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ArmyFCS Prepares For DAB IPR, Soldiers Test Equipment
By Ann Roosevelt Army officials are preparing for a Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) In Process Review (IPR) of its major modernization program Future Combat Systems (FCS) in Washington, D.C. this […]
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Homeland Security
DHS to Host Industry Day on Predator B Requirements
Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine, and the Coast Guard will host an industry day on July 7-8 in Miami, Fla., to provide a forum to exchange information on […]
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OEF, OIF Demonstrating U.S. Forces Will Need To Be More SOF-Like
By Geoff Fein After six years in Afghanistan and five in Iraq, top military brass are seeing that U.S. forces will need to be much more SOF (Special Operations Forces)-like, […]
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Homeland Security
Technion, Israeli Institute, Yale Form Research Partnership
The Technion in Israel, the Israeli Institute of Technology, and the Yale School of Management have received a financial gift to establish a three-year partnership to conduct homeland security and […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Seeks Mods to Explosive Detection Systems
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a presolicitation for engineering modifications to commercially available stationary gantry/fixed source screening systems that screen checked bags for explosives in order to meet […]
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CongressYoung: DoD Needs Hill Help On Acquisition Workers, Funding, Multi-Year Power
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer said garnering greater flexibility to hire more acquisition personnel tops his near-term wish list for Congress. When asked recently what he would […]
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Homeland Security
ORTEC Introduces Smaller, Lighter Version of Detective
ORTEC, a business unit of AMETEK [AME], has introduced Micro-Detective, the newest addition to the company’s family of Detective handheld nuclide identifiers. The Micro-Detective weighs 15 pounds, 40 percent less […]
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Homeland Security
Technologies Sought Under JBTDS Program
The Joint Product Director for Advanced Detection System under the Joint Program Manager for Biological Defense is seeking information related to battery-operable and one-man portable biological identification techniques for use […]
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Homeland Security
Ahura’s FirstDefender Selected Again for CEDAP
The Department of Homeland Security has selected Ahura Scientific‘s handheld FirstDefender chemical identification instrument for placement on the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistant Program (CEDAP) for the second year in a […]
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Homeland Security
Earnings News & Notes
Cogent Systems [COGT] 1Q08 1Q07 Sales $24.6M $30.1M Net Inc. $14.4M, $0.16 $6.2M, 0.06 The improvement in the bottom line was due mainly to a $10M ($0.07) gain related to […]