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  1. Col. Charles Wells U.S. Army

    Common Ground: The U.S. Army's Col. Charles Wells on Integrating Intel

    Col. Charles Wells is the program manager for the Army's Distributed Common Ground System, the service's effort to integrate all streams of intelligence.

    • May. 20, 2013
  2. Sailors aboard an inflatable boat unload bales of cocaine after an embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment seized the contraband during a drug interdiction in the Caribbean Sea. Navy

    Going Dark: SOUTHCOM, Where Modern ISR Was Born, Is Hoping for Assets

    In 1989, two small U.S. planes took off in Colombia's expansive Aburra Valley, the first flights of a surveillance operation that would ultimately reshape the American way of war.

    • May. 14, 2013

  3. Is A Billion-Dollar Border Security Program Finally Due?

    The Department of Homeland Security has taken a positive step in one of the longer running procurement sagas of recent years, issuing downselect notices to several contractors to compete in the next phase of a controversial border security program, source

    • May. 14, 2013

  4. Germany axes Euro Hawk drone program

    Germany has canceled a planned 'Euro Hawk' drone program over fears that European authorities will not certify them, a defense ministry source said Tuesday after reported European safety concerns.

    • May. 14, 2013

  5. Biometrics: A New Intelligence Discipline

    The intelligence community is pushing to make biometrically enabled intelligence — the art of identifying people by fingerprints, digital mugshots, iris scans or DNA — a regular part of business.

    • May. 13, 2013

  6. Pakistan Employs China's Beidou Guidance System, but Access Not Guaranteed

    Access to China's Beidou satellite guidance system for navigation and precision strike weaponry is welcomed by Pakistani analysts, but guaranteed availability of the Beidou signal cannot be assumed.

    • May. 7, 2013

  7. Annual DoD Report Claims Steady Chinese Military Expansion

    China continues to rapidly modernize and expand its military and has deployed an anti-ship missile that could attack vessels more than 1,500 kilometers away, according to a new Pentagon report.

    • May. 6, 2013

  8. EU Commission To Unveil Plans To Boost Industry

    The European Commission is on track to unveil proposals, including one to certify defense products, to boost the EU's defense industry.

    • Apr. 29, 2013

  9. Cassidian Takes Major Share in Arkoon Network Security Firm

    Cassidian has acquired for an undisclosed amount Arkoon Network Security, a French specialist in computer protection products, the defense and security division of EADS said in a statement April 29.

    • Apr. 29, 2013

  10. EU Targets Air-to-Air Refueling Gaps, Cyber Coordination

    EU defense ministers agreed at a European Defence Agency (EDA) Steering Board meeting here April 23 to press on with efforts to plug its air-to-air (AAR) refueling capacity gaps to reduce reliance on the US.

    • Apr. 25, 2013

  11. Turkey's Indigenous Trainer Nears Maiden Flight

    An indigenous basic trainer aircraft that Turkey designed and has been developing is going through a final round of tests before it makes its maiden flight in June, according to officials from its maker, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

    • Apr. 23, 2013

  12. 'Obamaberry' Maker Extends Secure Mobile

    With cellphones, convenience often is at odds with security and privacy. And that's true whether one is a Defense Intelligence Agency case officer, an international banker or an investigative reporter.

    • Apr. 23, 2013

  13. Missile Deal Tests France-U.K. Pact

    PARIS — France has sent a positive but cautious reply to British requests for cooperation on producing a new anti-ship missile, widely seen as a test of the 2010 Lancaster House bilateral defense treaty, sources close to the program said.

    • Apr. 14, 2013
  14. In a testy exchange on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was forced to defend the Pentagon's decision to approve $380 million to fund the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS,shown here) through the remainder of this fiscal year, even though the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act prohibited funding for the program. Lockheed Martin

    Legislators Working to Kill Missile Defense Program

    WASHINGTON — The reaction to the Pentagon’s decision to continue to fund a controversial missile defense program that the Army has said it plans to defund after this year has been swift, and may be gaining some traction.

    • Apr. 11, 2013

  15. Experts Urge Israel MoD To Ease Cyber Export Policy

    Herzliya, Israel — Israel’s recently established National Cyber Directorate (NCD) and an increasingly activist sector of the local industry are prodding Defense Ministry officials to ease “illogical and irrational” export licensing restrictions on cyber-related programs, processes and technologies.

    • Apr. 9, 2013

  16. Deploying Brigade Integrates ISR, M-ATV

    WASHINGTON — If the U.S. 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, deploys to Afghanistan this year to act as a security forces advise-and-assist team mentoring Afghan troops, they’ll likely introduce a weapon to the battlefield: the Boar Battle Wagon.

    • Apr. 8, 2013
  17. A concentrated effort to improve Aegis radar performance in deployed ships, like the cruiser Mobile Bay, seen escorting the carrier John C. Stennis, is paying off, the U.S. Navy says. MCS 3rd Class Stephanie Smith / U.S. Navy

    U.S. Navy Finds New Ways To Improve Aegis

    WASHINGTON — When U.S. Navy Aegis destroyers fitted with the Baseline 7.1.2 upgrade started operating a few years ago with other Aegis ships, problems soon became apparent.

    • Apr. 7, 2013
  18. USNS Spearhead, the first joint high speed vessel to be delivered to the Military Sealift Command, arriving at Naval Station Mayport on Feb. 14. MC3 Damian Berg / U.S. Navy

    LCS Council Adds New Member

    WASHINGTON — Taking note of the new ship’s unique qualities, the chief of naval operations has added the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) program to the portfolio of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Council, a three-star panel overseeing developments of these evolutionary craft.

    • Apr. 5, 2013

  19. Source: French Military Mulling Purchase of U.S. Drones

    PARIS — France is considering buying U.S.-made unarmed Reaper surveillance drones to boost its military capabilities, a source in the defense ministry told AFP on Friday.

    • Apr. 5, 2013

  20. Italy Considers Jeep for Recon Vehicle

    ROME — The Italian connection with Jeep, the storied U.S. vehicle manufacturer, has just gotten stronger.

    • Apr. 5, 2013

  21. GCV Competitors Push Back Against Critical Government Report

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stirred up controversy on April 2 when it released a highly critical report on the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program, just days before the fiscal 2014 budget was set to be released.

    • Apr. 4, 2013
  22. The Defense Department has lifted flight restrictions on F-22s in place since May. Pilots of F-22s equipped with an automatic backup oxygen system will no longer be directed to stay within 30 miles of a safe landing area. Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker / Air Force

    Flight Restrictions Lifted for F-22s with Auto Oxygen System

    Most of the Air Force’s F-22 fleet has returned to unrestricted flight operations after being limited for nearly a year to flying within 30 minutes of a safe landing area and at lower altitudes because of safety concerns.

    • Apr. 4, 2013

  23. Details Emerge for S. Korean JSF and Silent Eagle Sales

    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has laid out the parameters for possible sales to South Korea of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle.

    • Apr. 3, 2013
  24. The Congressional Budget Office took a serious jab at the U.S. Army's highest priority vehicle program today, issuing a report that includes a recommendation of keeping the current Bradley infantry fighting vehicle fleet as opposed to building new Ground Combat Vehicles to replace them. File photo / U.S. Army

    U.S. Army’s Top Vehicle Program Gets Another Black Eye

    WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) took a serious jab at the U.S. Army’s highest priority vehicle program today, issuing a report that includes a recommendation of keeping the current Bradley infantry fighting vehicle fleet as opposed to building new Ground Combat Vehicles (GCV) to replace them.

    • Apr. 2, 2013
  25. The Nett Warrior system provides coordinates to soldiers at Network Integration Evaluation 13.1. The vital exercises that have been shaping decisions about future communication systems might be squeezed by tighter budgets. U.S. Army

    Special Report: Networking and Communications

    WASHINGTON — As the U.S. armed services massage their budgets to accommodate the impact of sequestration, not even the Army’s well-received network testing exercises will go unscathed.

    • Mar. 27, 2013

  26. China Provides Key to Pakistani Bandwidth Requirements

    ISLAMABAD — Pakistan continues to transform its military into a network-enabled force but will remain reliant on China to provide the bandwidth.

    • Mar. 27, 2013

  27. Turkey Faces Tough Networking Task

    ANKARA — Turkey has made substantial progress in integrating its military command-and-control (C2) systems, but it faces the tougher task of networking national assets with those of NATO.

    • Mar. 27, 2013

  28. Italy, France Put Conflicts Behind To Share Communications Satellite

    ROME, PARIS and LONDON — A military communications satellite to be launched by Italy and France in 2014 is proving itself a rare example of a harmonious partnership between Rome and Paris, just as France and the U.K. eye future cooperation in space.

    • Mar. 27, 2013
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