HELSINKI, Finland, May 19 (UPI) — Accenture has been selected by the Finnish defense forces to support the transformation of their enterprise resource planning solution for the defense market.

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 19 (UPI) — U.S. company RedXDefense announced the global release of its portable trace explosives detection technology.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 19 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has contracted Intelspec International Inc. to construct a new facility in Thailand to support close combat training.

LADSON, S.C., May 19 (UPI) — Defense contractor Force Protection Inc. announced plans to open a Kuwait-based tactical vehicle life cycle support facility.

ARMONK, N.Y., May 19 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Department announced it has certified a records-management solution developed by IBM.

HANFORD, Calif., May 19 (UPI) — Thresher Industries Inc. has made a shipment of aluminum parts to support a contract manufacturing U.S. military combat vehicles.

TEWKSBURY, Mass., May 19 (UPI) — The Florida Department of Transportation has contracted Raytheon for the delivery of its nuclear-radiation-detection technologies.