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Homeland Security
Cross Match Acquires Canadian Firm Labcal
Cross Match Technologies last Friday said it has acquired Canada’s Labcal Technologies in a deal that immediately adds a handheld, wireless card reading and biometric authentication technology that is applicable […]
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Business/FinancialThales Awarded Initial Contract For U.K. FRES SOSI
The U.K. Ministry of Defence Feb. 6 announced it awarded Thales UK an initial six-month contract valued at about $7.8 million to undertake the Systems of Systems Integrator (SOSI) role […]
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Business/Financial
France To Buy Lockheed Martin Hellfire II Missiles
The governments of France and the United States have signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the sale of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] precision-strike laser-guided Hellfire II missiles to France. […]
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InternationalAnalysts’ Debate: Should U.S. Let China Take Taiwan By Force?
While Taiwan has the eighth largest economy in the world, is important to U.S. interests, and occupies a militarily vital area astride critical sea lanes, it is not worthwhile for […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Drops Two Fire Scouts In FY ’09, But Program Continues Forward
By Geoff Fein In its FY ’09 budget, the Navy reduced its quantity buy of Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) due to competing requirements, […]
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Air ForceGates: F-22 Production Increase Could Hurt More Affordable JSF
By Jen DiMascio Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday explained that the Pentagon has opposed mass production of additional F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets after weighing the near-term risk from near-peer […]
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Air Force
DoD Preparing For FYDP Strategic Investment Guidance
By Ann Roosevelt The Defense Department will soon receive strategic guidance for the future years defense budget, fiscal years 2010-2015, according to a top Pentagon official. "We’re just finishing the […]
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Homeland Security
DHS S&T Seeks Information On Tripwire Sensors For Border Security
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Request for Information on existing tripwire sensor systems able to satisfy a host of requirements for […]
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Business/Financial
Thales Awarded Initial Contract For U.K. FRES SOSI
The U.K. Ministry of Defence Feb. 6 announced it awarded Thales UK an initial six-month contract valued at about $7.8 million to undertake the Systems of Systems Integrator (SOSI) role […]
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ArmyReorganized WIN-T Program Approaches Critical Design Review
By Jen DiMascio The next iteration of the Army’s battlefield network communications recently demonstrated an on-the-move capability, as the program’s design faces another review. Increment two of the Warfighter Information […]