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Sea-Tac to Expand Automated Passenger Security Exit System at Airport The Port of Seattle Commission has approved the expansion of a successful pilot project of and automated passenger exit system […]

DTRA Awards $30M in Nuclear Threat Detection Initiatives The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded 14 contracts worth $30.1 million to various companies, universities and government laboratories for work on […]

Air Force Space Command Seeks info on Modeling and Simulation for Cyberspace The Air Force Space Command has issued a Request for Information related to modeling and simulation (M&S) research, […]

The Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are preparing for testing expected to get underway this fall for the larger version of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter.  Northrop Grumman said on Sept. 23 […]

The U.K. Ministry of Defense on Sept. 11 said it has awarded an approximately $580 million contract in a six-year agreement with Rolls-Royce Turbomeca to provide engine maintenance for two of the […]

The Longbow Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], on Sept. 12 said it received a $51 million foreign military sales contract to provide South Korea with […]

Textron [TXT] subsidiary Bell Helicopter announced on Sept. 12 that is has delivered the first Bell 407GX to Russia for use with private and charter flights. St. Petersburg-based Helidrive–Bell’s independent […]

The Marine Corps has finished fielding its Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) Phase 1 and is moving forward with its contractor-run Phase 2 to bring advanced battlespace awareness […]

The Pentagon has conducted a successful test of the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system by firing two Standard Missile (SM) interceptors to take out a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target, […]

The Defense Department and NASA together are expected to require nearly $44 billion for launch-related activities from fiscal years 2014 through 2018, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released […]