International
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Air ForceTransatlantic Rivals Submit Air Force Tanker Bids
By Marina Malenic Airbus parent company EADS yesterday filed an 8,800-page proposal to build a new fleet of 179 aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, a day ahead of […]
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InternationalBoeing Australia Completes High Frequency Modernization Project
Boeing Defence Australia [BA] said it’s completion of Joint Project 2043’s High Frequency Modernisation (HFMod) Project. The formal letter of completion for the project was delivered on behalf of the […]
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Homeland Security
Gaps Persist In Nuclear Detection Architecture, Lieberman, GAO Warn
By Calvin Biesecker Gaps remain in the nation’s nuclear detection system in large part because the Homeland Security agency charged with developing and purchasing detection technology has over emphasized a […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Expects All International Air Cargo To Be Screened By 2013
By Calvin Biesecker Despite a congressional mandate that 100 percent of cargo loaded on passenger planes be screened for explosives this year, it won’t be until 2013 before this will […]
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Business/FinancialBusiness Analytics Software Firm Acquires Memex
SAS, the North Carolina-based firm specializing in business analytics software and services, has acquired Britain’s Memex, a small analytic software firm specializing in the public safety and criminal justice markets, […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Reaches Another Milestone With Secure Flight
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said last week that 100 percent of passengers flying domestically and internationally on United States airlines are being checked against government watchlists through the […]
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InternationalAustralia Releases Report on Defence Capability Planning Information
Minister for Defence Sen. John Faulkner, this week released the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) Report on the Disclosure of Defence Capability Planning (DCP) Information, the government’s response, and its […]
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InternationalAustralia Congratulates Raytheon IDU For DMO Work
Minister for Defence Materiel and Science Greg Combet congratulated the Raytheon [RTN] Industry Development Unit (IDU) on its achievements as a signatory to an Australian Global Supply Chain Deed with […]
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InternationalDenmark To Pull Out of NATO Ground Surveillance System
The NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance System (AGS) suffered a blow as Denmark reveals plans to withdraw from the program in a time of fiscal austerity. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh […]
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InternationalGD’s U.K. Business Acquires Electro-Optical Systems Firm
General Dynamics [GD] recently said its United Kingdom-based business has acquired Kylmar Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of various electro- optical systems used in military, border security, counter-terrorism, covert and […]