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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

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*General Dynamics [GD] received a potential five-year, $48.2 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to provide cyber situational awareness support, analysis and technical and infrastructure support to the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). US-CERT is the operational arm of DHS' National Cyber Security Division and is a partnership between DHS and the public and private sectors to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure. GD has performed similar services for the US-CERT since 2004. The contract, which was awarded…

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