by Editorial Staff | Apr 16, 2014 | Alliances, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, IT - Cyber-Security, RFPs, Russia, USA
* The US Air Force released an RFP for the development and production of “mini crypto” devices that meet both NSA approval and Size, Weight, and Power constraints in line with combat use. They intend to handle unclassified and Secret data, for devices that...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 15, 2014 | Africa - Other, BAE, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, IT - Cyber-Security, Robots, Russia, USA
* Russia wants to keep the monopoly on the use of force in Eastern Ukraine, but Kiev’s interim government has reportedly started to launch a counter-attack to the pro-Russian “Occupy Donetsk” movement. * Congressman Mac Thornberry [R-TX, contender...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 14, 2014 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., China, Conferences & Events, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Industry & Trends, Intelligence & PsyOps, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Partnerships & Consortia, Russia, USA
* An article first published by Bloomberg last Friday claiming that the NSA was aware of the Heartbleed [PDF] vulnerability for years was promptly denied by the White House. * However the National Security Council’s rebuttal implies that the Administration may...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 11, 2014 | Alliances, Daily Rapid Fire, Fuel & Power, Japan, Russia, USA
* Oshkosh announced the termination of 760 jobs at its defense division between June and July, most of them being hourly positions. * The US Air Force will hold an industry day on May 1-2 at Peterson Air Force Base, CO, to discuss Ground-based Electro-Optical...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 10, 2014 | Boeing, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Israel, Legal, Satellites & Sensors, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
* Defense News reports that the US Federal Claims Court rejected AM General’s lawsuit against USSOCOM over its GMV award to General Dynamics. * Israel launched Ofek-10, a surveillance satellite with a reported 0.5m resolution. * Thomas de Maizière,...
