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House Coast Guard Bill Targets LSIs, Boosts Icebreaker Funding

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Monday, October 26th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The House took another stab at legally limiting the Coast Guard's use of so-called lead-system integrators (LSIs) last Friday when it passed an authorization bill for the maritime service. Though similar legislation is currently pending in the Senate, Congress has not passed an authorization bill for the Coast Guard since 2006. Since then, the service decided to phase out Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS)--a partnership between Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT]--as lead systems integrator of…

Congress

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Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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