US Navy: LCS Budget
The Navy plans to spend about $28 billion to buy 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and at least 64 interchangeable mission packages to perform one of three missions – mine countermeasures, antisubmarine warfare, and...
Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS)
Canadian Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP) competition
Canada’s Department of National Defence expects to issue a request for proposal (RfP) for its emerging Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP) competition. ISSP gear is similar to the US Army’s currently fielded Land Warrior...
Obama officials present a strategic redefining of Homeland Security’s mission
The Obama administration Monday delivered to Congress the nation’s first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, defining homeland security for the first time as including hazards beyond terrorism, in a strategic document intended to drive long-term...
EU: 20 M€ for research Selex SI
The European Union has approved funding of almost € 20 million for two projects coordinated by Selex Sistemi Integrati in the second edition of the ban “Call Security” of the Seventh Framework Program. This...
NATO ACCS approved for rollout in Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece
ThalesRaytheonSystems, operating through Air Command Systems International, has received an award for three additional NATO Air Command and Control (ACCS) replication sites in the Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece. This contract includes the delivery...
NGC Awarded $335 M Base Operations Contract
U.S. Air Forces in Europe has awarded the Northrop Grumman Corporation and Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc 50/50 joint venture Vinnell, Brown & Root LLC a contract to provide base operations support services for locations in Turkey...
EU: 20 mln for research to Selex SI
The European Union has approved funding of almost € 20 million for two projects coordinated by Selex Sistemi Integrati in the second edition of the ban “Call Security” of the Seventh Framework Program. This...
Raytheon Wins $4.3 M for On-Dock Rail Nuclear Detectors
Under a $4.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Raytheon Company is developing next-generation panels that can scan rail cars to detect nuclear weapons and other materials. The new panels are...
Raytheon Wins $4.3 M for On-Dock Rail Nuclear Detectors
Under a $4.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Raytheon Company is developing next-generation panels that can scan rail cars to detect nuclear weapons and other materials. The new panels are an...
LM Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite
Lockheed Martin today launched its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(tm), of advanced grid management applications to give utilities, system operators and defense customers unprecedented insight into their enterprise operations and command and control...
Italian official condemns Haiti earthquake relief
Guido Bertolaso, undersecretary of State and the head of Italy’s civil protection service, has commented the presence of US soldiers in Haiti after the earthquake, saying they don’t have a ‘close rapport with the territory’....
The major international security challenges in 2010: Italy’s role and vision
Intervention of: Franco Frattini, Italian Minister for Foreing Affairs : The full document in, 100125 The major international security challenges “in 2010 we face an “arch of instability” which stretches from the Horn of Africa...
LM Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite
Lockheed Martin launched its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(tm), of advanced grid management applications to give utilities, system operators and defense customers unprecedented insight into their enterprise operations and command and control of...
Customs and Border Protection Halts Deadly Illegal Immigration Attempt at Torrey Pines Beach
One person is dead, another is in critical condition, and 14 others are in custody following a failed attempt to illegally enter the United States by boat at a San Diego beach this morning....
Vatican City: Pope attack prompts security review
The Vatican will review security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, this time managing to knock him down before being...
ManTech: 98M$ to Support DHS SBI Program Office
Will Provide Systems Engineering and Technical Support to Enhance Border Security ManTech International Corporation announced that it was awarded an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide a...
Somali pirates hijack Panamanian carrier with 26 crew
Pirates captured a Panamanian-flagged ship with 26 crew off the East Africa coast on Thursday and fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at an Italian ship, which escaped. The bulk carrier Al Khaliq was...
IT Coast Guard VADM Pollastrini: “Implementing Integrated Maritime Policy in the European Union
In conjunction with Italian Embassy in Washington, SELEX Sistemi Integrati has organized an event in line with the recent declarations of DHS Secretary, Janet Napolitano, looking for an “international approach to the security” recommending...
TSA: $4.9 Million for Airport Surveillance at Philadelphia International Airport
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced approximately $4.9 million in funding for the installation of additional closed circuit television (CCTV) systems at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), which are designed to assist TSA’s efforts...
TSA: 493 M$ to CSC Information Technology Infrastructure
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced it has awarded its Information Technology Infrastructure Program (ITIP) contract to CSC, of Falls Church, Va. The contract award is valued at approximately $493 million for the...