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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...
<<< This information has been overtaken by subsequent events and it is no more valid. >>> By March 2010, NATO will rely on the radar base at Poggio Renatico (Ferrara) control of the airspace...
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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...
Smuggling 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...
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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead has signed off on the Navy’s “Vision for Confronting Irregular Challenges.” The Navy will buy ships and aircraft that provide “broadened” and “balanced” capabilities to deal with...
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Highband networking radios from Harris Corporation will form the communications backbone of the U.S. Army’s new Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). Harris will supply its radios to carry critical battle-command...
* Navy aims to move away from system integrators * Could stage competition for combat systems later Cost will be the critical factor the U.S. Navy uses to judge competing designs from General Dynamics...
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Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, this week announced that Project Vigilare, a Network Centric Command and Control System (NC3S) solution for the Royal Australian Air Force, has passed...
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WH ‘Hammered’ Allen on CG Woes White House officials pressured the Coast Guard commandant to tone down comments that his service faces serious threats to its ability to respond to emergencies such as the Haitian...
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano toured Transportation Security Administration (TSA) explosive detection technologies and canine program operations in Virginia and Texas—highlighting $576 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds...
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SBInet director shares frustrations and progress on delays, tests and Boeing But Mark Borkowski remains hopeful that SBInet will be a success As executive director of the Homeland Security Department’s Secure Border Initiative, Mark...
The US Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) awarded $92.5 million in contracts to support net-centric operations, information management, and decision support operations of the US military services. The contracts...
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EADS Defence & Security has been awarded a contract by the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance to extend the TETRA network for the security forces. This complementary contract will achieve almost full TETRA network coverage...