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Business/Financial

Lockheed Martin, Black & Veatch Team To Help Utilities Pursue Smart Grid Funds

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Thursday, August 20th, 2009

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the global engineering firm Black & Veatch (BV) yesterday said they have teamed to offer utility companies a range of tools such as information technology cyber security know-how, to help these companies shape their projects and request grants in pursuit of the Department of Energy's (DoE) new Smart Grid Investment Grant Program. The grant program is part of DoE's Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Recovery Plan, which has $4.5 billion available for modernization of the nation's…

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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Congress

Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage

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