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Monday Emerging Threats

From my UPI Emerging Threats beat. Click on headlines to read full story.

Group calls Mugabe’s actions genocide
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) — An international group of experts on genocide has used the term for the first time about the activities of strongman Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.

EU, NATO plan could unravel over dispute
BRUSSELS, Jan. 12 (UPI) — A European Union and NATO effort to stabilize the Balkans could be undermined by a dispute between Greece and Macedonia, the International Crisis Group says.

British police target Afghan poppy growers
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Jan. 12 (UPI) — The British Ministry of Defense Police are working to counter the ongoing heroin threat in England by targeting illicit poppy growers in Afghanistan.

ICRC calls for health worker protections
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 12 (UPI) — The growing threat to health workers in conflict zones has prompted the International Committee of the Red Cross to call for additional protections.

Poland enlists NNSA for counter nuke tech
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Poland has signed a deal with the United States that targets the illicit trafficking of nuclear weapons material through Poland’s border crossings and ports.

Monday Security Industry

From my UPI Security Industry beat. Click on headlines to read story.

Army orders more tactical generators
OAKLAND, N.J., Jan. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has awarded a follow-on contract to Dewey Electronics Corp. for the delivery of additional military tactical generators.

Rolls-Royce has successful first test
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Rolls-Royce’s research arm says a recent test on new engine technologies for the U.S. Air Force was successfully completed.

Vizada to provide Army Corps with SATCOM
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Delta Wave Communications Inc. has contracted Vizada for the company to supply satellite communications services to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

ECC selected to construct METC buildings
BURLINGAME, Calif., Jan. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. Air Force has contracted ECC to support the construction of two buildings for the U.S. military’s Medical Education Training Complex.

LM awarded DDG 51-class modernization deal
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has contracted Lockheed Martin to support a ship modernization program with machinery and engineering services.

Lockheed Martin to support CNIC security
SEABROOK, Md., Jan. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has contracted Lockheed Martin to support the Commander Naval Installations Command with non-guard security.

DARPA awards cybersecurity contracts
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected seven contractors to develop deployable technologies for the National Cyber Range program.