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New Command, Control and Comms System

New Command, Control and Comms System

Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that a contract has been signed with Elbit Systems Limited (Elbit) to provide the next generation of command, control and communications capability to...

Aircrafts and Helicopters: Finmeccanica Seeks To Make U.S. Home Market

Aircrafts and Helicopters: Finmeccanica Seeks To Make U.S. Home Market

Finmeccanica is looking to further increase its business activity in the U.S., capitalizing on its acquisition of DRS Technologies.The company has long eyed the U.S. and, through a growing industrial footprint, has tried to...

What is the Purpose of the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organizations List?

What is the Purpose of the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organizations List?

The United States maintains a range of “terrorist lists,” of which the Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) list is one of the better known. But in two recent court cases, the U.S. government has offered...

US NAVY LCS: life-cycle cost is a major issue

US NAVY LCS: life-cycle cost is a major issue

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said yesterday the service is keeping a mid-April deadline for industry bids on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), amid concerns about the losing shipbuilder protesting the contract award and a...

CACI: 219 M$ in C4ISR and IT Services

CACI: 219 M$ in C4ISR and IT Services

Award by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic Continues Company’s Role as Provider of Critically Important Services CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded a $219 million prime contract to provide...

Italian navy to deploy AW101s to Afghanistan

Italian navy to deploy AW101s to Afghanistan

Italy will deploy three of its AgustaWestland AW101 amphibious support helicopters to Afghanistan in October for a 12-month tour of duty. The “Task Group Shark” detachment will involve aircraft from the navy’s 1st Helicopter...

CBP Seizes Counterfeit DVDs at California Border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials today announced the seizure of a single truckload containing more than 6,300 counterfeit DVDs last month at the Otay Mesa cargo export facility.  click for hi-res At about...

DRS Awarded $15 M to Provide Satellite Connectivity and Services

DRS Awarded $15 M to Provide Satellite Connectivity and Services

DRS Defense Solutions, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRS Technologies, Inc.,Finmeccanica Group,  announced its Global Enterprise Solutions business unit was awarded a $15 million task order to provide X-band satellite connectivity and terrestrial transport...

U.S. Homeland Security Chief Meets Europe Counterparts

U.S. Homeland Security Chief Meets Europe Counterparts

European officials agreed at last Jan Madrid Meeting to accelerate the drafting of a common strategy with the United States to improve airline security during a meeting with Janet Napolitano, the secretary of the Department of...

No MEADS Decision From U.S. Army-MDA Meeting

No MEADS Decision From U.S. Army-MDA Meeting

Senior U.S. Army officials who met with representatives from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) March 10 reached no decision on whether to transfer management of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program to...

100315 AOfS Newsletter

100315 AOfS Newsletter

click here to read 100315 NEWSLETTER Atlantic Organization for Security The 100315 NEWSLETTER includes the intervention of the RADM Pollastrini, Commander of the Italian Coast Guard, on proactive role in the Mediterranean sea performed by the...

VIENNA INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA: PORT SECURITY

VIENNA INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA: PORT SECURITY

U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA) today pushed the issues of port security and international piracy on to the agenda of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA). Participating in...

Upgraded Biometric Technology Facilitates Visitors’ Entry to the United States

Upgraded Biometric Technology Facilitates Visitors’ Entry to the United States

An upgraded biometric technology is in place at major U.S. ports of entry, and most international visitors should expect to use the new technology when they enter the United States. DHS’s US-VISIT program began upgrading...

Radiation Detection Portals at Port Hueneme

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today the deployment of Radiation Portal Monitors at Port Hueneme to prevent terrorists from attempting to smuggle radiological materials used in nuclear and radiological dispersal devices. “This advanced...

TSA: X-ray Technology Capability at Checkpoints Nationwide

TSA: X-ray Technology Capability at Checkpoints Nationwide

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it is further bolstering existing explosives detection capabilities by deploying additional tools to screen powdered substances at checkpoints. “Every day, TSA officers work at over 450 airports nationwide screening...

EU Commission Regulation on Aviation Security

EU Commission Regulation on Aviation Security

EU lays down detailed measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security for safeguarding against acts of unlawful interferences and general measures supplementing the common basic standards in the following...

EADS Falls Into The Red – A380 Will Make Losses For At Least 2-3 Years

EADS Falls Into The Red – A380 Will Make Losses For At Least 2-3 Years

European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. NV said Tuesday it swung into the red in 2009 as problem contracts weighed on earnings, as expected, and it predicted that 2010 will be another difficult year...