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Despite the recent cancellation of an advanced technology program to automate the collection and analysis of potential biological threats in the nation’s major cities, the bio-terror threat is real and […]

X-Ray systems developer and manufacturer Astrophysics is eyeing the next major replacement cycle by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of Advanced Technology (AT) X-Ray systems to enter the aviation security […]

The House Appropriations Committee this month marked up its version of the FY ’15 Homeland Security spending bill, allocating $39.2 billion in discretionary spending, an $887.8 million increase to the […]

L-3 Communications [LLL] has received a $980,560.17 task order from the Transportation Security Administration for services and materials related to the installation and networking of six 3DX 6700 medium-speed eXaminer […]

Raytheon [RTN] and Thales signed a 27-month development and five-year production agreement in support of future improvements of Raytheon’s tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) weapon system, the companies said at Eurosatory […]

NATO has no equal in terms of gross domestic product and has the world’s largest aggregate defense sector, but declining defense budgets and dwindling public support for complex foreign deployments […]

China continues to pursue the notion of building its own aircraft carriers and could have any number of them over the next decade or so, but it remains unclear just […]

F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] will continue to look for second sources for parts to help lower risk of any one supplier having challenges, according to a key executive. Lockheed Martin […]

BAE Systems would be the principal contractor under two potential Foreign Military Sales for upgrade kits to Brazil for self-propelled howitzers and M113 armored personnel carriers approved by the State Department, […]

The Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports (DDPS) has chosen the Israeli Elbit Systems Hermes 900 HFE over the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Super Heron as its new unmanned aerial system.  […]