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Malware Called 'South China Sea RAT' Spied on Philippines, Other Targets

August 9, 2016 @ 02:48 PM

A malware known as NanHaiShu or “South China Sea Remote Access Trojan (RAT)” in Mandarin was discovered to have gathered intelligence related to the South China Sea arbitration case from the Philippines and organizations involved in assisting the South East Asian country which won an international arbitration case against...

Elbit To Set Up More Than 1000 Cameras, Sensors Across Six Uruguayan

July 11, 2016 @ 07:36 AM

Elbit Systems has won an approximate $19 million contract from Uruguay to set up more than 1000 cameras, sensors across six municipal authorities under the ‘Safe District project. The Safe District project will include more than 1000 cameras and sensors, including vehicle traffic control, laid out at strategic standpoints

Elbit Wins $40 Million Tactical Communication Systems Contract

May 24, 2016 @ 12:15 PM

Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded contracts from a European country, for the supply of advanced tactical communications systems, for a total amount of an approximately $40 million. The contracts will be performed over a one-year period

Leonardo Launches Lightweight Airborne Surveillance Radar For Choppers, UAVs

May 3, 2016 @ 08:48 PM

Leonardo (formerly Finmeccanica) has launched Osprey, the worlds first lightweight airborne surveillance radar to be built with no moving parts. The launch customer for the radar will be Norway, which has purchased Osprey as part of the countrys acquisition of 16 AW101 Helicopters for the NAWSARH programme (Norway All Weather Search...

Russian Defense Modernization Plan To Include Development Of EW Systems

March 7, 2016 @ 01:50 PM

Russian Armed Forces modernization plan will include the development of advanced electronic warfare systems Borisoglebsk-2 and Rtut-BM systems. The Borisoglebsk-2 is a multi-purpose electronic warfare system developed by Russia's United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation for the Russian Armed Forces

Many Takers for Snoop-Free Brazilian Submarine Internet Cable

February 25, 2016 @ 10:05 AM

Google and Facebook besides several unnamed corporations are interested in switching their internet traffic between Europe and South America to a new undersea cable that will bypass America being set up by the Brazilian telecom firm Telebras. The US$ 250 million cable project which was announced after the US spying of the Brazilian president and government was made public will earn money by selling communications bandwidth to entities who do not want their internet traffic to be routed through America, the Brazilian Communications Minister Andre Figueirdo said at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday

SOSSEC Wins $99 million USAF Contract for C4ISR Prototypes

January 22, 2016 @ 03:19 AM

System of Systems Security (SOSSEC), a US company has been awarded a $99,000,000 contract for prototypes in command, control, communications, and cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) information sharing information systems. The company will provide development, test, measurement, demonstration, integration, and delivery of prototypes for the Air Force related to C4ISR information sharing information systems

Aruba’s Command Post WiFi Solution To Mobilize US Army Units, Enabling Faster...

January 13, 2016 @ 11:46 AM

The US Army is implementing secure Command Post Wi-Fi from Aruba at Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve Tactical Units worldwide to cut network deployment and dismantle times. Fielded as part of the Armys Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1 (WIN-T), the deployment of Aruba 802

US Transportation Command Awards Multiple Contracts Worth $968 Million

January 7, 2016 @ 08:02 AM

Twelve companies have been awarded contracts worth $968 million for international ocean transportation and intermodal distribution services through US Transportation Command. The contractors are: American President Lines LTD Inc, awarded an estimated $257 million; Maersk Line LTD, awarded an estimated $227 million; Matson Navigation Co

China Unveils New Reforms To Restructure Military

January 2, 2016 @ 07:38 AM

China has launched a major military restructuring process, as part of a major overhaul of the armed forces announced by President Xi Jinping in November, state media said on Friday. At a ceremony on Thursday, Xi inaugurated a new general command unit for the army, a missile force and a strategic support force for People's Liberation Army (PLA), state news agency Xinhua said

Exelis Wins SENSOR Weapon Systems Contract From US Air Force

January 1, 2016 @ 07:31 AM

Exelis Inc has won a $14 million US Air Force contract for sustainment posture of the System Engineering and Sustainment Integrator (SENSOR) weapon systems. Exelis will provide SENSOR Eglin, Globus II, Distributed Space Command and Control - Dahlgren, Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System and Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System, and Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System sustainment support projects, the US Department of Defense announced Thursday

Australian Defence Department ‘Hacked’ in Cyber Attack on Bureau of Meteorology

December 2, 2015 @ 10:28 AM

A massive cyberattack against Australias Bureau of Meteorology may have allowed hackers to access the nations defence department through a linked network. Potentially sensitive national security information could have leaked in the attack on the Bureau of Meteorology which owns one of Australias largest supercomputers, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported today Citing several unidentified sources the channel said that the “massive” breach may have compromised sensitive Australian government computer systems

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