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House Defense Panel Boosts DoE Nonproliferation, Cleanup Money
By George Lobsenz The House Armed Services Committee, acting on its defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2009, this week approved sharp increases for several Energy Department nonproliferation programs and […]
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InternationalNATO 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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Boeing Chinook Line Rolls As DCIS Investigates
By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] Rotorcraft Systems in Philadelphia yesterday said operations resumed on the CH-47F Chinook helicopter production line the same day, as the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) […]
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International
South Korea Looking To Buy 35 AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to South Korea. South Korea will spend $25 million on a possible sale of 35 AIM-9X […]
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Homeland Security
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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International
Future Wargame Affects Future Plans
CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa.–Results of the Unified Quest 2008 wargame will be closely read by Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Commander Adm. Eric Olson, […]
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International Maritime Security Conference Aims To Boost NATO Initiatives
By B.C. Kessner SORRENTO, Italy–More than 150 subject matter experts from 20 nations met here this week to help plot the way ahead for ‘Delivering Maritime Security in Global Partnership.’ […]
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International
Cobham To Acquire Microwave Supplier M/A-COM From Tyco
Britain’s Cobham plc on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire the radio frequency and microwave components and subsystems business of M/A-COM from Tyco Electronics [TEL] for $425 million in […]
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Navy/USMCONR Making Advances In Autonomous Mine Hunting UUVs
By Geoff Fein 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 […]
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International
Working Group Examining Export Control Changes For Satellite Industry
An aerospace working group wants some satellite components exempted from U.S. export control restrictions, a change its leader says would benefit national security. The group plans to compare U.S. commercial […]