As the Navy prepares to deploy its first laser weapon on a ship later this summer, Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials announced June 11 that they have finished awarding contracts to develop a similar weapon to be used on ground vehicles. The Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move program,...
Thales will provide its Integrated Electronic Stand-by Instrument (IESI) to modernise the Esquilo/Fennec helicopter fleet of the Brazilian Army. A total of 36 helicopters will be retrofitted with the Thales system with completion expected in 2018
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) subsystem has received full certification for operation by the United States Department of Defense International AIMS (Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System, Identification Friend or Foe, Mark XII/Mark XIIA, Systems) Program Office. The system is designed...
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There could be more to it than meets the eye in the recent downpour of leaked information on the Indian Air Forces Su-30MKIs. Anti-Russia hackers, either acting independently or working for the US NSA and other western powers may have targeted Moscow because of the latters reunion with Crimea and...
Exelis announced today that the new publicly traded military and government services company that will result from the planned spin-off will be named Vectrus. The company previously announced the planned spinoff of its Mission Systems division, currently part of the company's Information and Technical Services segment, in December 2013
British engineers constructing the Royal Navys largest ever warships have invented a novel mobile application to help them find their way around one of the most complex workplaces in the world, BAE Systems announced today. Platform Navigation sees employees using an encrypted application to scan one of 3,600 QR codes located at compartment entrances, before typing in their destination on the carrier and having the application display the best route
Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, will showcase its state-of-the-art AESA radars for surveillance and defence as well as other key technologies at DIMDEX 2014. “Selex ES has a significant presence in Middle Eastern maritime programmes, providing complete integrated combat systems
The Indian embassys network systems in Moscow were hacked to launch a cyber attack on Russian arms exporting agency, Rosoboronexport, if a claim by group calling itself the ‘Russian Cyber Command (RCC) is to be believed. The attack was launched earlier this week to steal some 1000 documents concerning Rosoboronexports dealings with India and other countries which import arms from Russia
Raytheon has won a $9.8 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of its Plan X program, which seeks to help US government agencies plan, execute and assess cyber network operations
With the onset of virtual currency and three-dimensional printing, cyber attacks are likely to grow with intensity. According to the latest research reports, hackers are growing more sophisticated in terms of discovering vulnerabilities in a country or establishments infrastructure
Raytheon is working on the Plan X program, in order to help U.S