30 novembre 2020 | International, C4ISR
by Carlo Munoz
The US Army is soliciting industry proposals to develop new cryptographic technologies, designed to ensure secure and compartmentalised communication capabilities in the wake of rapidly advancing cyber warfare and electronic warfare threats to those operations.
The proposals being sought by the service's Program Manager Tactical Radios (PM TR), under Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communicate – Tactical (PEO C3T), will assist in the development of the advanced variant of the Next Generation Load Device-Medium (NGLD-M). Army officials anticipate developing and fielding a maximum of 265,000 NGLD-M units, at an estimated cost of USD850 million, according to the service's 18 November request for proposals (RFP).
The new NGLD-M systems will replace the army's more than decade-old fleet of Simple Key Loaders (SKLs), which are designed to transfer, issue, fill, and manage electronic cryptographic keys to highly sensitive End-Cryptographic Units (ECUs), used by combat units to transmit and receive secure communications transmissions.
Designed to meet the Type 1 cryptologic standards for secured data transmissions established by the National Security Agency (NSA), the NGLD-M will provide “the functionality of legacy fill devices while providing network connectivity to support Over the Network Key (OTNK) distribution”, the RFP stated. The new NGLD-M will also provide end users with a “reprogrammable crypto subcomponent to meet future modernisation requirements”, it added.
“The NGLD-M will enable delivery of the strongest NSA-generated cryptographic keys to tactical, strategic, and enterprise network systems operating from secret to the highest levels of security classification,” according to a PEO C3T statement, issued shortly after the RFP's release.
12 novembre 2021 | International, Aérospatial
From an ornithopter UAS to a $95 billion Boeing commitment, there have been some huge announcements at the Dubai Airshow over the years.Ensure you are across this years developments by keeping up to date with the 2021 show.
19 janvier 2021 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité
This webinar took place January 15, 2021 and sponsored by Makino. In the final months of President Donald Trump's presidency, his administration notified Congress of billions in potential Foreign Military Sales – including the possibility of the UAE purchasing F-35s and MQ-9 Reapers, Taiwan to buy guided cruise missiles and reconnaissance pods for its F-16 fighters. In all, Congress was notified of sales worth up to $175 billion in 2020, though actual completed sales for the year totaled just $50.8 billion – a three-year low. Join us as we discuss: What the fate of these proposed transactions might be How a President Joe Biden administration may change course How the COVID-19 pandemic may influence sales How companies can navigate this changing environment Watch the full recording above. Panelists: Steve Trimble, Defense Editor, Aviation Week Network Lee Hudson, Pentagon Editor, Aviation Week Network Michael Bruno, Senior Business Editor, Aviation Week Network Moderated by Jen DiMascio, Executive Editor, Defense & Space, Aviation Week Network https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/z/webinar-future-us-foreign-military-sales
13 avril 2021 | International, Naval
An organization in Brazil is trying to prevent the aircraft carrier Sao Paulo from making its way to Turkey for disassembly, instead hoping to turn it into a museum.