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  1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock, Md., made a fabricated model of the hospital ship USNS Comfort on Jan. 10. US Navy

    Need a Part? Just Press Print

    The US Navy will start to experiment with 3-D printing this year by setting up printers in Norfolk, Va., and San Diego to produce custom-designed plastic parts and gadgets that crews can use.

    • Jun. 9, 2013

  2. US Army Maps Future of the Electronic Battlefield

    In a sense — and in one sense only — American and NATO forces have had it easy in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • Jun. 7, 2013

  3. NATO Takes Up Cyber Defense As Threat Grows

    Defense ministers from NATO's 28 member states meet on Tuesday with cyber defense top of the agenda, amid concerns about the threat posed by increasing cyber-attacks, many blamed on China.

    • Jun. 2, 2013
  4. The Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload, a heat-detecting sensor installed on the SES-2 communications satellite, demonstrated that commercial satellites can host military or intelligence sensor payloads without interference. Orbital Sciences Corp.

    Space Attacks: Technology And Contracting Shifts May End Market Dominance

    In the spring of 1994, President Clinton approved the creation of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, a project that would aggregatethe weather-tracking capabilities of the Air Force, NASA and the National Oceanic and A

    • May. 31, 2013

  5. Thales To Provide Sensor Support for UK Ships

    Thales UK has inked a 10-year deal with the British Ministry of Defence to provide in-service support for 17 of the major sensor systems carried onboard Royal Navy submarines and surface warships.

    • May. 28, 2013

  6. EDA Study Cites Cyber Training, Education, Gaps

    A European Defence Agency (EDA) study of the military cyberdefense capabilities across 20 EU countries released here May 24 has identified training, education and cyber situational awareness as among the 'most pressing gaps.'

    • May. 24, 2013

  7. Finmeccanica Nears Linking-Up 8 Sim Facilities

    Italy's Finmeccanica is close to completing the link-up of eight of its simulator facilities to allow the integration of simulation training involving vehicles, helicopters, UAVs and other platforms.

    • May. 22, 2013
  8. 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
  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. '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

  20. 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
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