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Somali pirates hit a Spanish fishing boat off the coast of Kenya with a rocket-propelled grenade Thursday as private security on board returned fire at the would-be hijackers. The successful defense of the fishing...
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The Coast Guard has taken full control of developing a new flagship vessel from an embattled industry team and is determined to stay on schedule and keep costs from skyrocketing, a senior Homeland Security...
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The German Weather Service (DWD) has signed a contract with Selex Systems Integration GmbH to deliver a Low Level Wind Shear Alert System (LLWAS) for the Frankfurt and Munich, Germany airports. The systems consist...
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A multibillion-dollar “virtual fence” along the southwestern border promised for completion in 2009 to protect the U.S. from terrorists, violent drug smugglers and a flood of illegal immigrants is a long way from becoming...
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More than half of the panel members appointed to review the Pentagon’s latest four-year strategy blueprint have financial ties to defense contractors with a stake in the planning process, a USA TODAY analysis shows....
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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) – Crane Division to provide technical and training support to the U.S. Navy Surface...
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President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus plan included $25 million for airport screening machines capable of detecting explosives like those carried by the Christmas Day bomber. But more than a year after passage of the...
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“Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management” is part of a series of Workshops titled “Share Best Practices across the Atlantic” organized by SELEX SI. The 3rd Workshop guest speaker, the Hon Michael Chertoff, former Secretary...
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SELEX Sistemi Integrati has received a Contract of 15 M€ for the integration of about 230 Sensors on new implemented Air Command and Control (ACCS) Sites, hosted by eleven NATO Nations: Netherlands, Spain, Turkey,...
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The EADS story is all too familiar. For years, the European aerospace and defence group has been hamstrung by its French and German political masters. But these days it seems that the French government...
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L-3 Communications announced that its MPRI division has been awarded a $58 million firm-fixed-price task order with the government of Equatorial Guinea to establish a Maritime Security Enhancement Program (MSEP). This task order is the...
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Turkey’s defence procurement office removed MBDA from a blacklist last month after an international legal dispute between the Ankara government and the French missile maker ended amicably. One immediate effect: Eurosam, whose shareholders include MBDA,...
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FEMA didn’t do a heckuva job on its contracts under President Bush. The “disaster” agency spent twice as much as it needed to for a building in Tennessee that smelled like sewage and had...
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On Feb. 22, at approximately 7:15 a.m., Border Patrol agents from the West Palm Beach Station responded to a call from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office which reported a landing of migrants in the...
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EU defence ministers, meeting in Spain, will consider increased military ties authorised by the bloc’s Lisbon Treaty, but with EU diplomatic chief Catherine Ashton notable by her absence. The two-day meeting will not be...
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DHS GSA CPB TSA ICE USCG FEMA 405 850 420 1000 20 240 615 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is an effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions...
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Shares in Thales fell sharply Feb. 19 after the French systems company posted an unexpected 2009 net loss of 128 million euros ($173 million), halved its dividend and issued a gloomy outlook for orders....
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BAe Systems suffered another major blow today, saying that it will incur a £592 million writedown after it failed to overturn the Pentagon’s decision to award a trucks and vehicles contract to a US...
From the Eurocopter booth at Heli-Expo, American Eurocopter announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has entered into the first option year on the Light Enforcement Helicopter (LEH) contract and placed an order for...
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Science and Technology Directorate The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is the primary research and development arm of the Department of Homeland Security. Mission The S&T Directorate’s mission is to improve homeland security by providing...