Israel has successfully prevented a cyber-breach after suspicious emails containing "malicious files" reached the defense ministry in the recent weeks. The infected email would allow hackers access to classified information
India is likely to allow defense offsets obligations to be fulfilled in non-defence areas under the new defense procurement procedure (DPP) expected to be released in mid-October. There is speculation amongst non-governmental sectors that a draft Defense Procurement Procedure (DPP) circulating in the ministry of defense (MoD) for examinations
Quantel Laser has won a $7-million contract to supply lasers to be built into a wing-mounted fighter aircraft pod, such as on the French Dassault Rafale fighter. The multi-year contract was awarded by a French Tier-1 defense contractor
China has donated defense equipment worth US $5.5 million to Uganda for its peacekeeping operations in war-torn Somalia
A hacker group Anonymous Malaysia has threatened an ‘all-out Internet warfare against the Malaysian government and called on its Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to resign. The threat was posted in the form of an eight-minute video posted on 4th August on its official Facebook page
The US Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $21.7 million Lot 4 follow-on contract to continue production of the Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) for the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter
Data Link Solutions (DLS) has won $18.3 million contract to provide real-time situational awareness data and voice communications technology to US and international militaries
General Dynamics IT has won $881 million potential contract to deliver enterprise IT services to the United States Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation Systems Extended (US BICES-X) Program. The contract awarded by the Air Force Material Command includes providing secure, agile support to deliver timely information sharing and collaboration services to global defense organizations and combatant commands
Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated mission management control features that create more unmanned aircraft system (UAS) versatility and efficiencies. During a series of high-altitude, long-endurance RQ-4 Global Hawk demonstrations, the UAS seamlessly responded to external requests to dynamically alter its route of flight and sensor functionality, thereby breaking the one-user to one-vehicle paradigm, the company said in a statement on Tuesday
BAE Systems has won a $79.8 million contract to overhaul and upgrade Mk 45 systems on US Navy Destroyer Class (DDG) ships