Defense Daily articles from May 2009

Defense Daily archives from May 2009

Navy Investing Resources In The Newest Battlefield: Cyber.(dialogue with Harry Harris)(Interview)
May 5, 2009... By Geoff Fein One of the biggest issues facing the Navy today isn't taking place on or below the water's surface, nor in the air or in space--it's on the vast myriad networks the service operates and how to keep them secure. "It is...

Abercrombie Still Backs Tanker Dual Buy, But Says Obama Support Vital.(dialogue with Neil Abercrombie)(Barack Obama)(Interview)
May 6, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The head of a powerful House panel said yesterday his support remains for a dual procurement of the Air Force tanker, after it was removed from a war- funding supplemental bill, yet predicted the plan may die without...

Navy Continues At-Sea Shipboard Landings of Fire Scout VTUAV.(dialogue with Tim Dunigan)(vertical takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle)(Interview)
May 6, 2009... By Geoff Fein The Navy conducted a series of landings and approaches of the Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) in the most recent tests of the Unmanned Common Automatic Recovery System (UCAR), a Navy official...

Coast Guard Expects Final Acceptance of Bertholf This Week.
May 6, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard expects to take final acceptance of its first National Security Cutter (NSC), the 418-foot Bertholf (WMSL 750), sometime this week, Capt. Bruce Baffer, Surface Acquisitions Program Manager for the...

Defense Watch.
May 11, 2009... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Mark Your Calendars. The House plans to take up the HASC-approved defense-acquisition-reform bill on Wednesday and the final FY '09 war-funding supplemental on Thursday,...

TSA Awards Reveal Imaging, Rapiscan Recovery Act Funds For Systems.
May 11, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security on Friday said Reveal Imaging Technologies and OSI Systems [OSIS] have received awards for explosives detection systems (EDS) and checkpoint X-ray systems, respectively, using funds...

CBP Issues RFP For Multirole Enforcement Aircraft.
May 11, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last week issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for up to 40 Multirole Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) that would replace several existing planes used by the agency's Air and Marine Office....

SBInet Construction Begins On Southern Border.
May 11, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker Construction began last Monday on sensor and communication towers along 23 miles of Arizona's border with Mexico for the first deployment of the technology component of the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) although the...

Aviators Want More Weapons, RSTA Equipment, TCMs Say.
May 11, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Deployed aviators want more weapons, better optics and communications equipment, Army Training and Doctrine Command's Capability Managers (TCM) said. Col. Grady King, TCM-Reconnaissance/Attack, said...

NATO ACT Releases Final Multiple Futures Project.
May 11, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Friday released the final report on its Multiple Futures Project (MFP) of what the world would look like in 2030 and its implications for the alliance. "Our goal is to have...

Taylor Wants Close Monitoring of New Carrier-Launch Technology.(Gene Taylor)(electromagnetic aircraft launch system)
May 11, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) said he will be keeping a close eye on development of the new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the next-generation aircraft carrier, and wants assurances the Navy will be...

Army Casting 'Wide Net' For Post-FCS Vehicles.(Future Combat Systems)
May 13, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The Army plans to replace the canceled manned-ground-vehicle portion of its modernization program with new vehicles based on existing technologies fielded in five to seven years, service leaders said yesterday on...

The Joint Force Must Accelerate Change, General Says.(James Mattis)
May 13, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--In the coming years, the U.S. military will not face wars with clearly defined beginnings and ends, so it must become more versatile and adaptable, according to the commander of U. S. Joint Forces...

USAF Wants $113 Million For Urgent COCOM Needs In Space Budget.
May 13, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force's Fiscal Year 2010 spending blueprint calls for a slight increase in spending on space systems over FY '09 outlays, with a large portion of the increase going toward urgent wartime needs. The air...

Navy Holding International Frigate Meeting.
May 13, 2009... By Geoff Fein The U.S. Navy is beginning an effort this week to bring together the international frigate community to explore areas where the service and its allies might have common interests when it comes to modernizing the ships,...

JPEO JTRS, FCS, Team With U.K. On Multinational Experiment.(Joint Program Executive Office, Joint Tactical Radio System, Future Combat Systems)
May 13, 2009... The Joint Program Executive Office, Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) International Programs Directorate and the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Joint Interagency Multi-National Interoperability (JIMI) team recently completed a...

Proposed Increases In Management Budget Go Toward Unifying DHS, Napolitano Says.
May 13, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker Proposed budget increases in FY '10 related to administrative and management functions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will help unify the department and consolidate its information technology (IT)...

Inouye: No C-17s In Senate Supp, Stryker Ambulances Possible.
May 14, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The supplemental war-funding bill the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) plans to mark up today will not include C-17 cargo aircraft yet likely will fund Stryker ambulances not requested by the Obama...

HASC Grills Gates, Mullen On Aircraft, Missile Defense Changes In Budget.
May 14, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leaders yesterday defended their budget to House lawmakers, who questioned the analysis behind the defense proposal and its limitations on efforts including the C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA), the F-22...

DHS Will Examine Contractor Outsourcing For FY '11 Budget: Napolitano.
May 14, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker Work that is currently being outsourced and may be brought in-house will be reviewed this year and will "probably be reflected" in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) FY '11 budget request, Homeland Security...

Raytheon Demonstrates Ability For At-Sea Capture of Its KillerBee UAS.
May 14, 2009... By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] has successfully demonstrated the ability to recover its KillerBee unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into a moving net, a significant step toward sea-based operations, a company official said. "We put...

USJFCOM Prepares For Future Joint Operations Experiment.
May 14, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is preparing for a seminar wargame at the end of the month that will examine how the joint force copes with potential future problems and solutions as set out in two...

No 'Silver Bullet' To Solve Future Problems, General Says.
May 14, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.-- There's no easy answer for the military working to develop and provide a balanced joint force for an era of persistent conflict, according to the commander of the Army's Training and Doctrine...

Finland Selects Kongsberg And Raytheon Air Defense System.
May 14, 2009... The Finnish Ministry of Defense has selected the NASAMS air defense system provided by Kongsberg of Norway and Raytheon [RTN] to fulfill Finland's future Medium Range Air Defense Missile System (MRADMS) requirements in a contract worth about...

'No Major Change In Demand Signal' For Airlift, Schwartz Says.
May 15, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force's top officer does not expect a forthcoming study on the Defense Department's airlift capacity to indicate any changes in the overall need for the capability. "The anticipation is that the new mobility...

SECAF: 'Not Building the Air Force We Thought We Were Going to Build'.
May 15, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force's top civilian official yesterday acknowledged that the service's tactical aircraft fleet will bear the brunt of the "strategic risk" being taken in the Defense Department's proposed budget reshuffle as...

Air Force Hints At Less Ambitious Next Generation Bomber Plan.
May 15, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force now hopes to field a new bomber aircraft in the 2020s and does not expect the next generation platform to be a major technological departure from its current fleet, according to the service's top uniformed...

Pentagon Brass See Unmanned Aircraft Dominating Future Fleets.
May 15, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leaders underscored their commitment to buying unmanned aircraft before a Senate panel yesterday, with the top uniformed officer saying the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) could be among the last manned aircraft...

Incoming GD Chief Johnson Sees No Change To Business Model.
May 15, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker Jay Johnson, soon to be the CEO at General Dynamics [GD], told an investment conference yesterday the company's core management, its business model and strong focus on cash generation will remain unchanged under his...

Rival Contractors Cuddle Up; Hanford Contract Proceeds.
May 15, 2009... By George Lobsenz In an unusually harmonious end to a scorched-earth battle over a $3 billion Energy Department contract, the consortium that won the "mission support" contract at DoE's Hanford site has agreed to hire the losing bidder,...

NNSA Rachets Down Tritium Production.
May 15, 2009... In another sign of the shrinking U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, the Energy Department has curtailed operations at its Savannah River Site that produces radioactive tritium gas for warheads to increase their explosive yield. Officials...

SAC Sends Supp To Floor Without C-17, Stryker Adds In House-Passed Bill.
May 15, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Senate appropriators approved yesterday a supplement war-funding bill lacking weapon-system add-ons for C-17 cargo aircraft and Stryker vehicles in the version the House passed yesterday, likely leaving the fate of...

Lacking Ship Plan, Lawmakers Question If Navy Can Achieve 313-Ship Fleet.
May 15, 2009... By Geoff Fein Lawmakers yesterday questioned the Navy's ability to achieve a 313-ship fleet, given the service plans to buy eight ships in the FY '10 budget but decommission seven in the same time period. Additionally, one House...

House Panel Approves TSA Authorization Bill.
May 15, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker The House Committee on Homeland Security yesterday approved a bill authorizing appropriations for the Transportation Security Administration during the next two fiscal years along with a slew of policy recommendations...

Defense Watch.(Company overview)
May 18, 2009... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense The End Is Here. The Navy Friday issued a stop work order to Lockheed Martin for Increment 1 and Increment 2 of the VH-71 Presidential helicopter contract, the service...

JASSM Gets One Last Shot At Proving Reliability.
May 18, 2009... By Marina Malenic A stealthy cruise missile being developed by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and plagued by years of test failures will be subjected to one more round of reliability testing this summer after the company makes technical...

Air Force Mobility Official Anticipates Army Future Vehicle Weight Specs.
May 18, 2009... By Marina Malenic An ambitious Army effort to restart a future vehicle program by Labor Day could yield weight data this fall for incorporation into a future airlift concept being developed jointly with the Air Force, a top official said...

Raytheon Making Steady Progress Toward NLOS-LS LRIP In Early 2010.
May 18, 2009... By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] recently completed the second of two planned captive flight tests, demonstrating the Non-Line-Of-Sight Launch System's (NLOS-LS) seeker aboard a Navy helicopter, said a company official. To date, Raytheon...

House Panel Chairman Backs Navy Carrier-Reducing Request.
May 18, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The head of a naval panel in Congress said he will support the Navy's request to temporarily drop its aircraft carrier tally from 11 to 10, a legal permission lawmakers rejected in the past but a senior service...

NPOESS Hits Milestones, Showing Progress.
May 18, 2009... Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] completed the initial step toward the critical design review (CDR) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), a company official said. The CDR program milestone is...

Battlefield Sensors Top $1.9 Billion Air Force Unfunded Wish List.
May 19, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force yesterday sent lawmakers a list of 20 mission critical items for which funding has not been requested in President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2010 Defense Department budget--chief among them, several...

Army Awaits FCS Acquisition Change Directives.
May 19, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt The Army awaits formal notification from the Defense Department acquisition chief of changes to its major modernization program, Future Combat Systems (FCS), before any changes are made. "We have not yet received an...

Navy: Fixed-Price EMALS Contract Talks Reflect GA's Confidence Amid Cost Worries.
May 19, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The Navy's decision to negotiate a firm-fixed-price contract with the builder of a new and closely watched aircraft-carrier catapult system reflects the company's confidence in the product amid the service's concerns...

CNA Advisory Board Calls For Integrated Energy, Climate, Military Planning.
May 19, 2009... By Eric Lindeman U.S. energy policy represents an urgent threat to national security and DoD should take the lead in transforming the nation's long-term energy profile by serving as the innovation incubator for new energy technologies,...

Navy Pleased With Modernization Efforts On USS Bunker Hill, USS Nimitz.
May 19, 2009... By Geoff Fein The Navy is in the midst of Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) on the USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and the ship has undergone successful testing of its hull, and mechanical and electrical systems (HM&E), according...

A Balanced Force Is Needed For 'The New Normal,' Admiral Says.
May 19, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--A balanced approach to warfare carefully blending different military capabilities--conventional, nuclear and irregular--is necessary moving into the future, the commander of U.S. Special Operations...

MTVR Trailers Top Marine Corps' $188.3 Million Unfunded List.
May 19, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps' has identified for Congress $188.3 million in unfunded programs outside of its fiscal year 2010 budget request, with seven-ton truck trailers coming in as its single costliest unfunded item. ...

Air Force Chief Wants Faster F-35 Buy.
May 20, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force would prefer a more rapid production rate for the F-35 Lightening II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to boost its tactical aircraft fleet before fourth-generation fighter jets begin retiring in large numbers,...

Casey Pledges To Control Requirements Creep With Post-FCS Manned Vehicles.
May 20, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The Army's top officer pledged yesterday to fight requirements growth with its morphing manned-ground-vehicle program, as a senior lawmaker warned money will not be available to absorb cost overruns like Future...

USS Freedom Begins Second Round of Acceptance Trials This Week.
May 20, 2009... By Geoff Fein The USS Freedom (LCS-1) began her second round of acceptance trials this week to test out systems the ship's crew were unable to demonstrate during Freedom's transit in the Great Lakes. LCS-1 came through its first...

USJFCOM Center Works To Institutionalize Irregular Warfare.
May 20, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.-- U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Joint Irregular Warfare Center (JIWC) reaches into all areas of the command to ensure the joint force is as effective in irregular warfare as it is in...

Future Combat Systems Program Completes System of Systems PDR.
May 20, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] and SAIC [SAI] yesterday said the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program last week successfully completed its System of Systems Preliminary Design Review (SoS PDR). FCS is the Army's major modernization...

BAE Systems Awarded $601 Million To Reset Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
May 20, 2009... The Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract for $601 million to refurbish some of its heavy infantry vehicles. Through a public-private partnership with the Army's Red River Army Depot, BAE will repair and upgrade 606 Bradley Fighting...

Senate Confirms Mabus As Navy Secretary.(Raymond Mabus)
May 20, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Raymond Mabus, a former Mississippi governor and manufacturing executive, will be the next Navy secretary. The Senate on Monday night voted in favor of confirming Mabus, whom President Obama nominated, to succeed...

DoD Official: QDR Will Lead To Further 'Rebalancing' of Weapons In FY '11.
May 21, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Pentagon leadership is "very consciously" moving to implement further programmatic changes in the fiscal year 2011 budget cycle using the latest round of a major weapons portfolio review conducted every four years,...

Maintenance Is Focus of Navy's $395 Million FY '10 Unmet Needs List.
May 21, 2009... By Geoff Fein For FY '10, the Navy has submitted two unfunded requests to Congress, totaling $395 million, for aviation and ship maintenance. The FY '10 request is a far cry from last year's $4.5 billion in unmet needs the Navy sent...

Gates Floats Idea of Two Pres Helos As Lawmakers Call For Salvaging VH-71.
May 21, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday it is "worth pursuing" developing two versions of a replacement presidential helicopter, as lawmakers and a government-watchdog group called for salvaging some of the...

Huge Pension Shortfall May Force DoE Program, Staff Cuts.
May 21, 2009... By Johnathan Rickman Citing severe stock market malaise, the Energy Department has informed Congress that it faces a pension funding shortfall of nearly $1 billion in next fiscal year and that it may have to slash nuclear weapons and...

Supp Won't Pass By Mem Day, C-17 and Stryker Funds Predicted To Survive.
May 21, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Congress looks to have missed the Pentagon's deadline for passing the supplemental war-funding bill by the week-long recess starting this weekend, as the vote in the Senate has been slowed by debate over closing the...

Army Lists $952.8 Million In Unfunded Priorities.
May 21, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt The Army May 19 delivered a $952.8 million list of 18 unfunded requirements for the fiscal year 2010 president's budget request. The list ranges from $179 million for Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below to $2...

Cogent Says Not Selected For NGI Fingerprint Matching Effort.
May 21, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker Cogent Systems [COGT] says that Lockheed Martin [LMT], the prime contractor for the FBI's next-generation biometric database, did not select it for the fingerprint matching portion of the program. Industry analysts...

Schwartz Sees 38 As 'Floor' For Joint Cargo Aircraft.
May 22, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force's top officer said yesterday the number of C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) could be increased above the 38 airplanes proposed in the Pentagon's budget, but predicted the program's transfer to the Air...

DoD 'Stonewalling' V-22 Investigation, Committee Chairman Says.(Department of Defense)(Edolphus Towns)
May 22, 2009... By Geoff Fein The chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee yesterday threatened to "compel" the Department of Defense to provide reports and information on the V-22 Osprey before a hearing rescheduled for two weeks from now....

TSA Readying For New Round of EDS Purchases.
May 22, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week began conducting market research for a new procurement round for explosives detection systems (EDS) that screen checked baggage at airports for bombs,...

U.S. Business Drives Strong FY '09 At QinetiQ.(fiscal year)(Financial report)(Brief article)
May 22, 2009... Britain's QinetiQ yesterday posted double-digit sales and operating profits for its 2009 fiscal year driven by strong growth in performance at its United States-based division, which accounts for nearly half of the company's overall...

Congress Approves Defense Acquisition Reform Bill.
May 22, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The House passed yesterday the final version of the defense-acquisition- reform bill, sending the measure previously passed by the Senate to the White House for President Obama's signature. Obama had called for...

USJFCOM Trainers Assess Effectiveness of Horn of Africa Training.(United States Joint Forces Command)
May 22, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) trainers this month are in Djibouti to assess the effectiveness of pre-deployment training for the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF HOA) headquarters staff, and where...

Army Awaits Approval To Break FCS Into Three Programs.
May 22, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Army is awaiting a go-ahead from Pentagon leaders to divide its multibillion dollar modernization effort, the Future Combat Systems (FCS), into three separate programs, a top service official said yesterday. ...

Bental Teams With 3W to Create New UAV Power Pack.
May 22, 2009... Israel's Bental Industries yesterday said it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Germany's 3W International to integrate Bental's G032 Starter Generator on 3W's 157ccm unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engines. "With this...

Elbit Posts Strong Quarterly Revenues, Record Backlog.(Elbit Systems Ltd.)(Financial report)
May 22, 2009... By B.C. Kessner Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT] Wednesday reported a 6.6 percent gain in year-on-year quarterly consolidated revenues, driven largely by C4ISR and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) activity, and a new record backlog of orders...

Sestak: Create Joint Cyber Force Separate From Services.(United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services)(Joe Sestak)(Brief article)
May 26, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford An influential lawmaker in the defense arena said last Friday the Pentagon should create a joint cyber force not swayed by service-specific budgetary concerns. "If you really want to have a common effort...

APS Backing Solar Plant To Be Built By Lockheed Martin.
May 27, 2009... By George Lobsenz In a deal solidifying plans for one of the nation's largest solar power projects, Arizona Public Service Co. has agreed to buy all the power produced at 290 megawatt concentrating solar trough plant to be built by...

Air Force Plays Down GPS Performance Worries.
May 27, 2009... By Marina Malenic Responding to a Government Accountability Office report on U.S. space capabilities and related congressional testimony, the Air Force said last week that it has "plans to mitigate risk and prevent a gap" in Global...

Obama Rejects Calls To Merge Homeland-Security, National-Security Councils.(Barack Obama)
May 27, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford President Obama announced yesterday a White House reorganization that combines homeland-security and counterterrorism staff and rejects calls to merge the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and National Security Council...

SSGN Conversions Bring Significant Changes To Submarine Fleet.
May 27, 2009... By Geoff Fein The USS Florida (SSGN-728) just wrapped up her first Atlantic Fleet East Coast SSGN deployment cycle and will undergo a three-month maintenance availability in preparation for her next 12- to 13-month tour, according to the...

DHS Looks To Spend Most of Recovery Act Funds In Late FY '09, Early FY '10.
May 27, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker With over $1.5 billion to spend on airport modifications, security technology and grants using economic stimulus funds, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expects to award most contracts in the fourth quarter of...

General Dynamics To Produce Reactive Armor For Stryker Vehicles.
May 27, 2009... General Dynamics' [GD] Land Systems-Canada yesterday said it was awarded a contract valued at more than $150 million to General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products to qualify and produce reactive armor tile sets for the Stryker family...

Picatinny Arsenal Rolls Out Improved SPARK IED-Defeat Equipment.
May 27, 2009... The upgraded Self-Protection Adaptive Roller Kit (SPARK), a commercial- off-the-shelf item from the U.K.'s Pearson Engineering Ltd., is now deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., officials said. Originally fielded to...

GE, Rolls-Royce Prepare For F136 Engine Flight Testing.
May 28, 2009... By Marina Malenic The General Electric [GE]-Rolls-Royce team developing the F136 alternate engine for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter has begun a flight clearance certification review in preparation for flight testing in 2011,...

Raytheon Partners With Univ. of Texas On Cyber Security Research.
May 28, 2009... Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it has entered into a 10-year partnership to collaborate with researchers at the Univ. of Texas at Austin on research into cyber security, a market area the company has been targeting for growth. Raytheon...

Raytheon Is Exploring Other Opportunities For AESA.
May 28, 2009... By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] continues to explore opportunities for its Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, but the focus of the advanced radar remains the Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, a company official said. Last...

ICx Showing ThreatSense Can Track Spread of Trace Material Release.
May 28, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker STAFFORD, Va.-- ICx Technologies [ICXT] has been testing its new comprehensive facility security solution at the Albuquerque International Sunport airport in New Mexico for the past two months, demonstrating that the...

U.K. Firm Acquires Supply Chain Security Division of First Advantage.(BSI Group)(Brief article)
May 28, 2009... BSI Group, a multinational standards and training company based in Britain, has acquired the supply chain security business of California-based First Advantage Corp. [FADV], allowing it to offer its customers supply chain security and...

DHS S&T Planning Long-Term Development of Palletized Cargo Scanners.(Department of Homeland Security. Directorate for Science and Technology)(Brief article)
May 28, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate soon expects to issue a Broad Agency Announcement for the development of technologies that can inspect entire pallets of cargo that...