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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017

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Armor Express says it has been selected by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to equip agents with its ballistic-resistant vests under a five-year, multi-million dollar contract. Armor Express has previously supplied Customs and Border Protection and the Internal Revenue Service with its vests.The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded Concurrent Technologies Corp. a $1.8 million task order to provide maintenance and upgrade services for the integration of the Federal Emergency Response Official Accountability Tracking System with the Deployment Tracking System. The…

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