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EOIR Technologies Incorporated, Fredericksburg, Virginia, was awarded a $46 million contract modification to continue operations and maintenance of four Constant Haw

Smith's Detection, Edgewood, Maryland, was recently awarded a nearly $29 million contract for the procurement of 4,801 joint chemical agent detectors with

ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, Annapolis, Maryland, is being awarded a $9 million contract to procure technical and engineering services in support of the Joint P

SRCTec Incorporated, North Syracuse, New York, was awarded a $14 million bridge contract to provide spare parts for the Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar Sys

Leon Panetta has been nominated for appointment as the next U.S. Secretary of Defense. Gen. David H.

Rising above U.S. Interstate 95 from a site adjacent to Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, this museum serves as a tribute to former, current and future U.S. Marines.

USfalcon Incorporated, Morrisville, North Carolina, has appointed Maj. Gen.

What’s a Caltrop? It could be the start of a lame joke like, “what’s a hen way” or “what’s a Grecian earn?” In fact, a Caltrop is an ancient land mine of sorts. It is usually a multi-sided spiked object that could seriously tear up a bare foot, an unshod hoof or a pair of Bronze Age sandals. Today the modern version of caltrops is used against vehicles with unreinforced tires. Think televised car chase on some freeway. They are not sophisticated and certainly not anywhere as bad as an IED. Yet, given the right circumstances, they are very effective.

The Conficker computer virus, which was first detected in 2008, reared its ugly head last week in Afghanistan, where it was detected on the Afghan Mission Network—the network NATO and coalition forces use to fight the war. (This is the first in a series of online and print reports by SIGNAL Magazine Technology Editor George I. Seffers while embedded with NATO forces in Afghanistan.)