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  • U.K. undecided on UAV purchase

    The U.K. Defense Ministry’s Dabinett ISR program has two core elements: One is aimed at better exploiting what is already collected by existing platforms; the other is a “deep and persistent” collection capability-to be addressed by a long-endurance UAV; but which UAV?

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  • U.S. Senate ends production of F-22 fighter

    The contentious debate about whether or not to continue production of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-22 fighter jets beyond the 187 now on order has ended: the Senate votes 58-40 for an amendment striking $1.75 billion for seven more F-22s from a defense spending measure

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  • Concerns over E-Verify effectiveness as illegal immigration detentions drop

    The Obama administration has mandated that by 8 September, all contractors who do work with the federal government must use E-Verify to ensure their prospective employees can legally work in the United States; senators say it is too easy to fool the current E-Verify system

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  • EADS wins large Saudi border protection deal

    EADS’s win of the massive Saudi border fencing contract, valued at $2.3-2.8 billion, is part of the defense contractors effort to use homeland security projects as a means to bolster its revenues

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  • The business aspects of get-tough immigration policy

    The post-9/11 get-tough policy toward immigration has meant booming business for private prison-management companies; the building of prisons and detention centers is now a much-needed source of income for cash-strapped rural communities

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  • U.S. halts uranium mining at Grand Canyon

    The Interior Department has barred the filing of new mining claims, including for uranium, on 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon

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  • DARPA awards Cobham $15 million for wireless network

    DARPA awards Cobham a contract calling for the company to develop low-cost wireless network nodes which support adaptation by means of distributed network processing

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  • Google, Microsoft promise new age in cyber-security

    Security-conscious consumers are in the habit of regularly updating their antivirus software; this will soon be unnecessary — this, at least, is the promise of both Microsoft and Google; the two companies’ new operating systems will include built-in, continuously updated defenses against viruses and malware

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  • Trend: Businesses increasingly rely on SAS for security

    More and more companies have gravitated toward the idea of “software as a service” (SAS) — using software that is delivered remotely instead of hosted on in-house servers; more and more companies are now offering security products as services — but is it the best approach to security?

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  • Raytheon wins $155 million wireless contract

    DARPA awards Raytheon $155 million to provide a military wireless network interoperable gateway

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  • Houston computer forensics lab accredited

    Newly accredited Houston lab expands Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory Network (RCFL), a national network of sixteen FBI-sponsored digital forensics laboratories and training centers devoted entirely to the scientific examination of digital evidence in support of criminal investigations

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  • Investment in R&D sees thriving biometric markets

    With security remaining a top priority at all levels of U.S. government, the biometrics market is seeing market stability and returns on their investments in R&D

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  • Officials complain about northern border policy

    Five-hundred government officials, policy experts, and business leaders from the United States and Canada gather to discuss the impact of security measures along the U.S.-Canada border on commerce; their conclusion: What is good for the U.S.-Mexico border may be unsuitable for the U.S.-Canada border

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  • GSA adds more cybersecurity software to SmartBuy program

    GSA estimates the contracts could be worth $20 million over five years

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  • Cyber crime bigwigs using big-business tactics

    Cisco cybercrime reports says “The novel thing is that [cybercriminals] have taken the Harvard Business School, General Electric board room business training and applied it to their old techniques”

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