A BAE Systems subsidiary will continue to serve as prime contractor for the U.K. defense science and technology laboratory’s Analysis Support Construct framework under a two-year contract extension. BAE Systems CORDA currently supports the ASC mission through an initial contract that was awarded in August 2015 and slated to end in March of this …
Read More »UK Govt Taps Leonardo-Thales Team to Demo IR Threat Warning & Countermeasure System
A partnership of Leonardo and Thales has received a contract from the U.K. defence ministry to demonstrate their combined missile threat warning and protection system in early 2018. The joint platform is currently under development to integrate Thales’ Elix-IR threat warner with Leonardo’s Miysis directed infrared countermeasure system, Leonardo said Wednesday. …
Read More »DHS Picks HRL University of Michigan for Automotive Cybersecurity Research; Reginald Brothers Comments
HRL Laboratories and the University of Michigan have received contracts from the Department of Homeland Security respectively worth $2.5 million and $1.2 million to develop cybersecurity tools for government- and privately-owned vehicles. The HRL team led by David Payton will develop a physical disturbance detection system in order to raise an …
Read More »QinetiQ Sought to Help Build U.K. Small Boat Threat Response; Sarah Kenny, Philip Smith Comment
Sarah Kenny, managing director for QinetiQ’s maritime arm, said the company has won a contract to provide British scientists with fresh insight into defense strategies against small boat threats. The work will involve testing the threat response capabilities of the U.K. Defense Science and Technology Laboratory’s sensor system at sea, …
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