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
MBDA has won a contract for the development and production of the Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP) medium-range missile. This program is one of the new generation of weapon projects intended to modernize the French army, and included in the future multi-year Program Law
SAAB has selected SELEXs BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy (EAD) deployment on Gripen fighter, which has been developed in order to decoy RF-guided missiles and fire control radars away from fighter aircraft. Flare shaped and sized, the EAD can be dispensed from a standard 55mm flare cartridge and powered by batteries
As a side-effect to Edward Snowden's revelations on widespread snooping US' National Security Agency (NSA), defense companies rolling out new cyber security solutions aimed at securely sharing sensitive information. Lockheed Martin this week announced the development of a new 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
Raytheon BBN Technologies has adapted its life-saving Boomerang shooter detection technology to protect helicopter crews, the company announced today. Helicopters are highly susceptible to sniper attacks because of their low-altitude flight paths and hovering requirements in theater
The Swedish armed forces are seeking to strengthen their cyber defense in order to to attack other countries' computer networks, according to Radio Sweden. In the armed forces' latest forward planning document that was handed over to the government the other week, there is a repeated mention of the need to develop what is called "offensive cyber capabilities"
Singapore is planning to buy 6 AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar Systems for an estimated cost of $179 million with Lockheed Martin as a principal contractor. Singapore has requested the sale of 6 AN/TPQ-53 (V) Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar Systems with 120 degree sector scan capability, software support, support equipment, simulator, generators, power units, personnel training and training equipment
General Dynamics has won a contract to develop an automated computer-network defence capability to enhance the security of the Canadian Department of National Defence's (DND) networks. The ARMOUR project, conceptualized by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), will develop and integrate advanced scientific and technological solutions to the increasingly challenging and complex problem of defending DND networks, protecting their mission-critical information
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
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