August 2009 Intelligence News |
- More than 170 Cases of Aerial Espionage Perpetrated against DPRK KCNA 31 Aug 2009 -- US and South Korean forces perpetrated more than 170 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in August.
- Cheney Criticizes Probe of Bush-Era CIA Interrogators VOA 30 Aug 2009 -- Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says the Obama administration's decision to open a criminal probe of U.S. interrogators in the war on terror is politically motivated and detrimental to America's national security.
- Russian army officer gets 6 years in jail for spying for Georgia RIA Novosti 28 Aug 2009 -- A Russian military court on Friday sentenced an officer to six years in prison for high treason and espionage and stripped him of his rank.
- New supercomputer supports ISR research, development AFNS 28 Aug 2009 -- Desch, one of the world's most powerful supercomputer's, will be dedicated during a ceremony here August 31.
- Lockheed Martin Airborne Intelligence Test Bed Completes Maiden Flight; Receives FAA Certification Lockheed Martin 26 Aug 2009 -- Warfighters will receive critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities sooner, now that the airborne test bed developed by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received its Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.
- UN human rights chief welcomes US investigation into alleged CIA abuses UN News Centre 25 Aug 2009 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has welcomed the decision by the United States Attorney-General to appoint a special prosecutor to look into whether Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers and contractors broke US laws while conducting interrogations outside the US, including at Guantanamo Bay.
- Cheney Criticizes Obama Over CIA Probe VOA 25 Aug 2009 -- President Barack Obama for allowing the Justice Department to investigate CIA interrogations of terrorism suspects under the Bush administration.
- White House Appoints Prosecutor To Probe Bush-Era Interrogation Practices RFE/RL 25 Aug 2009 -- The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is taking steps to review the U.S. government's past and future treatment of terrorism suspects, including the launch of a criminal investigation into CIA questioning of terror suspects during the Bush administration
- Message from the Director: Release of Material on Past Detention Practices Central Intelligence Agency 24 Aug 2009 -- Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon E. Panetta on Release of Material on Past Detention Practices
- Special Task Force on Interrogations and Transfer Policies Issues Its Recommendations to the President US Dept. of Justice 24 Aug 2009
- Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder Regarding a Preliminary Review into the Interrogation of Certain Detainees US Dept. of Justice 24 Aug 2009
- Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates Interoperability Between Manned and Unmanned Platforms Northrop Grumman 24 Aug 2009 -- A leader in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully demonstrated Joint STARS and E-2 Hawkeye interoperability between manned and unmanned platforms during a recent virtual joint military demonstration involving U.S. and coalition forces.
- US Establishes New Interrogation Unit, Names Head of Prisoner Abuse Probe VOA 24 Aug 2009 -- The White House says it will directly supervise a new unit that is being set up to interrogate high value terror detainees. The announcement came Monday as the Obama administration named a federal prosecutor who will investigate past cases of detainee mistreatment.
- Statement from the Press Secretary on the Department of Justice Inquiry The White House 24 Aug 2009
- Report: CIA Threatened Detainees With Weapons VOA 22 Aug 2009 -- U.S. officials say a CIA report says intelligence officials threatened terrorist suspects with guns and in at least one case, with a power drill to try to get them to talk.
- US Hired Contractors to Hunt, Kill al-Qaida Operatives VOA 20 Aug 2009 -- Two US newspapers reporting that the CIA hired contractors as part of a program to locate and kill top al-Qaida operatives.
- Prague delayed expulsion of Russian diplomats - Ex-Czech minister RIA Novosti 20 Aug 2009 -- Prague put off expelling two Russian diplomats until the country's European Union chairmanship expired in July.
- CACI Awarded Prime Position on $900 Million Contract With U.S. Army Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate CACI 19 Aug 2009 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today it has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity task order contract to continue its support for the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) through the Technical Engineering Support Services (TESS) award.
- Alleged Kazakh KNB Agents To Stand Trial In Austria RFE/RL 19 Aug 2009 -- Kazakh president's former son-in-law says agents from Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security will go on trial in Austria.
- Russia says no official notice on diplomat expulsions from Prague RIA Novosti 18 Aug 2009 -- Russian Embassy in Prague received no official notification about the expulsion of 2 Russian diplomats.
- British Paper Says Kazakh Ambassador 'KGB Spy' RFE/RL 18 Aug 2009 -- A British newspaper says it has evidence that the Kazakh ambassador to Britain has been a spy since 1988.
- Enlisted sensor operators take flight in AF's newest career field AFNS 18 Aug 2009 -- USAF officially welcomed first class of 10 enlisted unmanned aircraft system sensor operators.
- Air Guard should keep UAS missions AFNS 17 Aug 2009 -- The Air National Guard should remain in the unmanned aircraft systems business now and in the future.
- Russia reacts angrily to diplomat expulsions in Prague RIA Novosti 17 Aug 2009 -- Russian FM condemned the Czech Republic's decision to expel two Russian diplomats accused of spying.
- General Calls for Quicker Fielding of Unmanned Systems AFPS 12 Aug 2009 -- The Defense Department and unmanned systems developers must do a better job fielding unmanned capabilities to servicemembers on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior military officer said here yesterday.
- Convention Showcases Unmanned Capabilities AFPS 12 Aug 2009 -- Senior defense officials are getting a glimpse this week of the latest in unmanned systems technologies, which many concede is the way of the future for the U.S. military.
- Boeing, Schiebel to Pursue Opportunities in Unmanned Airborne Systems With CAMCOPTER S-100 Boeing 11 Aug 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Schiebel Industries AG of Austria today announced they have signed a teaming agreement to pursue marketing and support opportunities for Schiebel's S-100 CAMCOPTER.
- Northrop Grumman Land-Based MQ-8B Fire Scout Completes RSTA/ISR Demonstration Northrop Grumman 11 Aug 2009 -- A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) owned land-based MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS), designated P7, successfully demonstrated its reconnaissance surveillance and target acquisition/intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (RSTA/ISR) capabilities this week at Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Ariz.
- Northrop Grumman Awarded Airborne Sensor Demonstration Contract Northrop Grumman 10 Aug 2009 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract to conduct a maritime airborne sensor demonstration using a company owned MQ-8B Fire Scout tactical Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS) by ABS Group, a Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) contractor for the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center.
- Northrop Grumman-Developed U.S. Navy Unmanned Fire Scout Nears Operational Evaluation Northrop Grumman 10 Aug 2009 -- The Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed (NYSE:NOC) MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (VTUAV) recently completed flight tests aboard the USS McInerney.
- Boeing to Demonstrate Unmanned Cargo Aircraft for US Marine Corps Boeing 10 Aug 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] received a $500,000 contract from the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory on Aug. 5 to demonstrate the company's A160T (YMQ-18A) Hummingbird for the Marines' Immediate Cargo Unmanned Aerial System Demonstration Program.
- Britain's Intelligence Chief Denies Use of Torture of Terror Suspects VOA 10 Aug 2009 -- The head of Britain's secret intelligence service, MI-6 denies that there has been torture or the complicity to torture by the service in connection with arrests and interrogations of terrorism suspects abroad.
- Air Force, academic community come together for future of unmanned aircraft systems AFNS 07 Aug 2009 -- Officials of the Air Force and national academic community attended an unmanned aircraft symposium.
- Army Aviation - Unmanned Aircraft Systems Army News 06 Aug 2009 -- The Army operates a fleet of fixed wing unmanned aircraft systems that are critical assets to fight and win at the tactical level of warfare.
- Ex-intelligence chief to be posted to EU CNA 05 Aug 2009 -- Former Taiwanese National Security Bureau Director-General Shi has been named the bureau's new representative to the EU.
- Northrop Grumman-Built Global Hawk Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft Reaches 25,000 Combat Hours Northrop Grumman 05 Aug 2009 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) recently reached a major milestone -- 25,000 combat hours -- during an operational sortie July 8-9 from a deployed location.
- Parliamentary Committee Calls for Inquiry into Alleged British Torture Complicity VOA 04 Aug 2009 -- British human rights parliamentary committee called for an independent inquiry to be established to examine claims that British intelligence was complicit in acts of torture on terrorism suspects during rendition.
- Russian company develops heavy UAV for military use RIA Novosti 04 Aug 2009 -- Russia's Kronshtadt defense company has developed a new- generation heavy unmanned aerial vehicle for military purposes.
- CACI Awarded $133 Million in Previously Unannounced Contracts to Support National Security and Intelligence CACI 03 Aug 2009 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today that it has been awarded approximately $133 million in previously unannounced contracts with federal government clients in the national security and intelligence communities.
- Air Force officials to host UAS Symposium AFNS 01 Aug 2009 -- Air Force officials will host the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Symposium Aug. 4 to 6 at the University of North Dakota, in which participants will address representatives of academic institutions and industry as well as local military leaders regarding the Air Force UAS vision
