EID to unveil new vehicle communication system at DSEI
The Portuguese company’s naval communications system is in service across more than a dozen countries. It has turned to its home nation for support in developing a new vehicle based C2 system.
US agencies need to join efforts against Russia cyber threat
US government agencies are not adequately coordinating efforts to counter the cyber threat from Russia, even as Moscow conducts a ‘campaign of destabilisation,’ the commander of NATO forces in Europe warned on 8 March.
US General Curtis Scaparrotti told lawmakers that Russia is working to break up the NATO alliance, partly through its online operations to spread false information.
Scaparrotti told the Senate Armed Services Committee, which provides civilian oversight to the military: ‘Russia is carrying out a campaign of destabilisation to change the international order, fracture NATO and undermine US leadership around the world.
‘Throughout Europe, along its periphery in the Middle East and beyond, Russia has demonstrated a willingness and capability to exert influence, spread disinformation and undermine confidence in NATO. ... At sea, on land, in the air – frankly, every domain – Russia's increasingly modernised military is operating at levels not seen since the Cold War.’
Democratic Senator Jack Reed asked Scaparrotti if he thought there was a ‘unified effort’ among all US government agencies to confront the Russian cyber threat.
Scaparrotti said: ‘I don't believe there's an effective unification across the interagency, with the energy and the focus that we could attain.’
Russian influence spans Europe, Scaparrotti said, but the area that concerned him the most is the Balkans.
He said: ‘Russia's at work in the Balkans, and I think that we've kind of taken our eye off the area.
‘It's an area where, in terms of diplomacy, we have to put some focus, in my opinion. And we have to continue our security reform and our capability building that we and the international community's engaged in the Balkans.’
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