RALEIGH, N.C., March 18 (UPI) — The U.S. Homeland Security Department has certified a Raytheon emergency-response communication system as a qualified anti-terrorism technology.

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 18 (UPI) — The French General Delegation for Armaments has contracted Communications & Power Industries Inc. for the installation of telemetry antenna technologies.

SAN DIEGO, March 18 (UPI) — General Dynamics marked another advance Tuesday in its work on the U.S. Navy’s T-AKE program by laying the keel for USNS Charles Drew.

ST. LOUIS, March 18 (UPI) — U.S. company Boeing unveiled Tuesday its new F-15 fighter aircraft configuration, designed specifically for the international defense market.

NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has selected aircraft modernization and maintenance company L-3 Communications to compete for simulation and training task orders.

ATLANTA, March 18 (UPI) — U.S. company Armedia has received an order for its Caliente! software to support defense and intelligence initiatives.

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.