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Homeland Security

ICx to Supply $18M in Cerberus Towers to Army, Border Patrol

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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The Army has awarded ICx Technologies [ICXT] a $14 million contract to supply Cerberus mobile surveillance towers under the Base Expeditionary Targeting and Surveillance Sensors-Combined (BETSS-C) program that is run by the Asymmetric Warfare Office. The towers combine high resolution radars with thermal and imaging cameras on a common software platform to identify and track potential intruders. Under the contract 22 towers will be deployed to bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Separately, the company has received a $4 million order…

Army

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

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Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

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Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

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Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

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