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Homeland Security

ICx Nabs Potential $711M Contract for NBC Recon System

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

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ICx Technologies [ICXT] won a potential $711 million contract for the development and production for Increment II of the Defense Department's Joint Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance System (JNBCRS 2) program, by far the largest award in the company's relatively brief history. ICx says the contract begins in the fourth quarter of 2008 with an initial two-year, $20.1 million development effort. ICx went public last November and spent the prior two to three years acquiring a variety of smaller companies in…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]