Vigilance can The British Government yesterday wrote into law for the first time the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant. The Covenant is a statement of the moral obligation which exists between the nation, the Government and the Armed Forces.
British Army Apache helicopter fires Hellfire missiles for the first time at sea, in exercise ranges off Gibraltar. A significant milestone in proving the capability of Apache to operate and strike from the sea, 30mm cannon and Hellfire missiles were successfully fired against seaborne targets in a long-planned exercise near Gibraltar. In total, 550 rounds of 30mm and 9 radar-guided Hellfire missiles were fired, achieving a 100% strike rate. This was the first time that Hellfire has been launched in the maritime environment.
Vigilance can report that the Chief of the Air Staff last week disclosed that a new Reaper Squadron will be formed at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, which will mean the aircraft over Afghanistan will be controlled from the UK for the first time.
Varonis Systems Inc., the foremost provider of comprehensive data governance software, last week announced Version 5.6 of its Data Governance Suite, which enables secure collaboration by providing a complete metadata framework and integrated product suite for the governance of unstructured data on file servers, NAS devices and semi-structured data on SharePoint and Exchange servers. Varonis helps organizations to effectively and automatically audit and manage data access control, identify and classify data owners, and oversee entitlement and authorization processes for their critical data.
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