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As the country’s leading naval guns producer, BAE Systems will provide the primary gun systems on 10 U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to be built by the Lockheed Martin-led team. BAE Systems will...
Finmeccanica SpA expects its free operating cash flow to have been well above previous expectations, clocking in at between EUR410 million and EUR450 million for 2010. The Italian defense-and-engineering conglomerate had previously said it...
Big Brother may already be watching you in the District, and he will soon have a lot more eyes trained in your direction. The city’s homeland security agency is planning to add thousands of...
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a firm fixed-price contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation for long-lead material procurement on a fifth National Security Cutter. The contract is for $89 million, with options that would increase potential...
Current and former members of the U.S. military were issued new bank account numbers and credit cards after attackers accessed a database containing bank account information at the Pentagon’s credit union. An infected laptop...
Recently two important demonstrations have been conducted using electric engines to fly different types of aircrafts. It is a new technique that can bring great advantages: one for all, they forecast 80% reduction of...
Widely used Chinese control system software is at risk from a serious vulnerability that attackers could exploit to compromise industrial control environments. The specific warning concerns KingView 6.53, a supervisory control and data acquisition...
Can trains, subways be protected from terrorists? In the following article, Gary Stoller for USA Today, describes the actual situation taking as axample the US situation. Considerations are equally applicable to other countries. The...
In a growing trend among law-enforcement agencies, the West Virginia state police say license plate scanners installed on police vehicles are responsible for 25 felony arrests during the past six months, according to published...
DRS Technologies, Inc., Tactical Systems Group has recently unveiled its newest ARMOR rugged mobile computer, the ARMOR X7 compact tablet. This all-new small mobile computer is specifically-designed for those mission-critical tasks that require connectivity,...
As the Defense Department focuses on cost savings, it is putting new pressure on contractors to sell the design specifications and intellectual property associated with programs. Owning the data associated with a program helps...
Brazil is planning to spend $6 billion (10 billion reais) on a new project to protect its borders against smuggling and arms trafficking, Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Sunday. The so-called Sisfron...
Era a.s., a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc., announced it has been selected by Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) to deploy a multilateration and ADS-B surveillance solution at the Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport. The award announcement follows...
French diplomat Claude-France Arnould will be the new EDA Chief Executive. The « silent procedure » ended 14th days after the 21st of December. EDA’s previous Chief Executive, Alexander Weis, left the Agency end of September....
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced a new partnership with the World Customs Organization (WCO) to enlist other nations, international bodies and the private sector in increasing the security of the global...
The Jordanian armed forces are receiving two electronic warfare battalion systems through a U.S. Foreign Military Sales Contract that will be provided by DRS Defense Solutions LLC, Intelligence, Communications and Avionics Solutions business unit...
The French government has signed a controversial contract worth 160 million euros ($214 million) with Iveco of Italy for a first batch of 200 heavy trucks for the French Army, an order which prompted...
The U.S. Department of Defense in a new report covering espionage for 2009 said that attempts by foreign spies to obtain classified or restricted U.S. technology increased and that foreign governments are focusing their...
The Pentagon last week issued a new rule on organizational conflicts of interests — or instances in which a company provides multiple services that could have conflicting interests, such as building a system and...
In ancient times, Gorgon was a mythical Greek creature whose unblinking eyes turned to stone those who beheld them. In modern times, Gorgon may be one of the military’s most valuable new tools. This...
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