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Congress
House Approves Homeland Security Bills
The House this week approved several bills dealing with homeland security, including a measure authorizing the Office of Bombing Prevention and another creating an Appeals and Redress Office to assist […]
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F-35 Tops List of Pentagon Procurement Chief’s Troubled Programs
By Marina Malenic Burgeoning costs and schedule delays on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program occurred as the result of insufficient funding for initial prototypes of the aircraft, the Defense […]
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Air Force
GDUK, Rockwell Collins, QinetiQ Win UK MoD Work To Improve Combat Effectiveness
General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited, in partnership with Rockwell Collins [COL] and QinetiQ, won a competition for an approximately $4.3 million contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) […]
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Army
Army Orders Additional Raven UAS From AeroVironment
AeroVironment [AVAV] (AV) yesterday announced that the Army has ordered additional RQ-11B Ravenr small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and associated services for its fiscal year 2009 requirements by the exercise […]
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Army
CSC Wins $80 Million Task Order For Army Aviation Maintenance and Repair
CSC [CSC] yesterday announced the Air Force has awarded the company a task order with an estimated total two-year contract value of $80 million to provide a comprehensive range of […]
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Australia Awards GE 12-Year Engine Contract
GE said it has been awarded a 12-year Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from the Australian Department of Defence for F404 and F414 engines powering the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) […]
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Rotem Plans Solar Power For IDF Base
Israel’s Rotem is currently planning and articulating an RFI for the establishment of the solar power station in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Nevatim base in the Negev desert. “Rotem […]
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Homeland Security
DTRA Acquiring XPAKs from RedX for Combat Evaluation
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is acquiring 50 XPAK portable trace explosives detection systems from RedXDefense for advanced combat evaluation in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning next month. The upcoming […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Plans Solicitation for Credential Authentication-Boarding Pass Scanners
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a pre-solicitation notice related to the potential purchase, deployment and operational maintenance of about 100 Credential Authentication Technology-Boarding Pass Scanning Systems (CAT-BPSS) with […]
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Homeland Security
Earnings News and Notes
OSI Systems [OSIS] 2Q09 2Q08 Sales $159M $164.2M Net Inc. $4.2M, $0.24 $3.5M, 0.20 Sales fell 3% on continued weakness in the healthcare market, specifically due to the difficulty of […]