LONDON, March 17 (UPI) — The British Ministry of Defense said a new, more mobile mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle is undergoing an evaluation ahead of deployment to Afghanistan.

LONDON, March 17 (UPI) — The British Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer program is making important progress, according to a recent evaluation by the U.K. National Audit Office.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 17 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has contracted BBN Technologies to provide media-translation technologies to support foreign-media monitoring.

ABERDEEN, Md., March 17 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has contracted Battelle to provide logistics verification and validation support for inspections of Army equipment.

FALLS CHURCH, Va., March 17 (UPI) — U.S. company Computer Sciences Corp. has established a new virtual cybersecurity center in a move to help counter cyber warfare threats for clients.

PARSIPPANY, N.J., March 17 (UPI) — Curtiss-Wright Corp. has been contracted to provide the Japanese Ministry of Defense with shipboard mission technologies for the Japanese navy.

WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) — Dutko Worldwide is launching a new risk-management venture that will be run by crisis-prevention experts who worked with the U.S. Homeland Security Department.