by Fred Donovan | Aug 25, 2010 | Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Coastal & Littoral, Daily Rapid Fire, Expeditionary Warfare, Issues - Environmental, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, People, Policy - Doctrine, Russia, Training & Exercises, USA
* Flash Dance: A flash drive that uploaded malicious code into the US Central Command network in 2008 provided an unidentified foreign intelligence service with undetected access to classified US information, admits a US Pentagon official in a Foreign Affairs article....
by Joe Katzman | Aug 25, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, R&D - Contracted, Satellites & Sensors, USA
I-4 satellite(click to view full) Inmarsat Navigation Ventures, Ltd. in London, England recently received an $18 million firm-fixed-price demonstration contract to develop and certify a transceiver terminal for their 3-satellite I-4 constellation’s Inmarsat...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 25, 2010 | Boeing, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, USA
Dutch F-16, Kandahar(click to view full) JDAM manufacturer Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb I is a 250 pound weapon with pop-out glide fins that greatly improve its range, and GPS/INS guidance. Its narrow body and streamlined shape help it punch above its...