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Snowden Revelations Leave US Allies Scrambling To Build Cyber Defense Capabilities
November 1, 2013 @ 11:12 AMAs 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
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Raytheon Develops Shooter Detection Technology For Helicopters
October 23, 2013 @ 01:52 PMRaytheon 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
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Swedish Armed Forces To Work On Strengthening Cyber Defense Capabilities
October 17, 2013 @ 01:52 PMThe 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"
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Singapore To Purchase Radar Systems Worth $179 Million
October 9, 2013 @ 02:23 PMSingapore 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
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General Dynamics To Build Canada's Computer-Network Defence System
October 8, 2013 @ 02:26 PMGeneral 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
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Thales, Schneider Team Up To Work On Cybersecurity Solutions
October 3, 2013 @ 03:02 PMThales 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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U.S. Army Awards $18.5 Million Unmanned Aircraft Support Contract
September 7, 2013 @ 10:22 AMThe U.S
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Lockheed Martin Seek Savings On Future F-35 Contracts
August 23, 2013 @ 02:26 PMLockheed Martin is close to finalizing an agreement with the Pentagon for 40 percent cheaper version of the operations and logistics system that controls the U.S
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UK Sets Up Cyber Response Teams, Allocates £70M To Improve Capabilities
July 5, 2013 @ 02:26 PMUKs Minister of Defense Equipment Philip Dunne today announced the formation of cyber response unit. “Our new Joint Forces Command, which stood up in April this year, leads on that response, ensuring that we consider cyber in all of our future planning and operations; that we have in place the structures and capabilities to operate and defend our systems against cyber attack; and that we have made the vital investment in our people to ensure they have the skills and training needed to do so,” he said
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Defense Contractors Cyber Expertise Behind 'PRISM' And 'Boundless Informant'
July 1, 2013 @ 01:36 PMA string of U.S
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...