The United States Marine Corps, one of seven uniformed services in the United States, has deployed a global combat support system using an integrated suite of Oracle solutions.

Korea's Incheon International Airport received Frost & Sullivan's 2011 Asia-Pacific Airport of the Year award.

NCS Group, a regional IT and communications engineering solutions provider, has been awarded a new five-year contract by Singapore’s Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) to manage and maintain the National Service (NS) Portal, Data Center and NS Call Center.

Government agencies and large enterprises use IT and the ICT infrastructure to increase productivity and operational efficiency. The Defense industry use IT in much the same way, but it can also help save or protect lives. In an interview with eGov Innovation, Andre Obradovic, Director, Defense Initiative at Cisco, explained key trends that are taking shape in the defense sector.

LGS Innovations (LGS), an independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the US Federal Government, recently delivered Internet Protocol Television video solutions to the USAF Air Combat Command.

England's Ministry of Defence has worked with six constabularies to unify police records into one database. Using Infoshare, police in Essex, Cambridge, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Hertfordshire can create a ‘single best person’ view of all records to help improve public safety.

The Naval Headquarters in New Delhi has selected Pyramid IT to implement FineDocs Product Suite, which is a multi core file management system solution. This is the second order from the Navy - the first having been implemented at its Naval Design office.

The Asia Pacific biometrics market has made hay against the background of escalating security concerns in the region. With the support of the government, biometrics is being considered for official government buildings, military installations, laboratories, and hospitals.

The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) has commissioned Datacraft to increase the network capacity through a broadband convergence network (BcN) by way of a Build-Transfer-Lease (BTL) scheme. The improved network will enhance availability and performance, boosting the ministry’s information advantage in the new era of network-centric military operations.

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has awarded a S$108m contract to ST Marine, ST Engineering's marine arm, for the logistics management of the RSN's warehouses at its Changi and Tuas Naval Bases. The six-year contract commenced October 1.