March 2011 Intelligence News

US May Use Covert Action Against Gadhafi VOA 31 Mar 2011 -- Published reports say President Obama has issued a presidential authorization allowing secret U.S. support for the Libyan rebels.
U.S. president authorizes covert ops in Libya RIA Novosti 31 Mar 2011 -- US President Obama has a signed a secret order authorizing covert operations in support of Libyan rebels.
Iran strongly refutes espionage charges in Kuwait IRNA 31 Mar 2011 -- An informed source at Iran's Foreign Ministry strongly denied baseless allegations on identification of Iranian espionage network in Kuwait.
Kuwait To Expel Iranian Diplomats For Spying RFE/RL 31 Mar 2011 -- Kuwait says it is to expel a number of Iranian diplomats for alleged links to a spying ring working for Tehran.
Leaked Cables Show U.S. Was Wrong On Ukraine's Yanukovych RFE/RL 31 Mar 2011 -- The U.S. Embassy cables from Ukraine leaked recently by the website WikiLeaks prompt two observations.
Project Crossbow enhances capabilities AFNS 30 Mar 2011 -- A collaborative US Air Force and United Kingdom Royal Air Force program is making it easier for the two services to share information.
Euro Hawk undergoes testing at Edwards AFB AFNS 30 Mar 2011 -- Engineers with the 772nd Test Squadron facilitated electromagnetic interference testing on a Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft at the Benefield Anechoic Facility here March 10 and 11.
Kuwait Sentences Three Men To Death On Charges Of Spying For Iran RFE/RL 29 Mar 2011 -- A court in Kuwait has condemned to death two Iranians and a Kuwaiti national for belonging to an Iranian spy ring.
Kuwait Imposes Death Sentences on Convicted Spies VOA 29 Mar 2011 -- Kuwait has sentenced three people to death on charges of spying for Iran. The sentences were imposed on Tuesday in a Kuwaiti criminal court.
Northrop Grumman Submits Final Proposal for NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Northrop Grumman 28 Mar 2011 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) submitted its final proposal last week for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) core capability – a trans-Atlantic cooperation that will meet the security challenges of the 21st century.
Two members of Russian 'spy ring' file property claim RIA Novosti 28 Mar 2011 -- Two Russians deported from the US have demanded that some of the property they were forced to leave behind be returned to them.
MP seeks assurance UK census details not passed to CIA IRNA 24 Mar 2011 -- A backbench Labour MP has made a last minute intervention to seek assurances from the British government that personal details from this weekend's mandatory census in the UK is not passed to any US agency, including the CIA.
Intel, Ops Fusion Aids Warfighters, Roughead Says AFPS 23 Mar 2011 -- The fusion of intelligence and operations is an important advance that has taken shape during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the chief of naval operations told the Defense Writers Group here today.
Army 'fusing' UAS Sensors Army News 23 Mar 2011 -- The U.S. Army is testing prototypes of a new high-tech synchronization engine at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., which can combine video feeds and sensor data from multiple Unmanned Aircraft Systems on a single Ground Control Station, service officials said.
Northrop Grumman Wins Task Order for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Classified Networks Project With Potential Value of $1.1 Billion Northrop Grumman 21 Mar 2011 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a follow-on task order with a total potential value of $1.1 billion by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to operate, maintain and enhance the classified networks for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Belarusian NGO Leader Says KGB Pressured Him To 'Collaborate' RFE/RL 21 Mar 2011 -- The leader of a Belarusian nongovernmental organization says KGB officials have been pressuring him to collaborate with the security service
1st ANGLICO completes Raven UAV training USMC News 18 Mar 2011 -- Marines, with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, recently learned to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle.
India's Prime Minister Denies Allegations of Vote-Buying VOA 18 Mar 2011 -- Indian PM Singh told parliament that his government was not involved in paying bribes to lawmakers.
Order Adds Fairness to Detainee Processes, Officials Say AFPS 17 Mar 2011 -- An executive order on detainees issued this month will strengthen national security and promote the rule of law.
US special plane airlifts CIA freed man IRNA 17 Mar 2011 -- An American special jet plane airlifted CIA contractor, Raymond Davis, who killed two Pakistanis in January.
Pakistani court moved against release of CIA contractor IRNA 17 Mar 2011 -- A petition, against the release of CIA contractor facing double murder charges, was moved in a Pakistani court.
US Denies Paying 'Blood Money' for CIA Contractor's Release VOA 17 Mar 2011 -- U.S. government officials have denied they paid millions of dollars in "blood money" for the release of a CIA contractor.
Afghan Forces Detain Alleged IMU Members From Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL 17 Mar 2011 -- Afghanistan's Intelligence Service says it recently detained three men from former Soviet republics suspected of terrorist activity.
Eagle Vision imagery supporting Japan recovery efforts AFNS 17 Mar 2011 -- Eagle Vision imagery collection team rushed into action within hours of the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Northeast Japan March 11.
India Opposition Calling for Government's Resignation VOA 17 Mar 2011 -- India’s opposition parties have called for the government’s resignation following a WikiLeaks cable.
US, Mexico Launch Unmanned Drone Surveillance Flights VOA 17 Mar 2011 -- Mexico's government says unmanned U.S. drones have flown over its territory to gather intelligence on organized crime.
Pakistan Frees American After 'Blood Money' Paid RFE/RL 16 Mar 2011 -- Pakistani officials say a US citizen has been freed after the families of the victims agreed to accept a cash payment.
Detained CIA Contractor Held in Pakistan Released VOA 16 Mar 2011 -- Pakistani officials say a detained CIA contractor accused of killing two Pakistanis has been freed.
US Dangerous Military Provocation KCNA 16 Mar 2011 -- The United States is mulling deploying one E-737 in south Korea by July this year and three more by 2012.
Send out Ravens, save Soldiers Army News 16 Mar 2011 -- Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and the 41st Fires Brigade re-certified on the Army's smallest unmanned aerial vehicle, the Raven RQ-11B.
Iran scientists build unmanned flying saucer ISNA 16 Mar 2011 -- Iranian aerospace scientists have built an unmanned flying saucer.
Northrop Grumman Ships First Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Fuselage Northrop Grumman 16 Mar 2011 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) completed the first of three fuselages for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) System Development and Demonstration (SDD) program. The MQ-4C fuselage will undergo final assembly and system checkout at the company's Palmdale, Calif. facility ahead of its first flight next year.
Air Force officials use Global Hawk to support Japan relief efforts AFNS 16 Mar 2011 -- Pacific Air Forces officials are using an RQ-4 Global Hawk from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to assist Japan responders in disaster relief and recovery efforts.
Pakistan court defers immunity ruling for US killer IRNA 15 Mar 2011 -- A Pakistani court disposed off case about diplomatic immunity of a CIA contractor and ruled that lower court should hear the case.
45th Space Wing officials launches satellite atop Delta IV AFNS 14 Mar 2011 -- Members from the 45th Space Wing successfully launched a Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle March 13.
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation Sign MOU to develop UAS proposal BAE Systems 14 Mar 2011 -- BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate exclusively on the preparation and submission of a joint proposal to the UK and French Ministries of Defence for the design, development, production and support of a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
General Dynamics Awarded $40 Million for IT Support to Defense Intelligence Agency General Dynamics 14 Mar 2011 -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $40 million task order under the Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) contract to support the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, single task order award will cover five years if all options are exercised.
Northrop Grumman's Joint STARS Demonstrates Multispectral Intelligence Sensor Integrated Into New Keel Beam Accessory Bay Northrop Grumman 14 Mar 2011 -- With the goal of reducing the sensor-to-shooter timeline to just minutes and expanding airborne ground surveillance command and control, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has completed the installation and testing of a multispectral intelligence sensor housed in a new keel beam accessory bay (KAB) on a modified E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft.
Pakistan Court Declines Ruling on CIA Case VOA 14 Mar 2011 -- A Pakistani court has declined to rule on whether a U.S. man held on murder charges has diplomatic immunity.
Pakistan Court Declines Decision On U.S. Shooter RFE/RL 14 Mar 2011 -- A Pakistani court has declined to rule on whether a U.S. contractor held on murder charges has diplomatic immunity.
Musharraf: Britain Gave 'Tacit Approval' of Torture VOA 14 Mar 2011 -- Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said he believes Britain gave Pakistan "tacit approval" to torture terrorism suspects.
Russia concerned by resumption of Guantanamo tribunals RIA Novosti 14 Mar 2011 -- Russia is concerned by US President Obama's decision to end a two-year ban on military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay.
Redstone Arsenal is home to the Army's Unmanned Aviation Fleet Army News 14 Mar 2011 -- All Army unmanned aircraft found in service have been hand selected and acquired by the persons assigned to the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office.
Pakistan’s spy chief gets second extension IRNA 13 Mar 2011 -- Pakistan’ Defence Minister, Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, Saturday confirmed that the country’s spy chief has got an extension in service.
State Department Official Criticizes Treatment Of Soldier At Center Of WikiLeaks Scandal RFE/RL 12 Mar 2011 -- U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley criticized the Pentagon for being "stupid" in its handling of Private Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier who illegally accessed hundreds of thousands of U.S. military and diplomatic cables and turned them over to WikiLeaks.
DOD Releases Military Intelligence Program Top Line Budget for Fiscal 2007, 2008, 2009 DoD 11 Mar 2011 -- The Department of Defense released today the military intelligence program (MIP) appropriated top line budgets for fiscal 2007, 2008, and 2009.
DOD Takes Steps to Secure Classified Data AFPS 11 Mar 2011 -- The Defense Department has taken steps to prevent another massive leak of its classified information, a senior official told a Senate committee yesterday.
Intelligence Chiefs Cite Greatest Security Threats AFPS 11 Mar 2011 -- Two high-level intelligence chiefs described their top concerns for U.S. national security during their testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday.
Marines expand intelligence gathering in joint exercise USMC News 11 Mar 2011 -- Marines with 3rd Intelligence Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, recently returned from U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, Republic of Korea, where they participated in Operation Winter Surge 2011, a combined, joint event conducted by the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and ROK and U.S. Marines.
Landmark Flight Brings Program One Step Closer to Demonstrating Autonomous Aerial Refueling Between Two Unmanned Aircraft Northrop Grumman 09 Mar 2011 -- On Jan. 21, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center took a major step toward demonstrating autonomous aerial refueling between two unmanned, high altitude aircraft, an operation never before performed.
Taliban claim responsibility for intelligence office attack IRNA 09 Mar 2011 -- Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack on the office of the country’s major intelligence agency in the industrail eastern city of Faisalabad on Tuesday, which killed 32 people.
Lockheed Martin Completes C4ISR Mission System Delivery for Coast Guard Surveillance Aircraft Lockheed Martin 08 Mar 2011 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently delivered the ninth and final Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) mission system pallet for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Medium Range Surveillance (MRS) aircraft based at Air Station Miami and Aviation Training Center Mobile.
Car bomb attack on Pakistan's intelligence office kills 32 IRNA 08 Mar 2011 -- A car bomb, targeting the office of Pakistan’s main intelligence agency in the industrial city of Faisalabad on Tuesday, killed at least 32 people, lawmaker from the area said.
Northrop Grumman Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Program Holds System Critical Design Review Northrop Grumman 07 Mar 2011 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) program conducted system Critical Design Review (CDR) with the U.S. Navy last month.
Covert Action to Target Gadhafi? VOA 04 Mar 2011 -- Top US officials from President Barack Obama on down have made it clear Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi should go.
Clinton Calls for Release of American on Trial in Cuba VOA 04 Mar 2011 -- The US has called on Cuba to release an American contractor who is going on trial in Havana.
Trial Begins for US Contractor in Cuba VOA 04 Mar 2011 -- A U.S. government contractor who has been held for more than one year in a Cuban jail was set to go on trial.
Shadow defies gravity with success Army News 04 Mar 2011 -- An unmanned aircraft system in the Army's fleet today is defying gravity, soaring ever higher in performance and zooming down on cost.
Pakistan mulls over US shooter court's response IRNA 04 Mar 2011 -- Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Bashir: Country's courts have not yet asked about the status of US intelligence agent.
Manning faces more charges for classified leaks Army News 04 Mar 2011 -- After seven months of additional investigation, the U.S. Army has charged Pfc. Bradley E. Manning with 22 additional charges.
Air Force accepts delivery of final MQ-1 Predator AFNS 04 Mar 2011 -- The Air Force accepted MQ-1 Predator tail number 268, the final MQ-1 manufactured for the service, in a ceremony March 3.
Russian police to use UAVs to enforce law and order in Far East RIA Novosti 04 Mar 2011 -- Police in Russia's Far East Amur region have taken delivery of two unmanned aerial vehicles and will use them for patrol duty.
The Royal Australian Air Force presents the IAI-produced Heron UAV at Australia's Avalon 2011 Israel Aerospace Industries 03 Mar 2011 -- The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is exhibiting an IAI-manufactured Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Avalon 2011 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defense Exposition held from 1-6 March in Geelong, Victoria.
Pakistan to Proceed With Murder Trial of CIA Contractor VOA 03 Mar 2011 -- A Pakistani court has ruled that the trial of a CIA contractor accused of double murder can proceed.
Pakistani court denies diplomatic immunity to US killer IRNA 03 Mar 2011 -- A court in Pakistan denied diplomatic immunity to an American undercover secret agent for killing two Pakistani nationals in January.
New Charges Against U.S. Army WikiLeaks Suspect RFE/RL 03 Mar 2011 -- The United States Army has filed 22 additional charges against the soldier suspected of obtaining and leaking documents.
California Company Unveils Hummingbird Spy Drone VOA 03 Mar 2011 -- A California company that makes unmanned drone aircraft for the U.S. military has unveiled a tiny flying drone that looks like a hummingbird.
Army Adds 22 Charges Against Intelligence Analyst AFPS 02 Mar 2011 -- The Army has added 22 charges in the case of a military intelligence analyst accused of leaking classified material.
Russia's Lavrov urges anti-terror coop with British intelligence RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2011 -- Russia’s FM hopes cooperation between Russian and British intelligence services will help improve damaged relations.
Pakistan Case Highlights US Reliance on Intelligence Contractors VOA 01 Mar 2011 -- Case of an American arrested in Pakistan has sparked anger in Pakistan and soured relations between Washington and Islamabad.
German court jails Austrian for spying for Russia RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2011 -- A court in the southern German city of Munich sentenced an Austrian man to one year in jail for spying for Russia.
Lockheed Martin Incorporates Additional Industry C4ISR Systems into Airborne Intelligence Laboratory Lockheed Martin 01 Mar 2011 -- Rockwell Collins and DRS Defense Solutions have been added to the growing list of companies with C4ISR products integrated into Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory, or AML. The AML is an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance test bed developed to help customers experiment with and validate how intelligence sensors and systems interact, and how to best apply them in military and non-military markets.
Lockheed Martin Introduces Multiple ISR Aircraft and Ground Configurations for Military and Non-Military Customers Lockheed Martin 01 Mar 2011 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today introduced several innovative aircraft and ground station configurations that can be tailored to specific customer intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements. Branded the "Dragon" series, these platforms can be customized to support individual military, homeland defense, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance mission needs.

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