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Business/FinancialThird VH-71 Helicopter Preps For Final Assembly And Mission Systems Integration
Test Vehicle 3 (TV-3), the third VH-71 helicopter built for the presidential helicopter program, is undergoing final assembly and mission systems integration to enable the helicopter to be used as […]
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Navy/USMCOsprey Engine Durability Issue Leading Navy To Explore Options
By Geoff Fein Concerns with the long-term durability of Rolls-Royce‘s V-22 engine has led the Navy to examine options running the gamut from modifying the current system to looking at […]
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Homeland Security
High Costs, Operational Challenges Among Lessons Learned In Secure Freight Initiative
By Calvin Biesecker Initial lessons from a nearly six-month old pilot program at several overseas seaports to test the feasibility of scanning 100 percent of all cargo bound for the […]
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Business/Financial
Navy To Seek Industry Input In Maturing Technology For Carrier Drone Program
By Emelie Rutherford The Navy plans to reach out to industry this year for ideas on tackling the technology-maturation segment of its effort to develop unmanned strike aircraft that operate […]
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Homeland Security
SPAWAR Law Enforcement Branch Seeks Millimeter Wave Sources
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center’s (SPAWAR) Advanced Law Enforcement Technology Branch is requesting information about commercial off-the-shelf passive millimeter wave detection systems that could meet the needs of […]
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Homeland Security
Briefing
*Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to award a sole-source contract to The MITRE Corp. worth up to $17 million over two years for systems engineering, analysis, guidance and technical […]
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Homeland Security
U.S. Capitol Police Wants Info on Personnel Screening System
The U.S. Capitol Police Security Services Bureau has issued a Sources Sought Notice for a personnel screening system that can detect contraband, including explosives, weapons, liquids, metals, plastics and ceramics. […]
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Homeland Security
Raytheon Introduces Concrete Smasher for Search and Rescue
Raytheon [RTN] has developed and demonstrated a rapid concrete breaking technology that can be used by urban search and rescue teams in disaster situations. The Controlled Impact Rescue Tool, which […]
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ArmyNNSA Calls On Corps of Engineers To Manage Big Plutonium Project
By George Lobsenz The National Nuclear Security Administration, under fire for design, cost and management problems on several major projects, has signed an agreement to have the Army Corps of […]
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Homeland Security
Army Seeks Sources for Chem/Bio Warfare Agent Detection
The Joint Project Manager, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Contamination Avoidance is requesting information and seeking sources on technologies and or methods for detecting and identifying liquid chemical warfare agents […]