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The Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, operated by the Italian space agency, have acquired the first images of the Italian oil tanker Savina Caylyn since it was hijacked earlier this week by Somali pirates in the Indian...
BAE Systems recently migrated a server-based mission application into a virtualized data-center environment to increase reliability and reduce operating costs, completing the first task order under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) Total Application Services...
An Australian AP-3C Orion aircraft assisted a merchant vessel under attack by pirates in the Arabian Sea. The Orion was conducting a routine surveillance patrol for the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) when it was...
Telespazio has acquired the space activities of Finmeccanica subsidiaries Vega and Elsag Datamat. Telespazio said the acquisition is more of a restructuring of Finmeccanica’s space services and applications business and aims to broadening the...
On 4 February, NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, delivered the keynote speech at the Munich Security Conference on building security in an age of austerity, a challenge he asserted that NATO was ideally...
see also Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) – The District’s top security chiefs are planning to expand their use of electronic surveillance and to procure new technology that “allows us some flexibility,” Police Chief...
hybrid approaches can afford the Army the opportunity to both fast-track a needed technology and also preserve the process of checks, balances and certifications typically associated with traditional acquisition practices. Maj. Gen. Mark Brown,...
Contracts / DHS / site protection / TSA
American Science and Engineering, Inc. (“AS&E”) a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced a research and development contract award under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T)...
EADS North America has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to supply its TRS-3D radar for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship. As part of a recent Department of Defense award, Lockheed Martin will...
TSA to begin testing new Advanced Imaging Technology Software at select U.S. Airports to further enhance passenger privacy The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin testing new software on its advanced imaging technology...
Pirates off the coast of Somalia are using bigger vessels to extend their criminal reach in a move that could prompt U.S. Navy forces in the region to intensify techniques for pursuing the lawbreakers,...
Tajani: Impressive numbers. There is common concern about issues Despite the improvements, said the vice president of the EU Commission and Chairman of the Committee for Transport (designated for that industry), Antonio Tajani, “the...
The evidence of the improving investigations is the increase in cyber-related arrests. According to the FBI, there were 202 arrests on cyber cases in 2010, compared to 159 the previous year. And a number...
On 27 January 2011, NATO’s first ever theatre ballistic missile defence (TBMD) capability has been handed over to NATO’s military commanders. The handover took place at the NATO Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in...
The Obama administration plans to replace the widely mocked color-coded terror warnings with a simpler, two-tier system: “imminent threat” or “elevated threat,” with more detailed information. “The alerts will be specific to the threat,”...
The United States said it was ending export restrictions for India’s defense and space industries, eyeing trade with a nation shunned for more than a decade over its nuclear weapons program. President Barack Obama’s...
SELEX Comms, a Finmeccanica company, has applied its expertise in high frequency (HF) communication to develop a new capability to meet the needs of today’s digital battlespace. MDH is independent of any large pre-configured...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a drug smuggling attempt when they detected 640 pounds of marijuana with the aid of a high-tech X-ray machine. On Jan. 26 at approximately 2:30 p.m., CBP...
Air Force field testers concluded in a draft report that a new wide-area surveillance system for use with remotely piloted aircraft is “not operationally effective” and should not be fielded despite Air Force that expect the...
“3DELRR will be the primary ground-based long-range radar for tracking aircraft and ballistic missile threats in theater” In Feb. 2011, two 20-month contracts for the initial technology development phase of the 3DELRR, which were...
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