International
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Homeland Security
Port of L.A. Explores Business-to-Business Container Security Arrangement
By Calvin Biesecker Exploring a novel approach to container security, and one that may please budget conscious U.S. government officials, the Port of Los Angeles is discussing with terminal operators […]
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InternationalDTRA Completes Elimination of Russian SS-24 ICBMs
The Defense Department’s Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program said last week it successfully completed the elimination of the final SS-24 ICBM and supporting system components in Perm, Russia. Delegations from […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Launching International Registered Traveler Pilot For ‘Trusted’ Fliers
By Calvin Biesecker Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last Friday evening said it will begin a fee-based pilot program this summer for international "trusted" travelers entering the United States at […]
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InternationalNATO Agencies Forge Close Ties Moving Forward On Interoperability, Transformation
NATO Standardization Agency (NSA) Director Vice Adm. Juan Moreno and the Chief of Staff NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Lt. Gen. Jan Arp March 3 signed a letter of agreement […]
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Air ForceGansler: Congress Should Stay Out of Air Force Tanker Protest
By Emelie Rutherford Former Pentagon acquisition chief Jacques Gansler said Congress should not "meddle" in the Air Force’s contested tanker contract award to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and foreign partner European […]
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InternationalNaval Intelligence Increasing Support To SEALs, Expeditionary Warfare
By Geoff Fein While the entire intelligence community changed as a result of the 9/11 attacks, the principle areas where Naval Intelligence expanded were capabilities in the area of human […]
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InternationalNew Zealand Super Fund To Divest From Cluster-Munition Makers
Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff welcomes the New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s announcement today that it would divest from companies involved in the production of cluster munitions once a […]
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Business/FinancialCanada Rebuffs ATK’s Attempt To Acquire MDA’s Space Business
By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems’ [ATK] plans to bolster its capabilities and offerings for the space market took a hit this week when Canada rejected the company’s pending $1.3 billion […]
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InternationalTurkey To Spend $227 Million For Six MK 41 VLS
Turkey is looking to buy six Lockheed Martin [LMT] MK 41 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) recently said. […]
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InternationalNATO Agencies Forge Closer Ties Moving Forward on Interoperability, Transformation
NATO Standardization Agency (NSA) Director Vice Adm. Juan Moreno and the Chief of Staff NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Lt. Gen. Jan Arp March 3 signed a letter of agreement […]