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National Defense
April 2010
Frodl & Manoyan |
Somali Piracy Tactics Evolve; Threats Could Expand Globally Underwriters and shippers are as concerned about what the United States and other powers won't do against Somali pirates, as they are about what the pirates will do against ships they insure, own and operate.   |
| AskMen.com |
Fishermen Overpower Pirates The crew of two Egyptian fishing vessels overpowered Somali pirates after being held hostage for four months and, with machetes and tools, killed at least two pirates before sailing to freedom, a pirate and businessman said Friday. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
Monica Heger |
Technology vs. Pirates Unmanned aircraft may be the best bet to fight Somalian piracy. |
National Defense
January 2010
Austin Wright |
Coast Guard Demonstrates New Sensor Technologies Coast Guard researchers have entered the final stages of a $5 million sonar project that shoots 16,000 sonar beams and instantly assembles the return soundings into a 3-D video image of the ocean floor. |
National Defense
March 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
Hijacked Super Tanker Exposes Vulnerability of Energy Supplies The hijacking on the high seas by Somali pirates of a super tanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil destined for the United States created many troubling precedents and makes the vulnerability of energy supplies quite clear. |
National Defense
December 2014
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Information Technology, Sensor Needs Go Unfilled The Coast Guard is operating ships with obsolete command, control, computer and communications systems, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general said. |
Wired
June 22, 2009
Scott Carney |
An Economic Analysis of the Somali Pirate Business Model The rough fishermen of the so-called Somali coast guard are unrepentant criminals, yes, but they're more than that. They're innovators. |
National Defense
August 2012
Sandra Erwin |
Security Firms Divided Over How to Succeed in the Anti-Piracy Business Over the past several years, successful ship hijackings have begun to take a toll on the world's economy as Somalia-based pirates have expanded their area of influence beyond the East Coast of Africa, analysts said. |
Reason
July 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
Paying the Pirate's Price Do the economics of piracy demand the privatization of the sea? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2005
Ben Ames |
Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2007 |
L-3 Link Simulation and Training Division Delivers Predator Training Systems to U.S. Air Force L-3 Link engineers delivered seven Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS) production units to the Nevada base to train soldiers on the operation of unmanned systems. |
Popular Mechanics
September 29, 2008
David Axe |
4 Fronts for Pirate-Navy Battle as U.S. Descends on Captured Ship The U.S. Navy's response to a pirated small arms cargo vessel may signal a new stage in the cat-and-mouse game of modern-day piracy. |
National Defense
January 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Coast Guard Takes On Airborne Ship Surveillance As part of a sweeping effort to beef-up maritime surveillance on U.S. shores, the Coast Guard for the first time plans to use airborne tracking devices to quickly relay information about approaching vessels to operators on the ground. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2009
Rich Smith |
Stupid Pirate Tricks As the recent La Somme incident suggests, there just might be an easy solution to the Somali pirate problem. |
National Defense
December 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Marines to Build Mock Container Ship for Counter-Piracy Training The Marine Corps is planning to build a three-story mock container ship on a plot of land at Camp Lejeune, N.C., so special operators can practice clearing out pirates from hijacked vessels. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2009 |
L-3 Selects Ampex Data Systems Video Recorder for ISR Aircraft The recorder systems will support the Air Force's NC-2W Project Liberty aircraft, designed to augment ISR assets used by the U.S. military and its coalition partners. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Robert Young Pelton |
Somali Pirates' Rich Returns Imagine if you could invest $100,000 to control a $200 million asset for three months and sell it back to the owners for $10 million - tax-free. That's the Somali pirate way. |
National Defense
January 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Maritime 'Target Drones' Used In Counter-Piracy Training As pirates continue to use small boats to swarm and hijack cargo ships, naval forces increasingly will be employing unmanned systems to help train merchant seaman to fend off attackers. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2006 |
L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics provides thermal imagers for MK46 optical sight system L-3 Communications will provide the thermal imagers for the MK46 Optical Sight System on the U.S. Navy's Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers. |
Smithsonian
August 2007
Paul Raffaele |
The Pirate Hunters Though buccaneering is back with a vengeance, stepped-up law enforcement and high-tech tools are helping protect shipping on the high seas. |
National Defense
May 2012
Michael G. Frodl |
Pirates Exploiting Cybersecurity Weaknesses in Maritime Industry The increasingly common hacking attacks on government and private computer networks are now being perpetrated on companies and organizations involved in the burgeoning private maritime security industry. |
National Defense
November 2010
Michael G. Frodl |
Attack Against Oil Tanker Shows Why Terrorists and Pirates May Join Forces One night in late July, the Mitsui-owned MV M. Star, a Japanese oil tanker laden with crude and headed for Japan, experienced a "blast" against its hull as it approached the Strait of Hormuz. |
National Defense
June 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Coast Guard Submits Revised Wish List, Fears Funding Cuts The Coast Guard has sent to Congress a revised requirements document for new equipment that seeks to take into account the U.S. government's heightened need for intelligence and information. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2009 |
L-3 to Deliver C4ISR System for U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter L-3 Communications won a two-year contract from Bollinger Shipyards to design and deliver the first production shipset C4ISR architecture and related training systems. The contract includes options for an additional 33 shipsets. |
National Defense
June 2014
Dan Parsons |
South China Sea Dispute Shaping Up as Coast Guard Showdown The U.S. Navy risks sparking an international incident by using warships to check China's westward advance. |
CIO
November 15, 2002
Tom Wailgum |
Where the Pirates Are A website helps shippers with information about where pirating and robberies frequently occur. |
National Defense
August 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Coast Guard Acquisitions Called 'Unaffordable' The Coast Guard has laid out an ambitious modernization and recapitalization plan for its future fleet of cutters and aircraft, but experts and government watchdogs have thrown cold water on it. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2008
John McHale |
Laser Weapons, on Target The U.S. military and its partners from industry are meeting major milestones in various programs as they move closer to making laser weaponry a standard part of the U.S. arsenal. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2011
Rich Smith |
Help Wanted: Pirates Piracy off the Somali coast is taking a heavy toll on shippers such as DryShips and Frontline. Which defense stock will be first to profit from the piracy problem? |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2009
Rich Smith |
Raytheon vs. Pirates It's time to get Active (Denial System) about the threat to merchant shipping. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2006 |
L-3 Picks Formation Hard Drive for Navy Plane Engineers at L-3 Communications needed a hard disk to record data aboard Boeing's P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft. The company found a solution with the ToughDisk 7204 Rugged Hard Disk from Formation Inc. |
National Defense
July 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Rescuing the Coast Guard: Chronically Low Budget Hurting Service's Ability to Perform Missions, Experts Say Everyone loves the Coast Guard, but that affection hasn't translated into a budget that can sustain its ships, aircraft and personnel, said some of the service's former leaders. |
National Defense
December 2012
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Piracy: A Threat to Maritime Security and the Global Economy One of the least understood global security threats is the ongoing struggle to contain piracy off Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. |
Reason
July 2008
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Pirates Ahoy! Piracy -- the sort involving eye patches and parrots, not folks who sell bootleg DVDs -- has been on the upswing in recent years. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 27, 2009
Orla O'Sullivan |
The Latest Offshoring Destination? The Seychelles H-1B visa foes join to pressure congress. |
