Latest Military technology Stories
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lunarline Chief Executive Officer, Waylon Krush, was interviewed on FOX Business regarding the apparent flood of advanced persistent threat (APT) intrusions into the information systems of over 150 corporations attributed to the Chinese in a recent report released by Mandiant. Mr. Krush commented that cyber attacks are not a recent occurrence, but have been an ongoing challenge to both government and commercial organizations. What...
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Enemy tactical ballistic missiles may soon be easier to detect and track. During a series of recent tests, a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) JLENS demonstrated tactical ballistic missile defense (TBMD) capability when it detected and tracked a total of four ballistic-missile surrogates during their ascent (boost) phase. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130219/NE61821 ) During the test, the JLENS X-Band radar...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Last month, the New York Times reported a string of cyber attacks launched against them which spanned nearly 3 months. The Times hired out Alexandria-based Mandiant to investigate these attacks. This team of security experts tracked these attacks back to China and observed the hacking techniques used resembled those often employed by China’s military. Now, Mandiant has released another report which claims a secret arm of...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), acting through its Missiles Systems business, and Chemring have agreed to develop a naval capability to defend against surface targets, for use on ships ranging in size from small patrol boats to large combatants. A briefing was being held Tuesday at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2013, to discuss the development. "This initiative combines Chemring's innovative...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is showcasing a new, clip-on Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS) at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2013. The surveillance and targeting sight, which mounts in front of a rifle's existing sight without reducing targeting accuracy, delivers precise surveillance and advanced targeting imagery. "The clip-on TWS can also be used as a hand-held imager, and is an affordable, vital...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Finnish Defence Forces awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a contract to procure PhantomIRxr(®) thermal biocular systems. The biocular uses thermal imaging to pinpoint targets through darkness, smoke and dust. The bioculars will be on display at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130218/NE61270 ) Since 2011, Raytheon has supplied Finnish...
Digital assets take many forms; and while corporate secrets, intellectual property and electronic currency are tantalizing targets for hackers, it’s often information about people they are after, as the slew of recent high-profile hacks demonstrate. The founder of Global Digital Forensics sheds a little light on why this information is so valuable to hackers and some of the fundamentals crucial to every business or organization in today’s digital age to protect it. New York, NY (PRWEB)...
FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Software, networking, cyber security and hardware are critical IT components that make or break military performance. Government leaders should ask what they can learn from the IT models employed by vendors and providers themselves and consider the implications for their nation's military IT function. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130212/CG58257) The global military IT, data and computing market is estimated to...
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former Cybersecurity Czar Howard Schmidt will be joined by moderator Scott Hartz of anti-malware company TaaSERA to discuss the growing sophistication of cyber attacks over the last decade, and how industry and government can work together to secure a very complex and dynamic cyber frontier. The discussion, marking the 10-year anniversary of both the Department of Homeland Security and the...
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has been awarded a contract worth $17 million for production of rocket motors for AIM-9P Sidewinder customers within the United States Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Under FMS, the U.S. government procures defense articles and services on behalf of one or more foreign customers. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) at Hill Air Force Base in Utah issued the award. Work will be performed at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory...
