C4I
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CongressLawmakers Call For More Progress On DHS Virtual Fence Program
Lawmakers recently expressed frustration about the fact that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) virtual fence program remains behind schedule. During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in early June, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Buying Laser-Guided Mavericks As Interim Moving-Target Attack Capability
The Air Force says it intends to task Raytheon [RTN] soon to supply 450 AGM-65 Maverick surface-attack missiles with a new laser guidance section as a near-term means to attack […]
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Homeland Security
Northrop Grumman Announces Team For Coast Guard NAIS
Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it will be competing to design and install the Coast Guard’s Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS), a two-way maritime digital communication system that will improve […]
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InternationalGeneral Dynamics UK Team Awarded Assessment Phase For MoD LISTENER Program
General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited has been awarded a 10-month, approximately $2 million contract for the Assessment Phase of the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s LISTENER program. LISTENER is a […]
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Business/FinancialRapiscan To Market Brijot’s Stand-Off Millimeter Wave Body Scanner
Rapiscan Systems and Brijot Imaging Systems have signed a seven-year agreement that allows Rapiscan to market and sell Brijot’s passive millimeter wave screening body scanner that is capable of screening […]
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Business/FinancialThales Delivery Orders Will Field Nearly 40,000 JTRS Handheld Radios
Thales announced Oct. 29 two awards for its AN/PRC-148 JTRS handheld radio from the Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) under the Consolidated, Interim, Single-channel, Handheld […]
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Air ForceBoeing Teams With Northrop Grumman On B-52 Core Component Jammer
By Michael Sirak Boeing [BA] has joined forces with Northrop Grumman [NOC] to offer the Air Force an affordable and comparatively low-risk solution to installing powerful jamming pods on the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy to Begin Testing Sub Launched UAV This Month
By Geoff Fein When the USS Montpelier (SSN-765) deploys later this month it will include a new Internet system to improve communications as well as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) […]
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Homeland Security
Port Officials Warn That TWIC Demand Exceeds Expectations
By Calvin Biesecker Officials from seaports in the United States told Congress this week that demand for mandatory new federal worker identification credentials significantly outstrips the U.S. government’s expectations, potentially […]
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Air ForceNewest Air Force Communications Satellite Now On Orbit, Being Readied For Use
The Air Force says the first of its Boeing [BA]-built Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) spacecraft was successfully launched into orbit recently, beginning the process of placing a modern constellation […]