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Defense Daily
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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialL-3 Acquires ForceX To Enhance ISR Business
L-3 Communications [LLL] on Tuesday said it has acquired ForceX, Inc., to enhance its work in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and add new capabilities. Terms of the deal […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Protests $1 Billion DHS Cyber Award To Raytheon
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has protested the award of a potential $1 billion contract that Raytheon [RTN] won in September from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for support of a […]
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Business/FinancialCyber Command Awards CACI $14 Million Extension For Continued Support
Due to a delay in United States Cyber Command effort to consolidate a number of existing separate support contracts, the command has awarded CACI International [CACI] a one-year $13.8 million […]
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CyberCyber Command Wants Round-The-Clock Virtual Training Environment
The Defense Department is aiming toward developing the capacity for around-the-clock virtual training for its Cyber Mission Forces and is working to put funding into the FY ’17 budget request […]
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CongressTSA’s Own Covert Testing Showed Failures, DHS IG Says
Spectacular failure rates of airport checkpoint security equipment during covert testing by Homeland Security auditors was not a surprise to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which operates the screening equipment, […]
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CongressDHS Still Short On Addressing Cyber Security Risks To Ports, GAO Official Says
More than a year after reporting that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken limited steps in addressing cyber security risk in the maritime domain, a Government Accountability Office […]
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Business/FinancialFAA To Evaluate CACI Technology For UAS Detection Near Airports
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday said it has entered into a Pathfinder agreement with CACI International [CACI] to evaluate the company’s technology for detecting unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) […]
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CongressWith Operations To The Fore, DHS Plans Reorganization Of NPPD But House Panel Wants Say
Increasing cyber security threats to the national government and evolving risk to critical infrastructure have driven the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) to increase its […]
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Business/Financial
DHS Selects Texas School As Cyber Information Sharing Standards Organization
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in early September selected the Univ. of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to lead an effort with various stakeholders to identify a common set […]
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HSR, Oct. 7, 2015
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- CBP Begins Expanding Biometric Exit Pilot to More Airports
- Speed Trumped Security in Passenger Checkpoint Failures Identified by IG, TSA Chief Says
- DoD Biometrics Official Says Focus Shifting to Future Threats, Technology Needs
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