DefenceTalkGeneral Dynamics Canada and Colt Canada are working together to network Colt’s Sniper (Soldier) Weapon & Observer Reconnaissance Devices (SWORD) system, which integrates weapon-mounted surveillance and targeting devices with ruggedized smartphone-like technology. The SWORD system brings critical situational-awareness information directly to the solider via his weapon; it will be offered as an alternative to radio-centric […]https://www.defencetalk.com/smartphone-technology-enables-rifle-centric-soldier-system-49892/

DefenceTalkThe network is under attack! Cyber attacks are a daily reality and are growing in sophistication and complexity. How does the Army keep pace with this evolving threat and defend its network? Fifteen Soldiers made history when they were awarded the newest Army military occupational specialty, 25D, cyber network defender, during a graduation ceremony Nov. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cyberspace-security-army-military-occupational-specialty-49881/

DefenceTalkRussia has begun testing a new radar designed to detect highly maneuverable aerial targets – including cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles – at a range of up to 3,000 kilometers (over 1,800 miles), allowing it to cover most of Europe. The new-generation over-the-horizon radar, dubbed Container, was put on trial duty near the town […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-activates-aerospace-defense-radar-aimed-at-europe-49873/

DefenceTalkThree hooded hackers hunch over their computer screens in the control room at Israel’s new state-of-the-art “Cyber Gym”, where IT and infrastructure company employees train to defend against cyber attacks. The facility, a series of small buildings in the shadow of the looming Orot Rabin power station on Israel’s northern coastline, was inaugurated this month […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israeli-hacking-school-trains-cyber-warriors-49791/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Royal Thai Air Force to supply additional AN/TPS-78 air defense and surveillance radar systems. Under the terms of the contract, Northrop Grumman will begin supplying equipment to the Royal Thai Air Force in 2015. The company will also provide training, spares and logistics support. “With this award, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-to-supply-air-defense-radar-systems-to-royal-thai-air-force-49752/

DefenceTalkAn amendment published yesterday to the Defense Federal Acquisition Supplement will require defense contractors to incorporate established information security standards on their unclassified networks and to report cyber-intrusion incidents that result in the loss of unclassified controlled technical information from these networks. The amendment will apply to all new contracts that will use or generate […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-beefs-up-contractor-information-security-requirements-49688/

DefenceTalkTwo General Dynamics C4 Systems-developed AN/PRC-155 two-channel Manpack radios successfully completed secure voice and data calls from Alaska and the Arctic Circle, using the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform to connect with the MUOS satellite and ground communications network. The demonstration’s success is a significant operational milestone for the PRC-155 Manpack radio. “Exposed to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/manpack-radios-in-arctic-connect-with-muos-satellites-orbiting-equator-49675/

DefenceTalkRussia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket carrying a military satellite in the early hours of Tuesday from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch took place at 03:46 Moscow time (23:46 GMT) carrying a satellite for the Russian defence ministry, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. Russia restarted launches of Proton rockets in September after […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-launches-proton-rocket-with-military-satellite-49624/

DefenceTalkResearchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have joined with an international team to engineer and measure a potentially important new class of nanostructured materials for microwave and advanced communication devices. Based on NIST’s measurements, the new materials-a family of multilayered crystalline sandwiches-might enable a whole new class of compact, high-performance, high-efficiency […]https://www.defencetalk.com/self-correcting-crystal-may-unleash-the-next-generation-of-advanced-communications-49595/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea’s spy agency said Monday that North Korea was using Russian technology to develop electromagnetic pulse weapons aimed at paralysing military electronic equipment south of the border. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a report to parliament that the North had purchased Russian electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weaponry to develop its own versions. EMP […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-developing-electromagnetic-pulse-weapons-south-korea-49562/