DDN
Articles By DDN
-
Air Force Scraps Plans For Cyber Command In Favor of New Nuclear Organization
By Marina Malenic The Air Force will not to go through with plans to create a Cyberspace Command dedicated solely to computer network defense and attack, service officials said this […]
-
Homeland Security
TSA Proposes Security Rules For Business Jets, Large GA Planes
By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday announced a proposed rule that would require operators and pilots of large general aviation aircraft, typically business jets and turboprops, to […]
-
Business/FinancialAoA Should Help Navy And Marine Corps Find Best Options For NSFS Gap, Official Says
By Geoff Fein The Navy is optimistic a new Joint Expeditionary Fires Analysis of Alternatives (JEF AoA) will help them and the Marine Corps find a solution that meets the […]
-
ArmyChemring To Acquire Mine Detection Firm NIITEK
Britain’s Chemring Group PLC this week said it has conditionally agreed to acquire Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology, Inc. (NIITEK) for $30 million in a deal that would further expand its presence […]
-
Business/Financial
Korean Shipyards Demonstrating Significant Production Rates, Official Says
By Geoff Fein South Korean shipyards are achieving significant production rates, upward of a ship per week, and there are no signs the facilities are planning to slow down, according […]
-
NNSA Closes No Weapons Sites Under Final Downsizing Plan
By George Lobsenz In a downsizing plan that effectively maintains current warhead production capacity, the National Nuclear Security Administration said yesterday it plans to significantly shrink the operating footprint of […]
-
Pentagon Begins Constituting Special Operations Command To Support AFRICOM Efforts
By Marina Malenic The Pentagon has begun creating a theater Special Operations command to support its sixth and newest regional command, its top general said yesterday. “We’re going to stand […]
-
ITT Gains Telemetry, Tracking And Command Contract Worth Up To $1.26 Billion
NASA selected ITT Corp. [ITT] to perform telemetry, tracking and command services for near-Earth missions under the Space Communications Network Services contract worth up to $1.26 billion, NASA said yesterday. […]
-
General Dynamics’, Elbit’s Skylark UAVs Making Inroads With Army, Marine Corps
General Dynamics [GD] and Israel’s Elbit Systems‘ [ESLT] are hoping their Skylark II Long Endurance (LE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will capture the contract for the joint Navy and Marine […]
-
Homeland Security
Correction
The Coast Guard estimates the total cost–including long lead materials, construction, test and evaluation, and program management–for the fourth National Security Cutter (NSC) will be about $100 million more than […]