DRS Technologies announced that its Tactical Systems division has expanded its product portfolio. The ARMOR™ X7et and the ARMOR™ X7ad are new, thin, lightweight tablets based on customers requesting even more portable computers from ARMOR™. These sleek, 7” multi-touch tablets … Continue reading
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Combat Smartphone
“This truly shows the meaning of adapt and overcome our situation on the battlefield. The more we are able to use technology to our advantage the better we will be as a military to combat the creativeness our enemy. Capt. … Continue reading
DHS: up to $3 billion Contract to SAIC for Tactical and Mission Critical Communications Services
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide tactical and mission critical communications services to the DHS community. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a two-year … Continue reading
L-3 Selected to Provide C-27J for Australian Battlefield Airlifter Program
L-3 Communications announced on the 10th of May that it has been selected by the Commonwealth of Australia to provide the C-27J Spartan for the country’s Battlefield Airlifter program. The U.S. Foreign Military Sales program has an approximate contract value … Continue reading
‘KILLER’ Mil APP could allow remote targeting via smartphone
Research is under way that could turn the ubiquitous smartphone into a critical link in the kill chain of the modern battlefield. Engineers from the University of Missouri (MU) College of Engineering, with funding from the U.S. Army/Leonard Wood Institute … Continue reading
UK MoD Announces Changes in JSF
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced that plans to deliver Carrier Strike capability will now be executed using a different type of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jet than was planned. The MOD will move away from the Carrier Variant (CV) … Continue reading
Ground-Based Air Defence Systems Tested in London Olympics Security Exercise
UK plans nine-day exercise aimed at testing the military contribution to the overall Olimpic Games security effort. It includes the use of the Typhoon fighters which arrived at RAF Northolt yesterday, Army Lynx helicopters and Royal Navy Sea King ASaC … Continue reading
DHS Announces Expanded List of STEM Degree Programs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an expanded list of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) designated-degree programs that qualify eligible graduates on student visas for an optional practical training (OPT) extension. This announcement builds on a series of … Continue reading
How NATO Partners with Other Countries, International Organizations and NGO’s
NATO’s Strategic Concept, adopted at the Lisbon Summit in November 2010, identifies “cooperative security” as one of NATO’s three essential core tasks. It states that the promotion of Euro-Atlantic security is best assured through a wide network of partner relationships … Continue reading
U.K. to consult Industry on Procurement Restructure
The U.K. Ministry of Defence will consult with industry on two options being considered as part of a shake up to the procurement organization. The MoD notified defense contractors late last week that they are to canvas industry views over … Continue reading
U.S. ARMY Launches APPS Store
Soldiers now can purchase mobile training apps from the newly launched Army Software Marketplace. The apps, developed through the Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications initiative, are approved for Army-wide use and available at www.marketplace.army.mil. Currently, the store supports publicly facing apps … Continue reading
US-CBP and EU Sign Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Mutual Recognition Decision
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the European Union (EU) signed today a Mutual Recognition Decision between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the EU’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program. CBP Acting Commissioner David V. Aguilar and … Continue reading
Social Media in NATO’s Future
There is, no doubt, an new aspect of the NATO Chicago Summit to consider is the role that Social Media will play. In partnership between NATO’s Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy staff, Allied Command Transformation’s (ACT) Strategic Communications Capability Development … Continue reading
USA/GERMANY: Political Framework for Bilateral Cooperation
The USA is Germany’s most important scientific and technological cooperation partner among all industrialized countries. A large number of joint initiatives are carried out in all fields of science and research. Every year, several thousand scientists and students from Germany … Continue reading
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NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP WITH FACEBOOK AND ANTIVIRUS PROVIDERS – The new agreement paves the way for the continuation of the recently established public private partnership known as the National Cybersecurity Education Council to build a consensus on the … Continue reading
BAE SYSTEMS Names Former US DHS Chief Michael Chertoff as Board Chairman
The former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff was elected as chairman of BAE Systems Inc. board of directors, giving the company leadership insight from a key Washington insider as it tries to boost sales to the military. Chertoff will begin … Continue reading
SAAB Ensures Maritime safety on Duth Waterways
Saab has received an order from the Dutch authority Rijkswaterstaat regarding delivery of the AIS automatic identification system. The system will increase safety on the Dutch waterways. The contract means that Saab will provide the complete technical system solution within … Continue reading
European Missile Shield Demands Cost-sharing with NATO
If the Obama administration wants Congress to finance a new missile shield in Eastern Europe, it will have to first get NATO to agree to foot part of the bill. The House Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee capped all spending … Continue reading
Finmeccanica’s DRS Announces Reorganization
DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it has realigned its operating structure to more effectively serve its military and commercial customers. The company has been reorganized into three new operating Groups: DRS Network and Imaging Systems (NIS) includes the DRS electro-optical … Continue reading
“DHS, not NSA, Should Lead Cybersecurity”
In the midst of an ongoing turf battle over how big a role the National Security Agency should play in securing the nation’s critical infrastructure, a Defense Department official asserted that the military’s controversial intelligence agency should take a backseat to … Continue reading