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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Looks To Build On At Sea Use of Biometrics
By Calvin Biesecker TAMPA, Fla.–Continued success with the deployment of biometric technology aboard small Coast Guard cutters operating in the Mona Passage is prompting the service to look for additional […]
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Air ForceArmy, Air Force Ready To Complete UAV Concept of Operations
By Ann Roosevelt As soon as today, a meeting between the leaders of the Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) could resolve a concept of […]
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Air Force
Final Defense Appropriations Bill, Murtha Suggest Dual Buy For Tanker
By Emelie Rutherford The defense spending bill nearing final passage calls for the Pentagon to consider a dual buy for the aerial refueling tanker contract, a setup the House’s lead defense […]
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USAF Attempt To Forestall Industry Protest of Pending Satellite Contract Could Delay Award
By Marina Malenic The Air Force is doing “everything humanly possible” to ensure that any industry protest of an upcoming multibillion-dollar satellite contract will not be upheld by auditors, but […]
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Biometrics Task Force Readies New Round of Solicitations For S&T Programs
By Calvin Biesecker TAMPA, Fla.–The Pentagon agency that is overseeing the Defense Department’s top program to integrate biometric technologies and capabilities plans this month to release the second round of […]
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Air Force Developing More Powerful Sensor For Reaper Drone In ISR ‘Surge’
By Marina Malenic The Air Force is developing a sensor for its MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system (UAS) that is eventually expected to provide up to 30 times the surveillance […]
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Business/FinancialAs A Measure of Last Resort, Raytheon Files Protest Over Lack of Aegis Competition
By Geoff Fein For the past several years, defense companies had been waiting for the Navy to open up the Aegis combat system modernization contract. In May, when the Navy […]
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DHS Readies First Standoff Technology Integration And Demo Program
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch this week will begin its first demonstration of an integrated standoff explosives detection architecture under a multi-year program created […]
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Global Hawk Provides Imagery In Ike’s Aftermath, Potential Future For Hurricane Tracking
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the Navy flew one of its two Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) platforms to take pictures of damaged areas and search for survivors, […]
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iRobot Acquires UUV-Maker Nekton Research LLC
iRobot (IRBT) Sept. 8 acquired Nekton Research LLC, an unmanned underwater robot and technology company based in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Nekton has been instrumental in shaping the underwater marketplace during the […]