DDN
Articles By DDN
-
Air ForceMembers Lament Domestic Air Defense Funding, Plug 4 Gen Fighters To Air Force
By Emelie Rutherford A quartet of lawmakers sent Air Force leaders a letter last week suggesting the service pursue a new fighter-jet strategy to ensure it can fulfill its Air […]
-
Homeland Security
ICx gets $4.4M from ThermoFisher for identiFINDERs
ICx Technologies [ICXT] received a $4.4 million order from ThermoFisher Scientific [TMO] to provide identiFINDER handheld radiation detectors. ThermoFisher typically resells the devices to various federal government customers. Over 6,000 […]
-
DoE Security Faulted On Foreign Researchers, Sensitive Data Access
By George Lobsenz While improvements have been made in both areas, the Energy Department still has significant lapses in implementing key security procedures designed to block access to sensitive data […]
-
Homeland Security
Unisys Gets $1M from L.A. Port for TWIC Access Control Pilot
The Port of Los Angeles has awarded Unisys [UIS] a potential $1 million contract to design and manage an identification and access control system field test under the federal Transportation […]
-
Business/FinancialAIA Seeks Focus On Defense Modernization Issues
By Ann Roosevelt The Aerospace Industry Association (AIA)’s newest report finds a defense budget squeeze coming that will affect the next administration and wants presidential candidates to address the specifics […]
-
Homeland Security
GE to Provide Integrated EDS, X-Ray Systems to Moscow Airport
General Electric’s [GE] Security business has been selected by Moscow International Airport Domodedovo to provide two integrated CTX 9000 DSi and X-Ray Diffraction 3500 systems as part of a system-of-systems […]
-
ArmyApache Block III Prepares For First Flight, Officials Say
By Ann Roosevelt The first prototype flight of the Block III version of the AH-64 Apache helicopter is scheduled for July 9, according to Army and Boeing [BA] officials. The […]
-
Homeland Security
Iomai Gets Small DoD Grant for Patch-based Anthrax Vaccine
Iomai Corp. [IOMI] says it has won a one-year cost-reimbursement grant for up to $943,856 from the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to perform preclinical work on a patch-based […]
-
Business/Financial
Big Hit On LHD-8 Programs Raises Execution, Management Questions
By Calvin Biesecker and Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] early morning surprise yesterday that it would take $320 million to $360 million charge on the LHD-8 amphibious assault ship it […]
-
Homeland Security
DHS to Sponsor New FFRDC
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to sponsor a new Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to do system engineering and system development. The Homeland Security System Engineering […]