Six US Firms Awarded $200 Million USAF Cyber Prototyping Capabilities
Assured Information Security, CACI Technologies, Global InfoTek, Harris Corp, L-3 National Security Solutions and Radiance Technologies have been awarded a combined $200 million contract for additional in-scope activities. Contractor will provide rapid development, prototyping, demonstration, evaluation and transition of cyber capabilities
China Attempts Hacking US-Taiwan Defense Conference
Chinese hackers have recently launched a network attack for targeting people attending a US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference. The attack was attempted this month at the conference, held in Virginia State of USA
Russia, China Likely To Co-Develop Cloud Storage System
Russia has proposed China to consider jointly creating a cloud storage system as well as to cooperate in the sphere of internet technologies. “We need cooperation in the sphere of data storage, especially on internet exchange points that are located in Russia
CAE Supports Adoption Of Common Database As OGC Standard
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has approved the CDB (Common Database) as an OGC standard. The adoption of the CDB as an OGC standard will bring together the geospatial intelligence and modelling and simulation industries to establish greater interoperability in the use of geospatial data
Aware To Deliver Web-Based Biometric Enrollment Solution To US DoD
The US department of Defense will be using Awares Web-Based Biometric Enrollment Solution “SWFT Plus Enrollment” (SWFT+) that runs in a browser, making it easier to distribute, maintain, and secure across the DoD's various departments and numerous facilities and bases. The new system enables fingerprints to be collected using a biometric...
US To Fight Islamist Extremism Online
US has started a movement that encourages Middle East and North African moderates to raise online propoganda to counter Islamic extremism and motivate positive alternatives. The prgram is being conducting in partnership with Facebook and the Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism
US Cyber Force Achieves Initial Operational Capability
US Cyber Commands 133 teams of Cyber Mission Force have achieved initial operating capability (IOC) last week. Initial operating capability means that all Cyber Mission Force units have reached a threshold level of initial operating capacity and can execute their fundamental mission
IAF Personnel To Get Smartphones For Protection Against Hacking, Interception
Indian air force is arming all its defense personnel with smart phone sets to protect their classified information from hacking and interception. The IAF invested more than Rs 300 crore (US$44
Indian Banks Warned Of Cyber Attacks Originating From Pakistan
India's various banks are being warned by centre's cyber security that Pakistan based cyber criminals are likely to target their information infrastructure. Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In), the nodal agency under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, issued that alert on October seven
CSRA To Provide Cybersecurity Support To US Defense Department
CSRA has won a task order through the Department of Defense Joint Service Provider program to develop and deploy an in-depth security network strategy that will deter and neutralize malicious activities for various offices within the US Department of Defense. The $114 million task order was awarded under the CIO-SP3 contract vehicle, and has a period of performance over four and a half years, the company announced Thursday
Russian Military Launches Secured Intranet
Russia has launched Secured Intranet, equipped with a secured email service that allows transmission of classified information and documents for military communications. In every military unit there are servers that encrypt information, divide it into several packages and pass it on
Israel Planned 'Rumors' Of Striking Iran From Saudi Base In 2012: Wikileaks
Israel had plans of spreading rumors about a leak that it would use a military base in Saudi Arabia to strike Iran as one of its effors to counter Iran's nuclear buildup, according to th latest Wikileaks tranche of emails released Saturday. A July 2012 correspondence between a former adviser and then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton cited Israeli officials as saying that while Israel was unprepared for a full-scale war with Iran, rumors of an IDF strike could “persuade the world they mean business
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Thai Firm Presents its First Armored Vehicles at DSA
U.S. Approves $400M Military Aid, Including Patriot Missiles, for Ukraine
HSW, Hanwha Aerospace to Integrate Polish Krab Chassis with Korean K9 Gun-Howitzers
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...