General Dynamics Information Technology has won $900 million SOCOM Wide Mission Support (SWMS) contract from the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Under the contract, General Dynamics will support USSOCOM forces and staffs with technical and management functions across the globe over five years
General Dynamics has won N6 Information Technology Support contract from US Navy to continue delivering enterprise-level IT services to SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic and Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC). The single award contract has a potential value of approximately $70 million over three years, the company announced Monday
The US National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) has appointed Ashley Bunce as Executive Director of Women In Defense. The NDIA affiliate, Women In Defense, supports the advancement and recognition of women in national security
An Expert committee formed by the Indian government has recommended setting up an independent organization outside the ministry of defense to undertake defense procurement. The committee, headed by retired IIM professor Pritam Singh, recommended this measure to overcome the unending problem of delays in defence procurement, unspent budgets, allegations of corruption and botched deals
Bittium has won a contract from the Finnish Defence Forces to deliver its Tough Mobile LTE smartphones and related Secure Suite back-end system classified for confidential level. The contract signifies a strategic decision to reinforce the information security of the wireless communications of the Finnish Defence Forces, the company announced today
Germany has integrated the civil and military air traffic management in its airspace upper airspace of the north-west region of the country. The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, EUROCONTROL announced Sunday that its Air traffic controllers in Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) will be providing integrated civil and military air navigation services in the above 24,500 feet Hannover Upper Information Region (UIR)
Chinese military analysts have said that the US underwater drone that was seized in South China Sea last week must have gathered military intelligence like the movements of submarines. Song Zhongping, a military commentator at Phoenix TV, told the
Fulcrum IT Services has been awarded a $168 million contract to provide the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) with strategic planning, research, analysis, and training services in support of JIDOs Global Situational Awareness (Global SA) and Communities of Action (CoA) missions. The Global SA task order will provide JIDO, the intelligence community, military service partner organizations, and other Department of Defense (DoD)/federal agencies with professional services that sense, research, and analyze the global operational environment to enhance combatant commands ability to combat improvised threats to the warfighter and partner organizations through advanced situational awareness services and training
Poland will build a 800 million Euros worth new territorial defense force of 53,000 volunteers by 2019 in order to guard against threats from Russia. The force will be similar to the US National Guard in that it is comprised of civilians who undergo military training, Defense Minister Atoni Macierewicz said Monday
Pakistan is launching a cyber war, using computers and virus-laden emails to ‘attack Indian Army. Spoofed emails with the subject line ‘Actual Story of Surgical Strike are being sent by the hackers to Indian army