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Army Tests PAC-3 Missile Enhancement Interceptor
The Army yesterday successfully launched a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile segment enhancement (MSE) interceptor at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. That test demonstrated hardware, Canister (1-Pack), and PAC-3 MSE […]
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ONR Making Advances In Autonomous Mine Hunting UUVs
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is making investments to develop autonomous underwater mine hunting systems and to improve the ability of those systems to communicate through water, as well […]
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Verizon, AT&T Nab Potential $971 Million In DHS IP Network Awards
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week awarded Verizon Communications [VZ] a potential $678.5 million contract to be the primary provider for a common secure global Internet Protocol network […]
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Security Inspection Finds ‘Vulnerabilities’ At DoE’s Livermore Lab
A recent assessment of security at the Energy Department’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has found unspecified–but apparently serious–“vulnerabilities” in the ability of guard forces to protect weapons-usable plutonium and high-enriched […]
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NATO Opens New Cyber Defense Center of Excellence
Seven NATO nations and the Allied Command Transformation signed the documents for the formal establishment of a Cooperative Cyber Defence (CCD) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Talin, Estonia, the alliance […]
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CongressSenate Begins Debating War Supplemental
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate began debating a three-part, $193 billion supplemental war appropriations bill yesterday. As of Defense Daily‘s deadline the chamber had not yet voted on the legislation […]
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Business/FinancialHouse Report Finds Most DHS Small Business Awards Concentrated In Few Firms
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is meeting federal goals for awarding contracts to small businesses but a majority of the business is going to the top […]
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Air ForceU.S.-U.K. Exercise A Precursor For Persistent, Expanded Joint Training
By Ann Roosevelt In the recently concluded exercise Druid’s Dance, U.S. and U.K. troops could train together over a live virtual training network, though separated by thousands of miles. "The […]
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The Air Force Plans RFI For Next-Gen UAS
At the end of the month, the Air Force anticipates a request for information announcement to gather information on system concepts for a Next Generation Unmanned Aerial System (NG UAS), […]
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Gates, Mullen Warn Congress Against Skipping Over FY ’09 Defense Approps Bill
By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leaders warned Senate appropriators yesterday that multiple defense initiatives– including buying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)–would be jeopardized if Congress skips over passing a base defense appropriations […]