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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialL-3 Boosts Dividend
L-3 Communications [LLL] on Tuesday said its board of directors has increased its quarterly dividend, marking the 12th consecutive year of annual dividend hikes. The dividend was increased by 8 […]
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White House Proposing Major Increase In Federal Cyber Security Spending
The Obama administration today will propose a federal budget request for FY ’17 that includes more than $19 billion for cyber security efforts, a 35 percent increase over FY ’16 […]
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BudgetDHS Trims Discretionary Budget In FY ’17 Request, Proposes New CBRNE Office
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday asked Congress for $40.6 billion in discretionary spending in FY ’17, a nearly 1 percent increase from the $41 billion Congress provided […]
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UncategorizedBusiness Opportunities
TSA Plans Industry Day on 3rd Party Testing Program The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Feb. 25 will host an Industry Day on Feb. 25 regarding its 3rd Party Test […]
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Contract Awards
Federal Protective Service Awards Smiths Detection $67M X-Ray Lease Smiths Detection has received a potential $64.6 million lease from the Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service for new X-Ray […]
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Tech Developments
Analogic CT System Used in Checkpoint Screening Analogic [ALOG] says it has successful concluded a two-year run of trials at airports in Britain and The Netherlands of its 3-D computed […]
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Earnings News & Notes
American Science & Engineering [ASEI] 3Q16 3Q15 Sales $22.2M $37M Net Inc. (500K, 0.06) $2.6M, 0.32 Sales fell 39% mainly on big declines in revenue from mobile cargo and […]
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Johnson Directs DHS to Develop Capabilities against Unknown Cyber Threats
Following release of a government audit report in late January that highlights shortcomings in a federal cyber security system, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on has directed his department to […]
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TSA Sees Near and Mid-Term Opportunities to Introduce Open Systems Architecture to Screening Equipment
McLEAN, VA—The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) sees potential for including open architecture standards in some of its existing security equipment within the next year while beginning to infuse a more […]