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PANDEMIC – The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb (Zeynep Tufekci, Defense One)

There is much we don’t know about the new COVID-19 variant—but everything we know so far suggests a huge danger. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/mutated-virus-ticking-time-bomb/171115/

ISRAEL/INDIA/MRSAM – Israel and India test MRSAM air defense system (Seth J. Frantzman, Defense News)

Israel Aerospace Industries and the Indian government’s Defence Research and Development Organisation conducted a successful test of the MRSAM, a medium-range surface-to-air missile system. https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2021/01/05/israel-and-india-test-of-mrsam-air-defense-system/

USA/TELEDYNE/FLIR – Teledyne buying FLIR to create unmanned and sensor heavyweight (Joe Gould, Defense News)

Industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies Inc. is acquiring FLIR Systems Inc., the sensor and unmanned systems maker, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $8...

USA – New in 2021: The Army’s Project Convergence scales up (Todd South, Defense News)

An ambitious project that could be the fulcrum for how the Army and other services leverage the technology of today and the near future to fight wars is...

USA/SPACE X – SpaceX wins $150 million launch contract (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The Space Development Agency selected SpaceX as the launch provider for its first 28 satellites, awarding the company a $150 million contract for two...

UAE/SAAB – Saab nabs $1 billion deal for two more GlobalEye planes to the United Arab Emirates (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

Sweden’s Saab has received a much-anticipated order, worth $1 billion, for two additional GlobalEye spy planes from the United Arab Emirates, the company announced...

USA – 10 former Pentagon chiefs warn Trump on involving military in pursuing election claims (Defense News)

In an extraordinary rebuke of President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defense are cautioning against any move to involve the military in pursuing...

HACKING – Healthcare organizations faced a 45% increase in attacks since November (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/113038/hacking/healthcare-industry-attacks.html

CYBER CRIME/DEEP WEB/HACKING – Over 500,000 credentials for tens of gaming firm available in the Dark Web (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/113026/deep-web/gaming-industry-under-attack.html

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