Defense Daily
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CongressLawmakers Likely To Use JSF Test Failure As Proof of Need For Second Engine
By Jen DiMascio The failure last week of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) engine blade during proof testing is providing additional fuel for lawmakers who seek to restore funding […]
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Homeland Security
Agencies In NYC Region To Compete For Grants Under Securing The Cities
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making available $30 million in grants that state and local governments and other agencies in the New York City region […]
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[February 11, 2008]
// PDF View- Safety Board: NNSA Understating Potential Offsite Doses At Y-12
- DoE Reduces Random Drug Testing For Some Contractor Employees
- U.K. Plans Tougher Arms Controls
- Agencies In NYC Region To Compete For Grants Under Securing The Cities
- Lawmakers Likely To Use JSF Test Failure As Proof of Need For Second Engine
- Defense Watch
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InternationalU.K. Plans Tougher Arms Controls
The U.K. plans to introduce tougher export controls on certain types of arms as a result of a government review of its export controls, a government official said Feb. 6. […]
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Homeland Security
DoE Reduces Random Drug Testing For Some Contractor Employees
By George Lobsenz In line with a September 2007 order from Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, the Energy Department has announced it will decrease the percentage of certain DoE contractor employees […]
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Homeland Security
Safety Board: NNSA Understating Potential Offsite Doses At Y-12
By George Lobsenz A federal safety oversight board has questioned "non-conservative" Energy Department estimates of potential offsite radiation doses from accidents at the Y-12 plant, saying they may lead to […]
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Air ForceHouse Appropriators Ponder Future Mix of Fighter Jets
By Jen DiMascio The House Appropriations defense subcommittee (HAC-D) is looking at proposals regarding the mix of fighter aircraft it will fund for the Air Force next year, according to […]
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Homeland Security
Raytheon Delivers SUV-Based Rad Detection System To DNDO
By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it has delivered a radiation detection system that is integrated into a sports utility vehicle (SUV) to the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic […]
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ArmyArmy Orders More AeroVironment Raven UAVs
AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] Feb. 7 announced a $45.8 million Army award for additional RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and associated services by the exercise of a one-year option […]
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Army
Army, Navy Fire Scouts: Similar Look, But Treading Different Paths
By Geoff Fein Looking across the production line at Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Mississippi facility, it’s hard for anyone to tell the difference between the Army and Navy variants of the […]