Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
On behalf of the AOS team, I would like to wish you and your loved ones all the best for a happy, healthy and prosperous year 2017! Au nom de l’équipe AOS je tiens...
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USAF: $37 million contract to Raytheon for New Protected SATCOM System
Advanced satellite communications are an absolute necessity for military victory. The information that gets sent around the world must be kept safe, secure and protected. It can’t be intercepted by adversaries. Thousands of miles...
USAF: The Largest Military Solar Energy Project
The 16.5-megawatt 98-acre solar energy farm at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst project will be the largest military solar installation and will include more than 50,000 solar panels when it’s completed in 2017. “This is a...
Smart Cities in Italy: tools are available, but culture is absent
There are already tools to make our cities less polluted and chaotic: cars and electric vans, car-sharing, apps that inform about traffic in real-time, domestic renewable energy generators, autonomous driving. They are tools that...
Leonardo: The Sw-4 ‘Solo’ Remotely Piloted Helicopter Begins Test Campaign in Grottaglie Airport
The flight campaign is carried out in collaboration with the Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale Pugliese (DTA) and Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile (ENAC) With the first flight of the innovative remotely piloted helicopter SW-4 ‘Solo’ at the...
Bae Systems next phase of unmanned aircraft technologies trials in flying testbed
As part of collaborative efforts across the UK to assess how autonomous air vehicles could be integrated in UK airspace, scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have begun another tranche of ground-breaking unmanned aircraft...
Dual approach designed to provide cybersecurity for utilities infrastructure
DARPA developing advanced tech to protect US power grid against cyber attack The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, has awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon...
Unmanned Systems technologies comparative Law Study: Civil and Military issues.
The industry of Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) is new and so are the regulations on this subject. There are several countries that have developed specific regulation frameworks in respect of UAS – generic category...
The Three Cybersecurity Trends That We Will Face in 2017
Cyber criminals are continually looking for more effective ways to infiltrate and compromise networks. This year we have witnessed some of the worst cyber-attacks affecting critical infrastructure and personal data. What’s next for...
PwC: Five megatrends and their implications for global defence and security
Please click here to read the full whitepaper. Global megatrends are macroeconomic and geostrategic forces that are shaping our world, and our collective futures in profound ways. The implications of these forces are broad and...
Palm-Sized Radar for Small Drones
A new radar-equipped drone took off last month in Texas for a series of tests aimed at finding out how well Bellevue-based Echodyne’s miniaturized detect-and-avoid radar could spot obstacles and other aircrafts. The results confirmed that...
NIF 2016 – the importance of a “strong defence industry, a strong European defence industry and a strong North-American defence industry
NATO officials and representatives of the defence and security industry gathered on 9 November 2016 for the annual NATO-Industry Forum, held this year at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels. NATO’s Secretary General, Mr. Jens...
AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Drone Traffic Management System
AT&T and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The goal is an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) solution that supports the safe...
TRS-4D AESA Radars for Freedom Variant LCS
Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. is under contract with its affiliate, Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security GmbH, to provide TRS-4D naval radars for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program through Freedom-variant...
India-UK trade increased relations after Brexit – support to SME
“this time we will be focussing on small and medium sized businesses” read also: India-UK relations – This document gives an overview of the partnership between the UK andIndia. Following the Brexit vote, British Prime Minister Theresa May...
UK SME Forum – Sentinel Aircraft Support: £131,5 M and 160 new Jobs
Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin announces pound £131.5 million support contract for RAF’s Sentinel surveillance aircraft. The deal with Raytheon UK will provide the Sentinel aircraft with in-service support and maintenance, meaning it...
194 M$ Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait
The State Department has decided approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait for radar field systems and related equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $194 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency...
Use NATO to Fight ISIS in Europe
(copy of a Bryen’s article: see below) – Europe is in a war but it does not seem to know it. Neither does NATO which has not been called upon to fight the war. All of...
A Model for State Cybersecurity: Raytheon-Estonia collaboration
Estonia’s collaboration with Raytheon, which includes business-to-business engagement and initiatives to build the ranks of cyber experts, continued in 2016 with the U.S.-Estonia Symposium on Cybersecurity and Defense Cooperation Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, D.C....
Hungary look for India’s investment in Defence Industry
Defence is a sensitive area where Budapest was looking for Indian investment in reviving the defence Industry, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at a joint press conference with visiting Vice President Hamid Ansari....