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Wednesday Security Industry

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

Navy contracts for KC-130J engine support
INDIANAPOLIS, April 22 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has awarded a follow-on contract to Rolls-Royce to provide engine-support services for the KC-130J tanker aircraft.

Nanocomp awarded development deal
CONCORD, N.H., April 22 (UPI) — The U.S. Air Force has contracted Nanocomp Technologies Inc. to continue development of its carbon nanotube technologies for potential aerospace applications.

Raydiance delivers laser to NAVSEA
PETALUMA, Calif., April 22 (UPI) — Raydiance Corp. has delivered an ultrafast laser technology to the U.S. Navy under a contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command.

LM to compete for Battle Command contracts
TINTON FALLS, N.J., April 22 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has selected Lockheed Martin to compete for future network-centric command and control task orders.

Army contracts for GD MACS technologies
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 22 (UPI) — General Dynamics has been contracted by the U.S. Army to deliver its Modular Artillery Charge System munitions technologies.

Raytheon to develop land mine detector
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 22 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has contracted Raytheon to develop a laser technology for land mine detection.

Defentect system to be installed at Offutt
NORWALK, Conn., April 22 (UPI) — The U.S. Air Force has contracted Median Communications for the installation of Defentect radiation-detection technologies.

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Tuesday Emerging Threats

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

FBI makes information-sharing appointment
WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) — The FBI announced the appointment of a more than 20-year agency veteran as the new assistant director of its Criminal Justice Information Services division.

Detentions condemned in South Ossetia
ATHENS, Greece, April 21 (UPI) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe head Tuesday called the detention of monitors in Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region unacceptable.

Joint U.N.-Congo operations retake towns
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 21 (UPI) — The United Nations said its joint military operation with Congo has successfully retaken several towns from militia control.

UNAMID headquarters suffers fire
KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 21 (UPI) — An investigation is under way to determine the cause of fire at the U.N.-AU peacekeeping headquarters in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Report shows spike in pirate incidents
LONDON, April 21 (UPI) — The International Maritime Bureau said Tuesday that the first quarter of 2009 has seen a sharp spike in pirate incidents off the volatile coast of Somalia.

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