The U.K. Ministry of Defence spends around $2.6 billion each year to improve Scotland’s defense industry, according to official government data. For each person in Scotland, the MoD spends an average of $480, which has remained consistent in recent years. The statistics also indicate that the Defence Ministry’s investment in Edinburg directly supports 12,200 jobs...
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Tech Expert Warns of Cyberattack Risk to US Critical Infrastructure From China
A top official at the not-for-profit government organization Mitre warned that the United States has about three years to figure out a better way to protect critical infrastructure before China launches an all-out attack. On Feb. 6, Charles Clancy, chief technology officer at Mitre, told legislators during a House hearing on water sector security that the...
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US Presses Criminal Charges Against Individuals Over Illegal Export of Technologies, Trade Secrets to China, Iran
The United States has charged three individuals for attempting to illegally transfer sensitive technology, goods and information to foreign governments. The Department of Justice filed criminal complaints against two Iranian nationals in New York for conspiring to export equipment used in the aerospace industry to Iran. The actions violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which prohibits the...
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BlackSky Secures $50M Deal to Provide Indonesia With Electro-Optical Imaging Satellites
BlackSky has secured $50 million worth of contracts to support Indonesia’s efforts to acquire sovereign space capabilities. According to the company, it will partner with Thales Alenia Space to provide the country with advanced Earth observation satellites bundled with ground station capabilities and flight operation support. Under the companies’ agreement with state-owned defense company PT...
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Partnership Seeks to Promote Ocean Aero’s Triton Undersea Drone Tech Applications in Saudi Arabia
Ocean Aero has signed a partnership agreement with Saudi Arabian companies Intra Defense Technologies and Middle East Maritime Repair to launch and implement advanced maritime technology in the Saudi region. Lockheed Martin, an Ocean Aero investor, facilitated the partnership. According to an announcement released Wednesday, the partnership will bank on the applications of Ocean Aero’s...
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US-UK Technical Report Offers Guidance Against ‘Living Off the Land’ Attacks
U.S. and U.K. cybersecurity experts have released a technical report offering guidance on defending against cyberattacks that use “living off the land” techniques. According to the National Security Agency, hostile Chinese and Russian actors often use LOTL as an intrusion method, where legitimate tools already installed on the target system are exploited to conduct malicious...
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USAF Gen. Gregory Guillot Assumes Command at NORAD, Northcom
The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command have a new commander. Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot officially took the helm of the air defense organization during a change of command ceremony held in Colorado Springs on Monday. He succeeds retiring Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, who became the commander of NORAD in 2020....
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US Report Confirms Houthis Used Iran-Supplied Missiles, UAVs in Mideast Attacks
The Houthis used Iran-provided missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles to carry out attacks across the Middle East, according to a Defense Intelligence Agency report. Published on Tuesday, the unclassified report titled “Iran: Enabling Houthi Attacks Across the Middle East,” compared and analyzed publicly available images of Iranian missiles and UAVs with those displayed and employed...
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Lawmakers Urge UK MoD to Address Recruitment, Retention Crisis
The U.K. House of Commons defense committee has released a report urging the Ministry of Defence to swiftly address the recruitment and retention crisis in the British Armed Forces’ regulars and reservists. Titled “Ready for War?” the report pointed out that the Armed Forces, whenever asked to deploy, consistently overstretch, negatively impacting fighter retention and...
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Combat Simulations Test AUKUS Robotic Vehicles’ Warfare Capabilities
AUKUS defense solutions scientists subjected the military alliance’s autonomous vehicles to a range of simulated attacks during the Trusted Operation of Robotic Vehicles in a Contested Environment test. The Department of Defense said the testing, held at the Cultana Training Area in South Australia in fall 2023, complemented the work on AUKUS artificial intelligence-powered drones...