British airlines EasyJet has admitted credit card details of 2,208 customers had been stolen by hackers who have also managed to access email addresses and travel details of approximately 9 million people. “We are informing our customers that EasyJet has been the target of an attack from a highly sophisticated source
Details of a new missile including range, propulsion and heat resistance could have been stolen in a “large-scale” cyberattack targeted at Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Hackers got hold of performance requirements and sent them to several other defense firms as part of the bidding process for the project, Japans Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday
A conceptual study to develop a flying Hypersonic Test Bed (HTB) to demonstrate SABRE technology has been launched, that revolutionise horizontally launched reusable space vehicles. The study was initiated through the UK Space Agency and will be conducted under the European Space Agency General Support Technology Programme (GSTP)
BAE Systems Riptide division has developed the first prototype of a 6000 meter rated underwater unmanned vehicle (UUV). This depth in a small UUV will allow unparalleled flexibility and cost efficiency by taking on missions unprecedented for the small class of UUVs, reducing the barriers to access the deep ocean, a BAE Systems statement said
Airbus has received a four-year satellite communications framework contract for military and civil missions from the European Defence Agency (EDA). “With this satellite communications programme, Airbus contributes to the construction of joint capabilities for European defence and to its missions to preserve civil and military peacekeeping”, said Dirk Hoke, Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Defence and Space
Turkey plans to draw a “red line” by denying all access to S-400 air defense systems to Russia once they are activated. “Russian personnel will not have a free hand in accessing the S-400 batteries although training, maintenance and technical support are part of the procurement agreement
Lockheed Martin will commence the first phase of satellite integration on DARPAs Blackjack program, a constellation of low-earth-orbiting (LEO) spacecraft to keep the US Military perpetually connected and informed. The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)s Blackjack program aims to demonstrate a global high-speed communications network in LEO to replace expensive geo-synchronous orbiting satellites that will provide the US DoD connected, autonomous, and persistent coverage employing multiple payload types and missions
Iran is working on its next data-gathering satellite launch in the ‘near future in a higher orbit than the Noor-1 satellite that was launched on April 23. The launcher will be upgraded from a liquid-fueled rocket to a solid-fueled rocket which will enable it carry the same satellite payload with a smaller rocket profile, said the Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh
AeroVironment Inc. today unveiled the Quantix Recon, a fully-automated reconnaissance drone that delivers high resolution, geo-referenced terrain, vegetation and infrastructure imagery
The US Defence Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has initiated a new project to develop a