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Homeland Security

Coast Guard Seeks Info on Long Range Interceptor

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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

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The Coast Guard has issued a Request for Information from commercial manufacturers regarding the production and delivery of a Cutter Boat-Long Range Interceptor II (CB-LRI-II) that will deploy from the service's National Security Cutters. The CB-LRI-II is a multi-mission asset supporting ports, waterways and coastal security, search and rescue, drug interdiction, alien migrant interdiction operations, living marine resources, and other law enforcement and national defense missions. The CB-LRI-II may deploy at sea anywhere in the world, day and night, in…

Army

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Congress

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Congress

Appropriators Offer Skepticism On $350B Defense Reconciliation Plan, ‘Big Risk’ For Key Initiatives

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Congress

All Future Systems Should Have Autonomy Features, Reed Says

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