Boeing Awarded $61 million Contract to Upgrade Japanese E-767 AWACS
Boeing has been awarded a $60,903,323 contract for the mission computing upgrade installation and checkout of four Japanese E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft and associated ground systems. Work will be performed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; San Antonio, Texas; and Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be complete by...
Transnational Cyber Theft Gang busted with Bangkok Arrest
An international gang of cyber criminals accused of stealing and selling credit card and personal identity data has been busted with the arrest of a Russian national in Bangkok on Friday. The Thailand Police have detained the Russian national, Sergey Sergeyvich Medvedev believed to be the No
Indonesian Agency, Australian Counterpart to Create Cyber Defence Standards
Indonesias cyber defence organization, the State Code and Cyber Agency (BSSN) said it will team up with Australian counterpart in creating standard of handling cyber attacks. "Yesterday we organized a workshop with friends from Australia and we will cooperate technically at least in incident handling, in creating the standard," BSSN spokesman...
Russia Maximizes Electronic Warfare Use to Achieve Spectacular Results: UK Expert
Russia has integrated electronic warfare capabilities into its conventional warfare assets to achieve spectacular results in real battle scenarios such as in Syria, a leading expert on the Kremlins armed forces said Monday. Roger McDermott, a senior research fellow in war studies at Kings College London cited their recent response to...
Israeli Defence Firm SCD Completes Acquisition of US-based Quantum Imaging
SCD, an Israeli firm jointly owned by Elbit Systems and Rafael, has completed its acquisition of US company Quantum Imaging, business newspaper
Philippines Orders $45 Million Command and Control System From Harris Corp
US based Harris Corporation is being awarded a $44,859,296 contract to supply the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with a joint service command and control (C2) system of systems that will replace legacy service specific systems. The Global Command and Control System - Maritime will provide information integration and dissemination to each of the AFP joint and service specific headquarters, greatly expanding their ability to form and maintain a national common operational picture
China Unveils Cybersecurity Innovation Center
China on Tuesday unveiled a Cybersecurity Innovation Center (CIC) to develop cyber defense systems ‘to help win future cyber wars. The CIC was set up under the instruction of the Central Commission for Integrated Military and Civilian Development and related military bodies, which will also supervise and manage the center during its operation by one of Chinas leading cybersecurity companies, 360 Enterprise Security Group, Chinamil website reported today
Northrop Grumman to Commence Production of Counter-Radio controlled IED Systems
Northrop Grumman is being awarded a $23,160,822 contract modification for Joint Counter-Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Electronic Warfare (CREW) Increment One Block One systems full-rate production. The contract is in support of the US Forces Expeditionary Warfare Program Office
Singapore Defence Ministry Offers ‘Bounty’ to Hack into Its Internet Systems
In a first for a Singapore Government agency, selected ‘white hat hackers from around the world will test major Ministry of Defence (MINDEF)s Internet-facing systems for vulnerabilities (or "bugs"), and will receive rewards (or "bounties") for doing so. The MINDEF's Defence Cyber Chief, Mr David Koh, announced the MINDEF Bug Bounty Programme on the sidelines of his visit to the Cyber Defence Test and Evaluation Centre (CyTEC) on Tuesday
DARPA Plans Distributed Sensor Network Over Oceans
The US Defence Advnced Reasearch Projects Agency (DARPA) Wednesday announced its Ocean of Things program, to enable situational awareness over oceans by deploying thousands of small floats that could form a distributed sensor network. Each smart float would contain a suite of commercially available sensors to collect environmental data—such as ocean temperature, sea state, and location—as well as activity data about commercial vessels, aircraft, and even maritime mammals moving through the area
Singapore’s Defence Tech Agency Develops Command and Control System
Singapores Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) has developed a command and control (C2) system which integrates video feeds from the Heron 1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) into an augmented reality display. Acting as the nerve centre of the Command Post, the C2 system gives commanders an integrated battlefield picture, and enables the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to shorten the overall sensor-to-shooter cycle
South Korea Sets Up New Airborne Intelligence Unit to Spy on North
The South Korean Air Force (SKAF) has created a bigger airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) unit to monitor Pyongyangs nuclear and missile activities. The new unit plans to introduce two RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles next year under a 2014 contract with the US, with two more to arrive in 2019,
Estonia Receives Six HIMARS Units From Lockheed Martin
Newly Introduced North Korean Artillery Guns Alarm Ukrainians
Taiwanese Female Officer Sucked into Fighter Jet Engine, Dies
Germany Commissions Thyssenkrupp for Submarine Missile Development
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U