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Lockheed Martin seeks inroads to hacker community

Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defence company, is using the Black Hat 2015 conference to help build a bridge to the hacking community and recruit for hundreds of open positions. Much of the company's presence is in the form of its commercial cyber business, an area that Lockheed recently

Pentagon seeks recruits at Black Hat 2015 hacker conference

The world's largest gathering of self-described hackers, the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, opened to the media on 5 August, with major defence contractors, security researchers, government officials mingling with hacking enthusiasts as the Pentagon - and US government - struggle to recruit

MQ-8C radar promises long-range ISR boost for LCS

Key Points NAVAIR plans to award the contract for a surface search radar for the MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV in March 2016 Draft specifications indicate that the radar will be able to track 500 targets at ranges out to 100 n miles The US Navy (USN) is seeking a surface search radar for the MQ-8C Fire

Spain boosts spending on coastal monitoring system

The Spanish government says it has stepped up spending on its Sistema Integrado de Vigilancia Exterior (SIVE) coastal monitoring system in the southeast of the country where illegal immigration has resurged in recent months. In a written response to a member of the Spanish senate for Alicante, the

Norwegian firm signs Bangladesh cyber defence deal

Cyber-security specialist Norway Registers Development (NRD) has signed a contract with the Bangladesh government to develop a national cyber defence strategy to tackle growing network-related attacks in the country. The deal is worth nearly USD1 million and calls upon NRD to collaborate with the

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  Catching up: China's space programme marches on

  China's space programme is acquiring and fielding impressive technologies and capabilities, but must address innovation-related challenges to ensure long-term competitiveness in space. Tate Nurkin reports
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  Picking up the pieces: Putting Project SEA 4000 back on course

  Australia's Air Warfare Destroyer programme has been blighted by schedule slippage, cost escalation, and dysfunctional management. Julian Kerr finds out how and why plans have gone awry, and looks at the efforts to put Project SEA 4000 back on an even keel
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  Cyber-mercenary industry grows worldwide

  As attention focuses on inter-state cyber-warfare, private non-governmental actors have rapidly proliferated. Tim Maurer examines the rise of these often powerful proxy groups.
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RELEVANT PROFILE LISTINGS

Battlefield METeorological System (BMETS)

Type Passive, independent, and mobile meteorological system Description The BAE Systems Integrated Systems Technologies BMETS is a replacement for the British Army's radar-based Artillery METeorological System (AMETS) and as such, is claimed to offer 'significant advantages' over its predecessor,

MILTECH™ 5042 military ruggedised communication system

Type Fibre optic communications equipment, transmission Description The MILTECH™ 5042 rugged, military grade communication is a system for transferring video, serial (RS-422) data, discrete signals and Gigabit Ethernet traffic over single strand tactical fibre. The 5042's mechanical

Remote Secure Receiver (RSR)

Type GPS device, anti-jamming/spoofing Development According to the contractor the Remote Secure Receiver (RSR) has been developed to protect against GPS jamming and spoofing for soldiers using combinations of commercial smartphones, tablets and military off-the-shelf devices. Rockwell says that

SB 14 identification friend-or-foe (IFF) interrogator

Type Ground-based IFF interrogator. Description The SB 14 IFF interrogator is designed for use with stand-alone MAN Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) and vehicle-mounted/fixed-site multilauncher systems. As such, SB 14 is battery powered and comprises a sum/Delta antenna and an electronics