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Pentagon Proposes $390 Million Jordanian Border Security Program

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Friday, September 12th, 2008

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The Defense Department yesterday notified Congress of a potential $390 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Jordan of Increment 2 of the Border Security Program which is being managed by DRS Technologies [DRS]. The Pentagon said that the sale would allow Jordan to rely more on technology rather than manual means to secure its borders. The announcement, which was made by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, said the proposed sale will include "exportable Commercial-Off-The-Shelf hardware and exportable United States Command…

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