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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialCACI To Acquire Small Healthcare IT Firm Emergint Technologies
CACI International [CACI] last week said it has agreed to acquire Emergint Technologies, a small healthcare information technology (IT) company that further expands CACI’s capability and presence in this growing […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Cyber Redux. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman […]
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Navy/USMCAlion To Work Tech Development For Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City
Alion Science and Technology yesterday said it will provide Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) with technology development, integration and evaluation expertise under a $24 million contract. […]
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ArmyAiming At Efficiencies, Army Contracting Command Reorganizes Some Positions
The Army yesterday said it was reorganizing Army Contracting Command-National Capital Region, by moving six military and 260 civilian positions from Alexandria, Va., to eight other subordinate organizations. The Contracting […]
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Future French Demilitarization Facility Construction Begins
MBDA CEO Antoine Bouvier yesterday laid the first stone of France’s future demilitarization facility, to be built at the company’s Bourges Subdray site, with military and civil authorities present at […]
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Army
Army Taps EADS North America To Deliver 34 More Lakota Helicopters
The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) North America yesterday said the Army awarded a $181.8 million contract option to deliver 34 more UH-72A Lakota helicopters, raising the total […]
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Business/Financial
U.S.-Australia Reaffirm Value of Alliance, Will Consult On Missile Defense
U.S. and Australian officials continue to affirm the value of their alliance in helping to shape the security and prosperity of the Asia Pacific region, to include working toward an […]
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Army
New Production Patriot System Validated, Passes Army Tests
Raytheon [RTN] said this week its new-production testing has received Army approval after rigorous testing of every component of the modernized system. During the tests, the company said that Patriot […]
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Business/Financial
Budget Woes Complicate DoD Acquisition Efficiency Efforts
The Pentagon is struggling to cut costs and make its acquisition process faster and more affordable, but faces budget cuts and potential sequestration that would strip $500 billion in across-the-board […]
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Army
Canada Taps General Dynamics To Upgrade More LAV III Vehicles
A top Canadian official Friday said the government has awarded a $133.3 million contract modification to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada [GD] to upgrade 66 LAV III vehicles. This award […]