Defense Daily
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Correction
In the April 8 edition of Defense Daily, a story about Symantec’s cyber security report should have read that government accounted for 60 percent of the identities exposed globally, an […]
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Business/FinancialTurkey To Spend $227 Million For Six MK 41 VLS
Turkey is looking to buy six Lockheed Martin [LMT] MK 41 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said yesterday. […]
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CongressDHS Continues To Struggle With Acquisition Management, GAO Says
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made some progress in how it organizes and manages acquisition activities, but still lacks accountability for how it spends and […]
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Navy/USMCAbility To Collaborate On Intel Data Is Vital In GWOT, Official Says
By Geoff Fein Being able to bring in intelligence data and manipulate it and do it in an interconnected globally collaborative environment without having to hand type information in is […]
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Business/FinancialU.K. To Spend $125 Million For 157 Category I MRAPs
The United Kingdom is looking to spend upward of $125 million for 157 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Receives AH-64 Apache PBL Follow-On Contract
Lockheed Martin [LMT] received a follow-on potential $76.6 million contract for 2008 for Performance Based Logistics (PBL) to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized […]
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NRC Expands Radioactive Source Tracking System
By George Lobsenz The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), substantially expanding a key anti-terrorism initiative, announced Tuesday a plan to nearly quadruple the number of companies, hospitals and other users of […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Lifts Stop Work Order On GD’s CEDS Effort
By Geoff Fein The Navy has lifted a stop work order on a General Dynamics’ [GD] effort to develop a common display system for ships, submarines and aircraft, following a […]
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Business/FinancialFLIR Acquires Spanish Sensor Networking Firm
FLIR Systems [FLIR] on Tuesday said it has acquired Spain’s Ifara Tecnologias, a developer and supplier of middleware and client application software used to network sensor systems, for $11.1 million […]
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Air ForceHoffman: F-22 Shutdown Decision Needed By November
By Emelie Rutherford An Air Force official told Senate authorizers yesterday that a decision on whether to keep open the F-22 Raptor production line needs to be made by November, […]