DTN News - MALAYSIA DEFENSE NEWS: BAE Systems Inc.’s FNSS Joint Venture Receives $559 Million Award From DEFTECH To Provide AV-8 Vehicles For MAF

DTN News - MALAYSIA DEFENSE NEWS: BAE Systems Inc.’s FNSS Joint Venture Receives $559 Million Award From DEFTECH To Provide AV-8 Vehicles For The Malaysian Armed Forces....NSI News Source Info # 2037

(NSI News Source Info) ARLINGTON, Virginia / TORONTO, Canada - June 4, 2011: FNSS of Turkey, a joint venture between BAE Systems, Inc. and Nurol Holding of Turkey, has received and signed a $559 million letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) from DEFTECH of Malaysia for the design, development and manufacture of 257 DEFTECH AV-8 8x8 wheeled armored vehicles and Integrated Logistics Support for the Malaysian Armed Forces.

The vehicle, to be manufactured by DEFTECH in Malaysia, is based on the FNSS-designed PARS 8x8 multi-purpose, multi-mission, wheeled armored vehicle. The vehicle will be redesigned by FNSS and DEFTECH engineers specifically to meet the requirements of the Malaysian customer.

“This effort will not only benefit the Malaysian Army, but will also further develop the indigenous capability in Malaysia,” said John Kelly, vice president of exports and international business for BAE Systems’ Land & Armaments sector. “BAE Systems, Inc. actively looks to support FNSS in its ambition to market its land vehicle expertise globally.”

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie And U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates During Meeting At IISS Singapore

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie And U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates During Meeting At IISS Shangri-la Security Summit In Singapore....NSI News Source Info # 2036

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 3, 2011: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, second left, meets with China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie, right, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the IISS Shangri-la Security Summit on Friday June 3, 2011 in Singapore.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China And U.S. Meets At IISS Shangri-la Security Summit In Singapore....NSI News Source Info # 2035

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China And U.S. Meets At IISS Shangri-la Security Summit In Singapore....NSI News Source Info # 2035

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 3, 2011: China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie, left, leaves after a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at the venue of the IISS Shangri-la Security Summit on Friday June 3, 2011 in Singapore. An officer at right unidentified.

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DTN News - KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers 2 F-15K Slam Eagles To the Republic Of Korea....NSI News Source Info # 2033

DTN News - KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers 2 F-15K Slam Eagles To the Republic Of Korea....NSI News Source Info # 2033

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DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea, June 2, 2011: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] delivered two F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft -- designated F-15K49 and F-15K50 -- to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base on May 30.

The aircraft departed the Boeing St. Louis facility on May 25 and made stops in Palmdale, Calif., Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, before arriving in Korea.

"Boeing has now delivered 10 F-15Ks to the Republic of Korea under the Next Fighter II contract," said Roger Besancenez, Boeing F-15 Program vice president. "We remain laser focused on providing first time quality on every F-15K we deliver to this important customer. We are proud that the F-15K is a cost-certain, schedule-certain solution for the Republic of Korea."

Boeing delivered the first six of 21 F-15Ks it is producing under the Next Fighter II contract in 2010 and two more in April. The remaining 11 aircraft will be delivered through April 2012.

Six of the new F-15K Slam Eagles are scheduled to participate in an advanced aerial combat training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in early 2012.

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR: Afghan Police And ISAF Soldiers On Guard For Militants Suicide Attack....NSI News Source Info # 2032

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR: Afghan Police And ISAF Soldiers On Guard For Militants Suicide Attack....NSI News Source Info # 2032

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 2, 2011: An Afghan police man, left, patrols with an Italian soldier with the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the blocked road that leads to an Italian military base after a suicide attack of Monday in Herat west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 31, 2011. A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed car at the gates of an Italian military base Monday in one of two attacks on the relatively secure western city of Herat, killing at least five Afghans in a major commercial center slated to be handed over by NATO to Afghan control in July.

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DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India To Acquire 16 C-17 Globemaster III Airlifters From U.S.....NSI News Source Info # 2031

DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India To Acquire 16 C-17 Globemaster III Airlifters From U.S.....NSI News Source Info # 2031

(NSI News Source Info) - June 2, 2011: Air Chief Marshal P V Naik has told India Strategic that these aircraft would also be purchased through the Government-to-Government route under the US Government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme.

The US Air Force (USAF), which is the nodal agency for the aircraft sale in this case, has already demonstrated the capability of the C 17, and met the IAF requirements. One C 17 was also brought to India in June, and was made to land and take off from a short field in Himachal as also from Leh in Jammu & Kashmir.

Discussions between the two governments to finalise the IAF’s onboard equipment requirements, spares and service support and their duration – possibly over the lifetime of the aircraft – are still being held but likely to be finalized soon. A deal for the aircraft and the package price is likely to be signed once the negotiaons are through.

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DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia May Buy An-70 Transport Planes By 2012-13....NSI News Source Info # 2030

DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia May Buy An-70 Transport Planes By 2012-13....NSI News Source Info # 2030

(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - June 2, 2011:

Russia may start buying Ukrainian-built An-70 propfan military transport aircraft in 2012-2013, deputy commander of the Russian Air Force Maj. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said on

Wednesday.

"The plane is undergoing factory tests, and next year it will be tested by [Russian] military pilots," Bondarev said.

A final decision on the purchase of the An-70 will be maid by a state commission on the basis of the tests results, General Bondarev said.

The An-70 is a medium-range propfan-powered military transport plane developed by Ukraine's Antonov design bureau. The Antonov company first tested a prototype An-70 in 1994, but a lack of Ukrainian state funds, and political disputes between Moscow and Kiev have prevented large-scale production of the aircraft.

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DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Chinese And NATO Arms Better Than Russian?....NSI News Source Info # 2029

DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Chinese And NATO Arms Better Than Russian?....NSI News Source Info # 2029

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 2, 2011: The Russian defense industry manufactures poor quality arms for ground forces. NATO and China produce better quality hardware, the commander of Russian ground troops Alexander Postnikov said

"THE COMBAT VEHICLE ARSENAL, ARTILLERY SYSTEMS AND SMALL ARMS PRODUCED BY THE DOMESTIC DEFENSE INDUSTRY FALL BEHIND NATO AND EVEN CHINESE ARMS," THE OFFICIAL STATED.

Postnikov particularly cracked down on the Russian T-90 tank, which, as he said, "was a 17th modification of the Soviet T-72 tank produced since 1973. According to the official, a tank like that currently costs 118 million rubles ($4 million). "It would be easier for us to purchase three Leopards from Germany for this money," he said.

He did not explain, though, why India prefers to buy one Russian T-90 tank instead of three German Leopards. India plans to use T-90s to replace its outdated T-72 and T-55 tanks. Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan also signed contracts with Russia for the delivery of such machines, but Mr. Postnikov disregarded that too.

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DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: A Fearless Journalist Who Died In The Relentless Pursuit Of News....News Source Info # 2027

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: A Fearless Journalist Who Died In The Relentless Pursuit Of News....News Source Info # 2027

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 1, 2011:

The name of journalist and author Syed Saleem Shahzad has been making headlines across the world ever since his lifeless body was discovered shortly after he wrote about secret negotiations between the Pakistani navy and Al-Qaeda.

A Pakistani journalist protests against a killing of a Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, in Hyderabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Hundreds are mourning a Pakistani journalist slain this week after he reported being threatened by intelligence agents. Syed Saleem Shahzad wrote about terrorism and security for the Asia Times Online and other publications. Police said the 40-year-old's body bore signs of torture when it was found Tuesday after he had been missing for two days. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih).

His kidnapping in Islamabad on May 29 was followed by the discovery and identification of his tortured corpse in an irrigation canal 170 kilometers from the Pakistani capital.

The death of Shahzad, who was buried on June 1 in Pakistan's southern seaport city of Karachi, has prompted journalists to protest across Pakistan. Moreover, it has even resulted in a government order allowing journalists to carry firearms to protect themselves.

Numerous questions are being asked; about the life and work of Shahzad, and why someone would want him killed.

Shahzad was known for his investigative reports about terrorism and security issues. He was the Pakistan bureau chief for the Hong Kong-based "Asia Times Online" and also wrote for Adnkronos International -- an Italian news agency.

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DTN News - INDIA NEWS: Another Hawk Anti-Corruption Crusader Baba Ramdev Taking Government By Storm....NSI News Source Info # 2026

DTN News - INDIA NEWS: Another Hawk Anti-Corruption Crusader Baba Ramdev Taking Government By Storm....NSI News Source Info # 2026

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 1, 2011:

The government's efforts to get Baba Ramdev to call off his fast against corruption seem to have fallen through. Having turned down Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appeal, yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who landed in New Delhi on Wednesday, said his fast-unto-death in the capital from June 4 over the issues of black money and corruption would go as planned, saying "until there is an agreement on all issues with the government", he would not relent.

"Over one crore people from across the nation will take part in our satyagraha in Delhi," Baba Ramdev said after having the first round of meeting with government emissaries in the capital.

Expressing satisfaction over the 'extensive discussion', Baba Ramdev said, "There were agreements on some issues. But until an agreement is reached on all issues, our fast will continue. Our demands include bringing back black money stashed away in tax havens, effective mechanism to stop wide-spread corruption, a public service delivery guarantee system and fast-track courts to deliver justice in time."

"Our motto is not to terrify the government. Neither are we against any individual or party," said the yoga guru, adding the government should announce the black money deposited abroad as the 'national property'.

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DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: NASA, Lockheed & Ball Team Complete On-Orbit Orion MPCV Navigation System Test During STS-134 Shuttle Mission

DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: NASA, Lockheed Martin & Ball Aerospace Team Complete On-Orbit Orion MPCV Navigation System Test During STS-134 Shuttle Mission....NSI News Source Info # 2025

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 1, 2011:

In an unprecedented on-orbit maneuver, Commander Mark Kelly completed the first ever Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)-like approach to the International Space Station at 3:24 a.m. CDT today as part of the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation (STORRM). The orbital rendezvous verified the successful operation of the MPCV’s next generation docking sensor, which NASA has identified as a critical technology needed for future space exploration missions.

The NASA, Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] and Ball Aerospace [NYSE: BLL] team worked closely with STS-134 Mission Specialist Andrew Feustel to successfully complete the on-orbit test of this system which will make rendezvous and docking maneuvers safer for future spacecraft. The flight test represented the first and only opportunity for in-flight collaboration of NASA’s three human spaceflight programs -- space shuttle, International Space Station and Orion MPCV.

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DTN News - NASA NEWS: Why NASA Chose Potentially Threatening Asteroid For New Mission....NSI News Source Info # 2024

DTN News - NASA NEWS: Why NASA Chose Potentially Threatening Asteroid For New Mission....NSI News Source Info # 2024

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 31, 2011:

When it comes to visiting asteroids, NASA doesn't pick run-of-the-mill space rocks. The target of NASA's latest asteroid mission is not only thought to be rich in the building blocks of life, it also has a chance — although a remote one — of threatening Earth in the year 2182.

The asteroid 1999 RQ36 is the target of a new unmanned spacecraft, which NASA plans to launch in 2016 to collect a sample from the space rock and return it to Earth by 2023.

The mission's leaders spent a long time surveying possible destinations for the mission, and finally settled on 1999 RQ36. NASA calls the mission OSIRIS-Rex, which is short for Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer.

"We went through a whole series of selection criteria," OSIRIS-Rex's deputy principal investigator Dante Lauretta, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, told SPACE.com. "There are over 500,000 asteroids known. [1999 RQ36] looks really optimum." [Video: The OSIRIS-Rex Mission to 1999 RQ36]

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel's Borders And National Security....NSI News Source Info # 2023

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel's Borders And National Security....NSI News Source Info # 2023

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 31, 2011:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said May 30 that Israel could not prevent the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state, in the sense of adopting a resolution on the subject. Two weeks ago, U.S. President Barack Obama, in a speech, called on Israel to return to some variation of its pre-1967 borders.

The practical significance of these and other diplomatic evolutions in relation to Israel is questionable. Historically, U.N. declarations have had variable meanings, depending on the willingness of great powers to enforce them. Obama’s speech on Israel, and his subsequent statements, created enough ambiguity to make exactly what he was saying unclear. Nevertheless, it is clear that the diplomatic atmosphere on Israel is shifting.

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DTN News - GERMAN DEFENSE NEWS: Iran Blocks Merkel's Plane Enroute To India....NSI News Source Info # 2022

DTN News - GERMAN DEFENSE NEWS: Iran Blocks Merkel's Plane Enroute To India....NSI News Source Info # 2022

(NSI News Source Info) BERLIN, Germany- May 31, 2011: Iran temporarily withdrew flyover rights for the plane carrying German chancellor Angela Merkel to India on Tuesday, forcing it to circle over Turkey for two hours before the rights were restored and she could land in New Delhi.

"An unusual start to the India trip," Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert wrote on his Twitter account. "Iran temporarily denied flyover rights for the Chancellor's plane. A late landing in Delhi."

A Reuters journalist travelling with Merkel reported that Iran had withdrawn the previously granted rights shortly before the plan reached Iranian territory.

Officials in the German delegation travelling with Merkel attributed it to "coordination problems." The plane, carrying a large group of industry representatives and reporters, was forced to circle over Turkey before Iran gave it permission to fly over the country.

A second German government plane that left Berlin earlier reached India without any problems.

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DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia Delivers Another Batch Of Naval Fighters To India....NSI News Source Info # 2021

DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia Delivers Another Batch Of Naval Fighters To India....NSI News Source Info # 2021

(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - May 31, 2011: Russia's MiG aircraft maker delivered a new batch of five MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian navy in May, the company said.

"A flight training simulator and other technical equipment has also been delivered," MiG said in a statement on Monday.

The two countries signed a contract stipulating the supply of 12 single-seat MiG-29Ks and four two-seat MiG-29KUBs to India in January 2004. The contract is part of a $1.5-billion deal to deliver the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, currently being retrofitted in Russia for the Indian Navy.

India's first four MiG-29Ks and MiG-29KUBs officially entered service in February 2010.

In March 2010, Russia and India signed a $1.5-billion contract on the supplies of 29 additional MiG-29K Fulcrum-D carrier-based fighter jets to New Delhi. The start of the supplies is scheduled for 2012.

The contracts for the jets also stipulate pilot training and aircraft maintenance, including the delivery of flight simulators and interactive ground and sea-based training systems.

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DTN News - YEMEN DEFENSE NEWS: Yemeni Air force Bombs al-Qaida-Held City....NSI News Source Info # 2019

DTN News - YEMEN DEFENSE NEWS: Yemeni Air force Bombs al-Qaida-Held City....NSI News Source Info # 2019

(NSI News Source Info) SANAA/TAIZ, Yemen - May 30, 2011: The Yemeni air force bombed an al-Qaida-held southern city on Monday while residents in another city said soldiers had opened fire on a demonstration and run protesters over with bulldozers, killing at least 15.

There were flashpoints across civil-war-threatened Yemen including six soldiers being killed in what appeared to be an ambush near Zinjibar, a coastal city taken over a few days ago by Islamist and al-Qaida militants.

Residents there said jet fighters later strafed militants with bombs but also hit buildings in the town of about 20,000. At least 13 have been killed in the bombing and artillery shelling, residents said.

"The city is devastated. All of its residents have left. Even the dogs, animals and donkeys have abandoned it," said an opposition member in the city who asked to be named as Ali.

Global powers are worried Yemen, near financial collapse and home to al-Qaida militants, could turn into a failed state sitting along a vital sea lane for global oil supplies and adjacent to Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter.

Opposition leaders have accused Saleh of allowing the city of Zinjibar, on the Gulf of Aden, to fall to al-Qaida and Islamist militants in order to raise alarm in the region that would in turn translate into support for the president.

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DTN News - GERMANY DEFENSE NEWS: Germany Wants Nuclear Exit By 2022 At Latest....NSI News Source Info # 2018

DTN News - GERMANY DEFENSE NEWS: Germany Wants Nuclear Exit By 2022 At Latest....NSI News Source Info # 2018

(NSI News Source Info) BERLIN, Germany - May 30, 2011: Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition declared on Monday it would shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, in a policy u-turn drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

The coalition, sensitive to accusations it may increase dependence on highly polluting brown coal, said it planned to cut power use by 10 percent by 2020. But Merkel may be hard pressed to present the plan as anything but a political defeat at the hands of Social Democrat and resurgent Green rivals.

The proposal may be even more ambitious than the nuclear exit planned when the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens were in power in 2000. It takes eight of 17 nuclear plants offline now and six by 2021.

But it could still face opposition from utilities.

Only nine months ago Merkel announced an extension of the lifespan of unpopular nuclear plants by an average 12 years. In March, after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, she reversed that and put Germany's entire energy strategy under urgent review.

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DTN News - SARAH PALIN NEWS: Sarah Palin Attends Biker Meeting At Pentagon Paking Lot....NSI News Source Info # 2017

DTN News - SARAH PALIN NEWS: Sarah Palin Attends Biker Meeting At Pentagon Paking Lot....NSI News Source Info # 2017

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 30, 2011: Former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (C) and her family attend a biker meeting in the Pentagon parking lot as she prepares to ride a motorcyle as a passenger in the May 29, 2011, Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride thru Washington, DC, in support of US troops in past and current wars. Thousands and thousands of motorcycle riders come from across the US to attend the demonstration seeking to improve veteran benefits and resolve POW/MIA issues. Rolling Thunder has evolved to be not only a demonstration for the POW/MIA issue but also a demonstration of patriotism and respect for soldiers and veterans from all wars.

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DTN News - SARAH PALIN NEWS: Sarah Palin - Former Alaska Governor And 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate On Harley-Davidsons During M D Parade

DTN News - SARAH PALIN NEWS: Sarah Palin - Former Alaska Governor And 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate On Harley-Davidsons During M D Parade....NSI News Source Info # 2016

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 29, 2011: Former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (L) rides during the May 29, 2011 'Rolling Thunder' Memorial Day weekend parade. Palin fueled speculation of a 2012 presidential run Sunday by launching a tour that is expected to bring the Republican rock star to the key early voting state New Hampshire. Palin participated in the annual 'Rolling Thunder' Memorial Day holiday weekend rally in which tens of thousands of motorcyclists, many driving iconic Harley-Davidsons, ride through the nation's capital to honor US war veterans.

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DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: Obama Returns To White House From Tornado Hit Area Joplin Missouri....NSI News Source Info # 2015

DTN News - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NEWS: Obama Returns To White House From Tornado Hit Area Joplin Missouri....NSI News Source Info # 2015

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 29, 2011: U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington from Joplin, Missouri May 29, 2011. Obama promised victims of the deadliest U.S. tornado in 65 years that the federal government would help them rebuild, saying on Sunday it was a national tragedy. The tornado churned through a stretch nearly a mile (1.6 km) wide, damaging about 8,000 buildings in Joplin, a city of 50,000 in southwestern Missouri.

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DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Hit By Unspecified Cyber Incident....NSI News Source Info # 2014

DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Hit By Unspecified Cyber Incident....NSI News Source Info # 2014

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 29, 2011: Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. government's top information technology provider, said on Saturday it had thwarted "a significant and tenacious attack" on its information systems network a week ago but was still working to restore employee access.

No customer, program or employee personal data was compromised thanks to "almost immediate" protective action taken after the attack was detected May 21, Jennifer Whitlow, a company spokeswoman, said in an emailed statement.

She said the company, the world's biggest aerospace company and the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier by sales, was working around the clock to restore employee access to the targeted network while maintaining the highest security level.

The U.S. Defense Department said in statement late Saturday night that it was working with Lockheed to determine the scope of the attack.

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