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DoE’s Livermore Lab Lays Off 440 Scientists
By George Lobsenz In a move that lab officials have acknowledged was partly tied to the Energy Department’s recent hiring of a new operating contractor for the nuclear weapons facility, […]
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Business/FinancialSmall Massachusetts Company Finds Niche In Navy Composite Work
By Geoff Fein The Navy is in the process of signing a contract with Massachusetts’s-based KaZak Composites Inc., for the company’s impact recovery post, a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) […]
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CongressYoung Claims Inaccuracies, Assumptions In Navy Destroyer Cost Comparison
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s acquisition chief has questioned the accuracy of a Navy letter stating the life-cycle costs of the new DDG-1000 destroyer and older DDG-51 destroyer are similar […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Planning Information Fusion Demonstration Using Stand-off Sensors
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate will conduct a pilot test this summer involving the use of different types of stand-off sensors […]
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ArmyDoD Eyes Stretching Out Coming MRAP Order, Unclear if MRAP II Will Be Part
By Emelie Rutherford As it prepares for what could be its final order of mine-resistant vehicles next month, the Pentagon is considering spreading out vehicle delivery to allow more time […]
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Business/Financial
Navy SBIR Effort Developing UAV To Be Deployed From P-3C, P-8
By Geoff Fein Acuity Technologies and Piasecki Aircraft Corp., are both in the midst of a phase two Navy small business innovation research (SBIR) effort to develop a small unmanned […]
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SAIC Awarded Contract To Support SPAWAR Systems Center
SAIC [SAI] yesterday was awarded a contract by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston (SSCC) to support command, control, communications, computers, cryptology, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) programs, […]
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Lockheed Martin Chief: NATO Partners Must Boost Industry Investment
By B.C. Kessner The United States defense market is trending open and Europe needs to follow suit while increasing investment needed for meaningful contributions to transatlantic initiatives if NATO hopes […]
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Army
Gimbaled Camera Coming This Month For FCS Class I UAV
By Ann Roosevelt This month, the Future Combat System’s (FCS) Class 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), produced by Honeywell [HON] takes another step forward–with the addition of gimbaled sensors, according […]
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BAE Systems Awarded $2.2 Billion For FMTV Work
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to supply the Army with as many as 10,000 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) at a value of $2.2 billion, with $1.65 […]