Poland’s Łukasiewicz Institute of Aviation has designed a new unmanned aerial vehicle dubbed HAASTA that is ideal for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, and photogrammetry, infrastructure monitoring and other civilian uses. The UAV is armed with a mounted 5.45mm machine gun to target and destroy smaller enemy drones, such as the Shahed-type loitering munition. Italian firm...
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Sweden Beefs Up Measures Against Foreign Disinformation Campaigns
Sweden’s Ministry of Civil Defence has announced an additional function and possibly more funding for the Psychological Defence Agency created earlier this year to counter malicious foreign disinformation campaigns against the country. Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin told reporters on Aug. 29 that the government plans to add a $720,000 budget annually to the agency...
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Rheinmetall Delivers First Order of Uncrewed Ground Vehicles to Norway
German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall delivered a Mission Master XT to the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment in August, its first customer delivery of the uncrewed ground vehicle. During field tests in Finland in March, the vehicle demonstrated Arctic mobility capabilities on icy rivers and steep, slippery banks in minus-30 degrees Celsius temperatures. According to Alain...
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US Sanctions Fundraisers of North Korea Weapons Program
The United States has added to its sanctions list two individuals and one Russian company for their involvement in generating funds for North Korea’s development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed the sanctions on Moscow-based company Intellekt, Russian national Sergey Mikhaylovich Kozlov...
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Report Warns of New Russian Malware Campaign Against Ukraine
The National Security Agency, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have released a joint report with international partners warning on a new Russian military malware campaign against Ukraine. The report seeks to uncover and mitigate the new malware named Infamous Chisel from Russian cyber elements called Sandworm that targets U.S. government and...
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BAE’s Defense Portfolio on Show at Polish Tech Expo MSPO
BAE Systems said it will showcase its multidomain defense and security solutions and military partnerships in Poland at the annual International Defense Industry Exhibition MSPO set at Targi Kielce from Sept. 5 to 8. Visitors of the trade show will be able to view a wide range of BAE’s exhibits containing radar, aircraft survivability equipment,...
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US-Led Multinational Operation Takes Down Qakbot Malware Infrastructure
The FBI and the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that a multinational operation has dismantled a malware infrastructure called Qakbot that cybercriminals used in ransomware attacks, online financial fraud and other cybercrimes. The FBI Headquarters’ Cyber Division and FBI Los Angeles collaborated with partners in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Latvia and the United...
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Jacobs Joins Team to Help Cut UK Annual Emissions
Dallas, Texas-based consultancy firm Jacobs said it has joined a team of advisers to the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage program. According to the U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the aim of CCUS is to capture an annual 6 million tons of industrial carbon...
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Embraer Set To Expand Radar Portfolio Following M200 Vigilante Tests
Sao Paolo-based Embraer has completed initial testing of the M200 Vigilante radar that it jointly developed with the Brazilian Army, bringing the equipment closer to becoming fully operational. The radar is a medium-range sensor designed for air surveillance and early warning applications. The trial, held at the Julio Belem Airport in Parintins in June and...
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Cyber Policy Experts Call for Better Laws on Online Security
The online security bills U.S. lawmakers are trying to legislate are “misguided” and designed to break encryption protecting personal privacy, according to cyber policy experts Tarah Wheeler and Geoffrey Cain. Wheeler, a Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow for global cyber policy, and Cain, a senior fellow in the tech policy think tank Foundation for...