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Homeland Security

DNDO Awards Slew of Small Contracts; Cites R&D Progress

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

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The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) this month and last awarded over two dozen contracts and grants worth about $12 million for basic and exploratory research, small business funding, and technology demonstrations to industry and universities. The two-year old agency also says that it has made strides since its inception in advancing research and development in several areas. For example, DNDO is finding new materials to do radiological detection with that are more effective or less expensive or easier to…

Budget

House Appropriators Add Restrictions And Reporting Requirement To Battleship, Reject Cut

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Congress

House Appropriators Concerned With ‘Risky’ Reconciliation Approach To Fund Munitions, F-35 Plans

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Budget

Lawmakers Push Shipbuilding Accountability And Submarine Reports In House Appropriations Bill

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Congress

Six F-35Bs Delivered Without Radars Thus Far, Program Director Says

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