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Homeland Security

Briefing

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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

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*Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to negotiate with General Atomics to use a Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System in support of a maritime demonstration project that will include acquiring and identifying targets. CBP says it will entertain responses from other interested parties solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. CBP says it will negotiate with General Atomics for UAS aircraft equipment, engineering and logistics operational and maintenance support services. *Implant Sciences Corp. [IMX] has…

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