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The Coast Guard in 2018, with the help of other government partners, is planning to launch its first ever satellites, which will be used to demonstrate the use of the […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch and key research partners are seeking innovators for prototyping, testing and transitioning leading technologies for emergency responders as part […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in late December released an updated version of its 2015 technology investment plan that outlines changes in its development and acquisition expectations, new initiatives, and […]

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, says Customs and Border Protection award last November of a $297 million contract to […]

Final proposals for the next Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicle (ACV) are in ahead of an operational assessment of two prototype designs, one of which should win contract approval in […]

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing [BA] a $1.2 billion modification to a firm-fixed-price cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to build and deliver ten Lot 9 full-rate production P-8A Poseidon aircraft, according to […]

L3 Technologies [LLL] on Jan. 4 said it has established boards in three countries to help focus its international growth in key regions. “We continue to focus on accelerating L3’s international […]

The Navy awarded Britain’s BAE Systems two firm-fixed-price contracts for fiscal year 2018 depot modernization period (DMP) availabilities on the USS Howard (DDG-83) and USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) Arleigh Burke-class destroyers worth a combined $90 million. A […]

The network monitoring solutions firm Gigamon, Inc., the week of Dec. 24, was acquired by the private investment firm Elliott Management and Qatar’s state-owned management fund Qatar Investment Authority for $1.6 billion. “With the acquisition […]

Boeing [BA] has formally snagged two major foreign orders for military planes: F-15QA fighters for Qatar and a KC-46 tanker for Japan. The Pentagon announced Dec. 22 that Boeing was awarded […]