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DHS Extends Boeing’s SBI Contract Through November

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Friday, October 22nd, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Boeing [BA] contract options that extend the company's current contract for a virtual fence it is constructing on two sections of Arizona's border with Mexico through November, two months beyond the end of the first contract option, which expired in September. The original contract for the electronic fence component of the Secure Border Initiative, dubbed SBInet, was awarded in September 2006, and contained a three-year base period with three…

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

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Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

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Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

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