Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

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02 January 2013
Industry News
EU and NATO must do more to safeguard Europe's cyber security
The EU and NATO will have to work closer together if they are to protect Europe from a growing risk of cyber security attacks, according to a review of Europe's defence capabilities by the UK House of Lords.
US SMDC flight tests Economical Target-1 missile
The US Army Space and Missile Defense Command / Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC / ARST) has completed flight testing of the newly developed Economical Target-1 (ET-1) missile at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, US.
US Army to receive additional Recon Scout XT Robots
ReconRobotics has been awarded a $13.9m contract for the supply of 1,100 Recon Scout XT throwable micro-robot kits to assist the US Army's dismounted troops in conducting reconnaissance during high-risk tactical missions.
First MUOS-based communications demonstrated on AN/PRC-155 radio
General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4S) has conducted the first demonstration of secure voice and data communications through the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite-communications waveform using the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) two-channel networking radio (AN/PRC-155).
Corporate News
Backplane Systems Technology Announces Release of New Generation of Boards by Avalue
Backplane Systems Technology has announced the release of a new generation of boards by Avalue, powered by third-generation Intel® Core™ i5/i7 processors and the Mobile Intel® QM77 Express chipset.
Kontron Enables Integration of Server-Side Database Platform, Network Agents and Sensor Libraries 
Kontron is pleased to announce that the Kontron M2M Smart Services Developer Kit now fully supports the Cumulocity M2M Application Platform. The cloud-based horizontal machine-to-machine (M2M) application platform delivers an integrated server-side database platform, network agents and sensor libraries to significantly reduce the efforts needed to bring the M2M connected sensors and devices into the cloud.
Armour Mobility News from TSS International
2012 has been a busy year for TSS International. And it is not over yet, with a few interesting projects still to be completed. As the year comes to a close, we would like to reflect on new developments within the company and look forward to 2013, where mobility will still be on the top of our agenda.
Strategic Defence Intelligence releases first yearbook 
Strategic Defence Intelligence has released its first Yearbook. In this new venture for SDI, we take a look back at the world events and technological breakthroughs that shaped the year and investigate how the defence industry is responding to the challenge of the global economic downturn.