Stuxnet ‘cyber superweapon’ moves to China
A computer virus dubbed the world’s “first cyber superweapon” by experts and which may have been designed to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities has found a new target — China. The Stuxnet computer worm has...
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Israeli cyber unit responsible for Iran computer worm – claim
An elite Israeli military unit responsible for cyberwarfare has been accused of creating a virus that has crippled Iran’s computer systems and stopped work at its newest nuclear power station. The code contains the...
Harris Receives $69 M for C4I in Asia
Harris Corporation has received orders totaling $69 million from a nation in Asia to support the next phase of a comprehensive command, control and intelligence system. Harris will provide an integrated regional C4I infrastructure...
Europe wants to limit passenger data sharing with US
Europe laid out Tuesday strict conditions for the exchange of airline passenger data with the United States, Canada and Australia, insisting it should be restricted to terror and criminal probes. The European Union’s executive...
Net 6000: Automatic Transit Baggage-Handling System
The Net 6000 is the largest automatic transit baggage-handling system ever implemented in Italy and one of the leading solutions in Europe. It was officially opened on 8 July 2010 at a ceremony attended...
US ratifies defense sales pacts with Britain, Australia
The US Senate has ratified treaties with Australia and Britain to streamline military sales by eliminating most export licenses. This ratification ends a very long process. In June 2007 then President George W. Bush and...
NGC Wins $2.63 Bn IT Integration Project for US DHS Headquarters
Northrop Grumman Will Implement a Robust IT Infrastructure and Cyber and Physical Security Platforms for the New DHS Washington, D.C. Campus McLean, Va. – Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $2.63 billion task...
Carter To Unveil Affordability Guidelines
Chief U.S. weapons buyer Ashton Carter on Sept. 14 will announce new guidelines to govern how the Pentagon purchases everything from weapons to support services, the Defense Department has told industry. The announcement will...
CBP High-Tech X-ray Detects $1.6 Million of Marijuana at the Douglas Port of Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stopped a drug smuggling attempt when a large high-tech mobile X-ray unit detected more than 177 pounds of marijuana concealed in the double fuel tanks of a...
TSA: $13.3M to GD to Integrate Airport Screening
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a $4.7 million contract for the first year of a multi-year award for Phase II of the Security...
Era will provide a Nationwide Wide Area Multilateration solution in the Republic of Tajikistan
Era a.s., a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc., today announced that Tajikaeronavigation, the Republic of Tajikistan’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), has selected Era to provide a nationwide wide area multilateration (WAM) solution in...
TSA: New Checked Baggage Screening Systems at Rochester International Airport
In-line baggage handling systems use state-of-the-art technology to screen baggage for explosives quickly while streamlining the ticketing and boarding process. This eliminates the need for passengers to walk checked baggage to a screening location...
Port of Providence an example of true layered approach to maritime security
Raytheon Company and Smiths Detection received a contract from the city of Providence, R.I., to strengthen surveillance in its port by integrating chemical-detection sensors and and video management system into the existing security system...
DoD’s DISA: $23 M to ManTech Receives for security support services
ManTech International Corporation, a leading provider of technical and engineering services and solutions vital to the nation’s interest and security, announced that it has received a $23 million contract to support the Department of...
USCG Accepts Rescue 21 Search-and-Rescue System for Baltimore-Washington Region
The U.S. Coast Guard today officially accepted the installation of the Rescue 21 search-and-rescue system that will provide enhanced life-saving communications capabilities to the entire Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River, reaching as far...
PANAMAX 2010: defense and security of the Panama Canal
PANAMAX is one of the largest multi-national training exercises in the world. The annual U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) sponsored exercise series focuses on ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal, one of the most...
Vice Admiral William D. Sullivan Appointed as VP of Maritime Programs
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that it has appointed retired Vice Admiral William D. Sullivan as vice president of maritime programs. He will report to Richard Cody, L-3’s vice president of Washington Operations,...
DHS: Improved Standards to Protect Federal Facilities
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced two enhancements to federal facility security—initiatives that further strengthen the Department’s ability to protect thousands of government buildings across the United States one week...
Joint Maritime Enforcement Efforts Stops Smuggling Attempt
U.S. Border Patrol agents, with the assistance of Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine and U.S. Coast Guard assets, stopped a maritime human smuggling attempt at a North County beach resulting...
FEMA: Appointment of Andrew Velasquez III as Regional Administrator for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today applauded President Obama’s appointment of Andrew Velasquez III as FEMA Regional Administrator for Region V, which encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. “Regional...