position:defence contractor

Former RCAF commander to head defence giant Lockheed Martin Canada
by The Canadian Press - Story: 99119
Sep 24, 2013 / 10:26 am
▻http://www.castanet.net/news/Business/99119/Former-RCAF-commander-to-head-defence-giant-Lockheed-Martin-Canada

OTTAWA - The former commander in charge of leading NATO forces in Libya has been named to head the Canadian operations at defence contractor Lockheed Martin.

Retired Lt.Gen. Charles Bouchard will take on the role at the U.S. defence giant effective immediately.

Bouchard, who is an officer of the Order of Canada, retired in April 2012 after nearly four decades with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He commanded the NATO task force in Libya in 2011.

Via angry Arab

#complexe_militaro_industriel

Software that tracks people on social media created by defence firm
▻http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/10/software-tracks-social-media-defence

A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people’s movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social networking websites.

A video obtained by the Guardian reveals how an “extreme-scale analytics” system created by Raytheon, the world’s fifth largest defence contractor, can gather vast amounts of information about people from websites including Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare.

En plus, ils ont le sens de l’humour, le bouzin s’appelle RIOT !
#surveillance #raytheon

Revelations in #BAE Saudi case prompt inquiry call - Telegraph
►http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8377562/Revelations-in-BAE-Saudi-case-prompt-inquiry-call.html

à part ça on n’apprend rien avec #WikiLeaks #cablegate

A senior MP has demanded a parliamentary inquiry into #Britain’s £43 billion arms deal with #Saudi_Arabia after a leaked US diplomatic cable disclosed the full case against BAE Systems, the defence contractor.

#armements #corruption