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Homeland Security
DoD Awards Smiths $65M for JCAD
The Defense Department has awarded Smiths Detection a $65 million order under an existing production contract under the Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) Increment 1 program. The order, for which […]
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Air Force Awards $468 Million B-2 Modernization Contract
By Marina Malenic The Air Force last week awarded a $468 million contract for low-rate initial production of the B-2 radar modernization program (RMP). The contract will provide advanced radar […]
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Homeland Security
PNNL Awards $23M to DNI for Cargo Lifters with Rad Detectors
Detector Networks International, LLC (DNI), has received a $23 million contract from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to design and build up to six straddle carriers equipped with radiation detection sensors […]
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Air Force Lays Out Energy Conservation Goals, Metrics
The Air Force yesterday released a new energy efficiency strategy that includes specific metrics for conservation. “America imports roughly 58 percent of its petroleum products,” the document states. “It is […]
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Homeland Security
DHS S&T Issues New RFIs for Trace Detection, Package Screening
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued two new Requests for Information (RFI), one related to currently available devices for the detection of contraband […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin To Acquire Training, Simulation And IT Firm UNITECH
Lockheed Martin [LMT] last month said it agreed to acquire Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH), which provides training and simulation systems as well as information technology (IT) services. Terms […]
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Homeland Security
DNDO Issues RFI for Passenger and Baggage Radiation Screening
Seeking to further close gaps in the nation’s nuclear detection architecture, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for systems that can scan passengers […]
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CongressNew Administration More ‘Sympatico’ Than Expected, Counterterrorism Official Says
By Ann Roosevelt The incoming Obama administration appears to be in sync with what the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department is doing, according to the […]
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Homeland Security
DHS S&T Unit Seeks Info on Toxic Chemical Releases–Again
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, Chemical Security Analysis Center, has reposted a Request for Information seeking sources to execute a gap analysis for atmospheric transport […]
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NASA Issues RFP For Gigantic Ares V Rocket; Proposals Due Feb. 9
NASA issued a request for proposal for the huge Ares V rocket that will hoist payloads to space needed for astronauts to return to the moon and establish a permanent […]