Homeland Security
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Homeland Security
Dangers In Iran Have Been Downplayed; Iranian Military Forces Aren’t Rogue Units, But Rather Are Part Of Iranian Government
Some analysts and observers, who assert that certain especially dangerous military actors in Iran don’t really represent government views and motives, are dead wrong, a new paper states. In fact, […]
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Business/FinancialContracts
NASA Gives Boeing $650 Million Contract Change For Space Station Support NASA awarded a two-year, $650 million contract extension to The Boeing Co. [BA] to continue engineering support of the […]
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Homeland Security
Russia Delivers Smerch Rocket Launchers To India
Russia is delivering 18 more Smerch multiple rocket launch systems to India, RIA Novosti reported. Rosoboronexport is working under a deal with India reached when the Russian defense minister visited […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Breaks Ground On New Wallops Island Facility
Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] broke ground on a new facility at Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the first building in Wallops Research Park. The research Park is […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Taps Accenture To Help Implement Secure Flight
By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last month awarded Accenture [ACN] a potential $55.9 million contract to help the agency take on passenger watch list matching currently being […]
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CongressBiden, Palin See Critical Dangers In Nuclear-Armed Iran, Pakistan
Palin Says Iranian Leader ‘Not Sane,’ And Iranian Nuclear Weapons Would Threaten The Existence Of Israel The two rival vice presidential candidates agreed in a debate that Iran would be […]
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CongressMissile Defense Urgently Needed To Counter Widespread And Rising Ballistic Missile Threat
The next president of the United States has no choice but to continue erecting a multi-layered ballistic missile shield, because the threat posed by potential enemy ballistic missiles has grown […]
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Homeland Security
Missile Defense Required To Counter Increasing Threat Posed By China, State Department Study Finds: Report
China poses a rising ballistic missile threat that the United States should counter with improved systems including missile defense capabilities, a draft version of a State Department study concludes, according […]
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Business/FinancialTaiwan Seeks PAC-3 Missiles As Part Of $6.4 Billion Plan To Buy American Weapons
Taiwan is seeking to obtain more than $6.4 billion in American weapons including Patriot Advanced Capbility-3 (PAC-3) anti-missile interceptors, under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The gigantic program also […]
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Business/FinancialSBIRS Cost Overruns Likely To Exceed $414 Million, And Delays To Exceed Estimates Of 15 Months, GAO Reports
Plans To Resolve Software Glitches Are Likely To Fall Short, Report States It likely will require more than an estimate $414 million in cost overruns and 15 months of delays […]