Brigade and battalion command posts, the guts of battlefield operations, are more mobile and agile than ever before, and during ongoing improvements in network capability, the military is increasing their ability to maneuver forward inside the fight while retaining commanders’ critical situational awareness. Current technologies equivalent to Warfighter Information Network Tactical, called WIN-T, Increment 2, the Army’s mobile tactical communications network backbone, and emerging solutions just like the Modular Integrated Command Post, or MiCP — a vehicle that efficiently provides networking equipment and tool to support a command post — are enhancing a commander’s ability to steer from anywhere at... Read More »
According to statistics, crime rate is on the increase in the UK and that no commercial or residential building can claim to be safe from vandals and burglars. Even buildings that are equipped with state-of-the art security systems are not completely safe. Today, criminals are not just ahead of security system and security policy developers but they are bolder. Only a few years back, the mere presence of CCTV cameras was enough to deter criminals. In the same way, it was possible to keep thugs away just be lighting streets well. Sadly however, this is no longer the case. The... Read More »
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a probable Foreign Military Sale to Japan of an E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Mission Computing Upgrade (MCU) and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $950 million. The Government of Japan has requested a potential sale of an E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Mission Computing Upgrade (MCU) that comes with 4 Electronic Support Measure (ESM) Systems, 8 AN/UPX-40 Next Generation Identify Friend or Foe (NGIFF), 8 AN/APX-119 IFF Transponder, and four KIV-77 Cryptographic Computers. Also included are design and equipment production,... Read More »
Iran’s army unveiled a highly mobile propellant-powered reconnaissance drone on Saturday, based on local media. The drone, named “Yasseer,” can fly for eight hours with more than a few 200 kilometers (124 miles) and reach an altitude of four,500 meters (15,000 feet), the reports said. It resembles the yankee ScanEagle, an unmanned short-range aerial surveillance vehicle that Iran claimed to have captured in late 2012. However, Iranian officials didn’t mention the U.S. drone on Saturday. “Yasseer is able to identifying targets… with its very powerful camera, and reporting them back to the bottom,” the manager of army ground forces General... Read More »