Shipping companies that have had vessels with valuable cargoes seized by Somali pirates have come to realize that some of these attacks were not just blind luck on the part of the pirates. Interviews with sailors freed once the ransom was paid began to yield hints that the pirates were receiving very specific information on […]
Johannesburg – Deborah Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, who were kidnapped by Somali pirates and held captive for more than a year, will arrive in South Africa on Wednesday morning, a family spokesman said. “They will leave Rome tonight [Tuesday] and will land in Pretoria on Wednesday morning,” Calitz’s brother Dale van der Merwe said on […]
By SAPA Deborah Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, who were kidnapped by Somali pirates and held captive for more than a year, will arrive in South Africa on Wednesday morning, a family spokesman said. “They will leave Rome tonight (Tuesday) and will land in Pretoria on Wednesday morning,” Calitz’s brother Dale van der Merwe said on […]
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said that he had received information that all boats had left the shoal’s lagoon as of Saturday. He said earlier that China and the Philippines had reached a verbal agreement to pull out from the lagoon. Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez later said an unspecified number of Chinese […]
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Monday that he has received information that all boats have left the shoal’s lagoon as of two days ago. Both countries claim the shoal. Tensions flared in April when the Philippines accused Chinese fishermen of poaching there. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not […]
Description CSC seeks a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Operator/Watchstander to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Response Division located at the Coast Guard District Fourteen Headquarters in Honolulu, HI. Candidate must be a US citizen, and have or be able to obtain a Secret clearance. This position is temporary with the possibility of becoming […]
Carrying an estimated 90% of world trade and billions of passengers every year, international shipping represents the life blood of the global economy. Safety, always a major concern for seafarers, has made huge advances in the last century. However, the massive increase in traffic in recent decades requires, among other things, new or better global […]
Concurrent Technologies Corporation Awarded Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic Contract
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has been awarded a contract to provide Naval Networking and Joint Base Services for U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic, Charleston, South Carolina. The five-year, multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a cumulative value of $230 million for all four awardees. […]
PACOM Headlines Air Mobility Command Center: Controlling the Situation By Airman 1st Class John D. Partlow 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Computer screens line the walls of the dimly lit room, each displaying complicated data of various aircraft operations. Inside the room are three different sections, each self-contained, but in […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Norsat International Inc. (Norsat or the company) (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF), a leading provider of communications solutions, will be exhibiting at CommunicAsia, Asia’s largest integrated information and communication technology event. Norsat will be exhibiting at booth 1Q2-12, demonstrating its broad range of microwave components and portable satellite terminals which […]