Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS)
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This Framework is established to formalize the cooperation between EDA and Switzerland, thereby enabling Swiss participation in EDA’s projects and programmes. Berne, – Le Conseil fédéral a approuvé l’arrangement négocié entre l’Agence européenne de...
U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate Katrina McFarland to be the assistant secretary of defense for acquisition. McFarland, who is the president of Defense Acquisition University, has been performing the duties of the assistant...
Today, we are more interconnected than ever before – in an instant, we can communicate with a friend on the other side of the world, shop online, and research any topic. These global networks...
A representative from the European defense industry came out strongly in favor of the European Union developing a regulatory framework for unmanned aerial systems (UASs) at a workshop on research and development into UASs...
NATO‘s effort to convince members to maximize their limited defense spending by doing more together may not yield many concrete results, a senior European aerospace and defense industry official warns. The so-called “Smart Defense...
The Pentagon is developing acquisition guidelines for the military services that show the industrial base implications of decisions made during the weapons-buying process. “What I‘d like to do … is work more closely with...
The United States said at the Munich Security Conference 2012 that Europe remains Washington‟s “partner of first resort” despite a U.S. strategic pivot to Asia, but it urged Europe to pull its weight. In a...
Meeting in Brussels on 6/12/11, the 29 ministers of the ESA-EU Space Council underlined the importance of space systems for security. They drew attention to the role of satellite systems – particularly Galileo, EGNOS...
In a letter to President Obama, the President’s Export Council offered several recommendations for furthering the Export Control Reform Initiative. The PEC said all of these recommendations aim to achieve increased compliance by an informed...
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen rarely uses the term “transformation.” He prefers instead to discuss “smart defense,” an initiative Rasmussen launched at the Munich Security Conference last February. “[Smart defense] is not [about]...
China’s defense budget is one of the largest in the world, second only to the US. In addition, China has a rapidly expanding presence in the international arms export market. The Chinese defense budget...
Winston Churchill’s : “Everywhere men pray for peace, but prepare for war.” Navy ships, Army ground-based radar and missile systems and Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard aircraft have descended on Key West, Fla.,...
The EU’s single market commissioner said Nov. 7 that the European Commission has decided to establish a defense policy task force. Speaking at a Security and Defence Day event in Brussels, Commissioner Michel Barnier...
The Pentagon’s researchers plan to bolster their efforts to create offensive weapons for use in cyberwarfare, reflecting a growing concern over digital threats, U.S. officials said Nov. 7. The U.S. government needed “more and...
A key Pentagon official stressed the importance of a robust U.S. defense sector, but he also delivered some tough love to private firms. As their annual budgets shrink, Pentagon officials must ‘adapt’ their decisionmaking...
110930 Towards NATO vs Chicago Summit – Chicago hosts world leaders next May for NATO and G-8 summits and on Friday Sept, 30, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen laid out four NATO goals...
NATO is reinforcing cybersecurity for its entire communications and information systems architecture and on all of its networks, including unclassified, restricted and secret networks. The project will be implemented in several phases and is...
As the Defense Department seeks innovation made possible by smartphones and other mobile computing platforms, it’s also working to ensure DOD users of those devices employ them securely, a defense official said. “Because of...
Defense companies must find ways to work together throughout the acquisition process, particularly as the U.S. military budget shrinks, according to the U.S. chief of naval operations. “We get wrapped up a lot in...
Raytheon Company and Tobyhanna U.S. Army Depot have signed a pledge of commitment for a public-private partnership to support various electronic and radar systems. Signed by Wayne Iurillo, vice president of the Raytheon Technical Services...