Friday Security Industry

From my Security Industry beat. Click on headlines to read the stories I filed under the UPI byline.

HUNT VALLEY, Md., May 15 (UPI) — U.S. company AAI Corp. announced its small unmanned aircraft system has successfully completed a fully autonomous flight during a recent demonstration.

ARLINGTON, Va., May 15 (UPI) — Jordan’s armed forces have contracted BAE Systems to provide upgrade kits for the M113A1 fully tracked armored personnel carriers.

LONDON, May 15 (UPI) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans Thursday to move forward with talks on a new purchase agreement for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.

EXTON, Pa., May 15 (UPI) — Defense Solutions Inc. has signed a deal to become the distributor of iRobot Corp.’s PackBot technologies in Iraq and Afghanistan.

NASHUA, N.H., May 15 (UPI) — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Ezenia Inc. a contract renewal for the company to continue providing its secure communication and conferencing technologies.

VIENNA, Va., May 15 (UPI) — LGS announced a milestone achievement for the development of its micro-compass magnetometer following a recent successful demonstration for the U.S. Army.

LONDON, May 15 (UPI) — The British Ministry of Defense has announced plans to upgrade the military’s Bowman tactical communications technologies.

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Thursday Emerging Threats

From my Emerging Threats beat. Click on the headlines to read my stories filed under the UPI byline.

WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) — The head of the FBI announced the appointment of a more-than-20-year agency veteran as the new director of the Terrorist Screening Center.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 14 (UPI) — Escalating civilian casualties in Somalia have raised new concerns from the International Committee of the Red Cross about possible abuse of international laws.

VIENNA, May 14 (UPI) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Permanent Council on Thursday suspended negotiations on a renewal of the OSCE mandate in Georgia.

VIENNA, May 14 (UPI) — The Vienna-based U.N. International Narcotics Control Board has named a new president following recent elections.

HERMISTON, Ore., May 14 (UPI) — The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency said it has begun an investigation following the detection of mustard chemical-agent vapor at a facility in Oregon.

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