The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has decided to postpone the creation of a cyber command, opting instead to reorganise its existing military commands to better define the roles and missions of its offensive and defensive cyber warfare capabilities. The decision comes after intensive planning was begun several months ago by …
Read More »SpaceX cites technical failure in AMOS-6 launch blast
SpaceX announced on 2 January 2017 that it had identified the cause of the catastrophic explosion of its Falcon-9 space launch vehicle (SLV) containing Israeli company Spacecom’s AMOS-6 communications satellite on 1 September 2016. SpaceX and U.S. government and space industry experts believe that the explosion occurred due to the …
Read More »Turkey hosts Free Telecommunication Operator Association’s 9th General Assembly
The Free Telecommunication Operators Association’s (TELKODER) 9th General Assembly was held in Ankara. At the General Assembly, which was held at the Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) Congresium, Galip Zerey, Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communication, said that Turkey supports the joint use of capacity …
Read More »Turkey to recruit large numbers of cyber security professionals
The Turkish government is starting a recruitment drive for hundreds of university graduates to work in cyber security after a tumultuous year that has seen up to 90 million cyber attacks and exploits targeting Turkish government and private sector computers and networks. The recruitment drive is being led by the …
Read More »Turksat Chairman announces that Turksat 6-A construction is underway
Türksat attended the 2nd Global SatShow, which brought together prominent companies from the world satellite and space technology sector and which was organized this year under the “Smart Connections” theme. At the Istanbul Haliç Congress Centre, where the conference was hosted by ESOA (EMEA Satellite Operators Association) along with MÜSİAD’s …
Read More »Iran tests cyber and electronic warfare capabilities in Defenders of Velayat Skies 7 military exercise
Iran is nearing the completion of a largescale air defence exercise in the southern provinces of the country that has involved simulations of cyber and electronic warfare capabilities by units from the regular Iranian armed forces, the Artesh, air, naval, and land elements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). …
Read More »Saudi and Russian space cooperation and the Iranian complication
Regional publication Gulf News Journal featured a story on 23 December 2016 about nascent space cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Russia, that includes a supposed 2015 agreement between Riyadh and Moscow to build a manned space station. The Gulf News Journal report states wiith incredulity that the Saudi space programme …
Read More »Iranian officials inexplicably exaggerate years old Nitro Zeus cyber threat
Senior officials from Iran’s Civil Defence Organisation warned a conference audience in Tehran of an imminent U.S. and Israeli cyber attack against Iran code-named Nitro Zeus. The only problem is that Nitro Zeus has been shelved by the U.S. and Israel for several years, and was even featured in an …
Read More »Spacecom Orders Multi-Band High-Throughput Satellite From Boeing Satellite Systems International
Spacecom, the Israeli operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, announced on 21 December 2016 that it has entered into a satellite procurement agreement with Boeing Satellite Systems International. The deal for AMOS-17 is worth U.S.$161 million. The new satellite, AMOS-17, expected to be launched in 2019, will operate from 17°E …
Read More »Vaezi announces launch of three Iranian satellites by 2018
In what appears to be another schedule slippage in the Iranian space programme, the Iranian Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Mahmoud Vaezi, announced that three domestically built satellites will be launched by 2018. The first satellite scheduled for launch is the Dousti (Farsi for Friendship), also known as SharifSat, …
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