s Unmanned Aircraft System program has achieved a historic milestone, exceeding 10,000 flight hours. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.,Predator B UAS supports...
In April, the US Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published a proposed rule that has the effect of limiting the scope of activities that are considered a defense service and...
TETRAPOL networks by Cassidian enable French Ministry of Interior to provide smoothly operating security system – Over 10,000 police and gendarmerie users of secure radiocommunication services provided by Cassidian to ensure security of this...
This Selection Follows Initial Order of Hermes 900 by the Israeli Defense Forces Elbit Systems Ltd. , announced that it was awarded a contract to supply a Latin American country with Hermes(R) 900 Unmanned...
Lockheed Martin said May 29 it was investigating the source of a major cyber-attack one week ago against its information network, the company said. (see also here about the incident) “Lockheed Martin detected a...
Bruno Spagnolini has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the AgustaWestland being previously Chief Operating Officer of AgustaWestland since 2007 and Chief Executive Officer of Agusta S.p.A. since 2004. The Board of Directors...
Lockheed Martin Corp said on Saturday it had thwarted “a significant and tenacious attack” on its information systems network a week ago but was still working to restore employee access. The Department of Homeland...
Alenia Aeronautica’s Board of Directors has appointed Amedeo Caporaletti as company’s Chairman, succeeding the resigning Giorgio Brazzelli, who held this position since 2009 and who has taken over another prestigious role within the Finmeccanica...
A new ship intended to carry a billion-dollar ballistic missile tracking radar failed its acceptance trials earlier this month and will need repairs before it can enter service, the U.S. Navy said. The Howard...
Sticker Shock Hits Washington as Pentagon Estimates Lifetime Cost of F-35s – A new Pentagon forecast showing the total cost of owning and operating a fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters topping $1 trillion...
U.S. and British leaders agreed to stand up a strategy board comprising national security, state and intelligence officials to address long-term defense and economic issues affecting each country. “The Board will help enable a...
The Italian Customs Guards Corps “Guardia di Finanza” Air-Naval Operational Command and Finmeccanica SELEX Galileo are celebrating ten years of operations of the ATOS aerial surveillance system on board ATR 42 MP aircraft produced...
A delay in fielding Dutch F-35 Joint Strike Fighters would drive up costs to keep the country‘s F-16 fleet flying. Fielding the F-16 replacement in 2019 rather than 2016 would cost around €300 million...
EU foreign ministers meeting on May 23 identified research and technology, procurement, maintenance, logistics, education and training as potential areas for pooling and sharing initiatives. The EU’s Military Committee compiled the findings, which are...
Broadening competition for US government contracts would save money – In most debates around the country’s looming fiscal crisis, “shared sacrifice” is the prevailing theme. But as policymakers consider the options on the table,...
After more than a decade of pursuing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are indicating that the Pentagon’s biggest weapon program might need an understudy. “It seems...
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