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InternationalGreece Gives L-3 Communications $18.8 Million For F-16C Sim Trainer
Greece awarded L-3 Communications [LLL] an $18.8 million contract to build an F-16C Block 52+ Aircrew Training Device (ATD) for the Hellenic Air Force (HAF). The pact was awarded through […]
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TSA Releases Initial TWIC Enrollment Schedule
By Calvin Biesecker After a half-year delay, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said yesterday that beginning on Oct. 16 it will start enrolling workers at the Port of Wilmington, Del., […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Sees IDIQ As Major Business Growth Area, Executive Says
By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] sees major growth in a relatively new business area for them–the world of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) acquisition, according to a company executive. Since starting […]
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Inouye Pledges To Fund MRAP Production In November Continuing Resolution
By Jen DiMascio Senate appropriators pledged yesterday to provide $11.5 billion to fully fund the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2008 requirement for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. Sen. Daniel […]
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Chilton Takes Over U.S. Strategic Command
Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton assumed command of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) yesterday, taking the helm from Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Kehler, who has been leading the command on […]
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TSA Announces $53 Million In Checkpoint Security Awards
By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday announced it has made $52.3 million in recent awards to contractors for various new security equipment, most of which is headed […]
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Pave Hawks Need Datalink For In-Flight Threat Updates, Says Wing Commander
By Michael Sirak Adding a datalink to the Air Force’s current fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk combat-search and-rescue (CSAR) helicopters remains critical so that the aircrews and pararescue personnel can […]
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Homeland Security
AC Airport Using Under Vehicle Cameras
Atlantic City International Airport has deployed Under Vehicle Inspection Systems supplied by Law Enforcement Associates [AID] to screen the undercarriage of cars, trucks and buses for explosives or contraband as […]
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Homeland Security
Briefing
*Emergent BioSolutions [EBS] received a $400 million contract from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide 18.75 million doses of the anthrax vaccine BioThrax through Sept. 2010 […]
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Homeland Security
Advanced Photonix Gets $1M SBIR Award for Terahertz Development
Terahertz instrumentation supplier Advanced Photonix, Inc. [API] has received a $1 million Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from the Department of Homeland Security to develop and prototype […]