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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

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DoD Awards OSI Systems $102M FMS Deal for Iraq; Nabs $12M Service Order After a prolonged wait, the Defense Department in late June finally awarded OSI Systems [OSIS] a Foreign Military Sales contract for $102.5 million to supply 80 Rapiscan Eagle M60 mobile cargo and vehicle inspection systems. The Pentagon says the estimated completion date of the contract is June 19, 2016. Benchmark Company security analyst Josephine Millward cautions that ongoing instability in Iraq due to the Sunni insurgency could…

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