Norway has selected AgustaWestland to supply 16 new AW101 search-and-rescue helicopters in a deal that could be worth more than €1 billion. An announcement on a Norwegian government website on Nov
Thales today announced that it has acquired XPI Simulation Ltd – in order to strengthen its position as a global training and simulation provider within the land market. XPI Simulation specializes in innovative techniques for processing LIDAR[1] data, a technology which maps physical environments in ultra-fine detail using a range of light frequencies, and ray tracing, which generates highly-realistic images by tracing the path of light and simulating its interaction with virtual objects
Lockheed Martin has developed a cyber security solution that allows intelligence to be securely shared among personnel working at all security levels -- from highly classified intelligence sites to unclassified users in the field. This high assurance information solution, called Trusted Sentinel, allows data to be manually and/or automatically transferred between two or more differing security domains by using a single consolidated configuration of hardware and software
Elbit Systems field tested its Skylark I-LE mini-UAS with Swedish company Imint new software named Vidview in live flights north of Uppsala. Tests were carried out for real emergency first response and fire fighting scenarios
Raytheon has completed the first delivery of APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders for the Republic of Korea Army's Surion helicopter. The IFF transponders provide military aircraft with a secure combat identification capability to reduce fratricide and enhance situational awareness, in addition to providing safe access to civilian airspace
Polaris Industries Inc. (PII) has won a contract by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to provide MRZR Lightweight Tactical All-Terrain Vehicles
The Brazilian government is going ahead with plans to move away from “US-centric internet” only a month after President Dilma Rouseff called on the UN to oversee a new global legal system to govern the internet. The urgency to shield her country from the US National Security Agency (NSA) comes after whistleblower Edward Snowden exposed the US of using the to spy on both allies and enemies by accessing the emails and phone tapping, including that of political leaders, government departments and private companies
BAE Systems successfully demonstrated the new long-range sensor, precisely guiding the LRASM prototype to its target in a recent live missile shot test. This was the first flight test for the advanced sensor, which autonomously located and targeted a moving surface ship
Thales and Schneider Electric will jointly propose cybersecurity solutions for protecting the automation and command-and-control systems from attacks. Thales and Schneider Electric yesterday have signed a commercial cooperation agreement for the development of cybersecurity solutions and services to protect command-and-control systems from cyberattack
General Dynamics has won several U.S