AOS AI Manifesto
Guiding Principles for Mastering AI, the Toolset of the Future Creative Intelligence AI is the Engine, Human is the Pilot: We use AI to accelerate our workflow, but the human remains the final authority....
Category: Company Organization
Systems Engineering and the Growing Role of Women
by Emanuela De Fazio (*) On other pages of www.aofs.org, we have explored topics such as Management And Ethics, the use and importance of STEM Technologies in Defence, and the need and the benefits...
Communication: The Essential Element of Collaboration in the Defence and Security Sector
Communication, understood as the sharing of meaning and customer intimacy, is the key element for building a solid partnership and successfully facing the challenges of the future. In an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, characterized...
Management and Ethics: An Indispensable Pair for Success
full document here: In the dynamic and complex world of contemporary business, management plays a crucial role in guiding organizations towards achieving their goals. However, the effectiveness of management cannot be separated from a...
Airbus and Thales Join Forces to Develop the Air Combat Cloud for Future Combat Air System
As part of beginning of February awarding of the Phase 1A Demonstrators contract for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Airbus and Thales have signed an agreement for the development of the Air Combat...
Lockheed, Raytheon, Thales to partner for NATO missile defense
Lockheed Martin and ThalesRaytheonSystems are collaborating on a joint project to provide NATO with enhanced communication for ballistic missile defense systems. Lockheed Martin and ThalesRaytheonSystems are collaborating to provide NATO with a local command...
Aon Italy and RHEA Group announce a cyber-risk partnership
Global insurance broker Aon, and RHEA Group announce a partnership to support companies on cyber-risk, through new technologies and integrated solutions. The statistics are clear: cyber-attacks are no longer a matter of if, but...
NGC Aerospace Systems: Janis G. Pamiljans is the new Corporate VP and President
Janis G. Pamiljans has been elected Corporate VP and President of Aerospace Systems. Pamiljans will succeed Thomas E. Vice, who has announced his intention to retire. He will report to Wes Bush, the company’s...
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....
NCOIC NATO IPT Begins Work
The NCOIC NATO Interface Working Group has been renamed the NATO Integrated Project Team and is now meeting every two weeks, with Gustavo Scotti di Uccio as chair. The team will work to understand the NATO...
LM and Leidos Successfully Closes Information Systems & Global Solutions Transaction
The merger will add IT system implementation and operation experience to Leidos portfolio, providing venues to sell services such as cybersecurity and analytics, officials say. On January 2016 Lockheed Martin (Lockheed) announced that it has started the process to...
NGC Appoints Steve Lunny VP, Program Manager, ISR Division
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced it has appointed Steve Lunny, vice president and program manager for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) division within the company’s Information Systems sector. Lunny will report to Linnie Haynesworth,...
Finmeccanica, Rostec and Rosneft agreement on the production of AW189 in Russia
Finmeccanica has entered into a strategic partnership with Russia’s publicly-owned Rosneft oil company and Russian government corporation Rostec: under the agreement, the HeliVert plant near Moscow, a joint enterprise between Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland...
Thales: Proglio as chairman, Caine as CEO
At the meeting of the Board of Directors on 23 December 2014, Patrice Caine, ex chairman and chief executive second-in-command, and Henri Proglio former EDF chief, were co-opted as directors, following the resignations of...
BAE Electronic Systems Leadership Change
Tom Arseneault will assume the role of president for Electronic Systems on January 1, 2015, while retaining his positions as the chief operating officer for BAE Systems, Inc. and member of the BAE Systems...
Ryan Hartman Boeing Insitu President and CEO
Boeing and subsidiary Insitu Inc. today named Ryan Hartman Insitu president and CEO, effective immediately. Hartman most recently served as senior vice president, Insitu Programs. He succeeds CEO Steve Morrow, who is retiring. “Insitu...
Tim Page Vice President, Government Relations of Seaspan Shipyards
North Vancouver, BC – Seaspan today announced that Tim Page has joined Seaspan Shipyards as Vice President, Government Relations. Tim will provide leadership to Seaspan Shipyards, acting as the primary representative with Government agencies and non-Government...
Finmeccanica: Presentation of 2014 First-Half Results
Finmeccanica Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Mauro Moretti presents an overview of the “New Finmeccanica” and Group Priorities. Finmeccanica CFO Giampiero Cutillo details the 2014 Half Year Results in details (from minute 21)...
Rockwell Collins Sells Military Ground-Based Satellite Communications Portfolio
Rockwell Collins Satellite Communications Systems Inc. has been acquired by an Atlanta based private investor group and renamed DataPath Inc, reviving a brand long known for quality and innovation in remote field communications. The...
Giancarlo Grasso appointed Chairman of Alenia Aermacchi
The Board of Directors of Alenia Aermacchi, during today’s session held in Turin, has taken note of the resignation of Chairman Amedeo Caporaletti and appointed Giancarlo Grasso as the new Chairman. Chairman Giancarlo Grasso...