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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an expanded list of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) designated-degree programs that qualify eligible graduates on student visas for an optional practical training (OPT) extension. This...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the European Union (EU) signed today a Mutual Recognition Decision between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the EU’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program. CBP...
If the Obama administration wants Congress to finance a new missile shield in Eastern Europe, it will have to first get NATO to agree to foot part of the bill. The House Armed Services...
Lawmakers questioned the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to test allowing drones to fly beside commercial airplanes in U.S. airspace. The FAA is planning a pilot program that would allow unmanned aircraft to fly in...
Contracts / MSA / msa / US Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a $78.5 million contract option to purchase the service’s 16th and 17th HC-144A Ocean Sentry Maritime Patrol Aircraft from prime contractor EADS North America. The HC-144A is based...
Contracts / Land Systems / sensor / US DoD
SCORPION II is the next generation of persistent autonomous surveillance systems for force protection and intelligence gathering. The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract to provide SCORPION and SCORPION II Unattended...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is an effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive...
Following the launch of the “Carlo Bergamini”, Riva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard celebrated the launch of the frigate “Virginio Fasan”, which is due for delivery at the end of 2012. The vessel is the second...
Fincantieri has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of 40 boats, scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2013. With an approximate value of $89,600,000, the new...
Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) —provides more than $830 million for states and urban areas to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other threats. State Homeland Security Program...
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Pistole today announced the expansion of TSA Pre✓™, a passenger pre-screening initiative, to additional airports across the country...
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen provided no details of the arrangements in a 3 February press conference, but confirmed members “have found the way ahead on a practical funding solution” for the alliance...
US Cyber Command’s COL John Surdu on Top Priorities for Cybersecurity Improve Situation Awareness across the Networks Create Trained and Ready Cyber Teams Build a more Defendable Architecture Continue to Pursue, Evolve, Improve the...
Thales and Aerovisión have given a real flight demonstration of the UAV Fulmar (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for the European Agency Frontex, the organism in charge of coordinating the border control operations of the European...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a 13-month, $71 million contract to further enhance the capabilities of its immigration and border management functions. The contract supports the United...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to incorporate Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) capability into its suite of APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders to support...
NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) today selected IBM for a strategic technology project to gain experience with emerging information technologies to improve data center efficiency and increase data sharing by its 28 member nations....
In the early days of the Libya war, U.S. commanders were adamant that they didn’t communicate with the Libyan rebels about what targets to bomb. As it turns out, they don’t need to. They’ve...
The Boeing Company and Northrop Grumman Corporation submitted their final proposal for future work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the United States’ ballistic missile defense system. Following proposal submission, the companies...
The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ:MANT) a task order under its Alliant Government-Wide Acquisition Contract vehicle to provide cyber defense support to the U.S. Air Force 90th Information Operations...