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Tuesday Security Industry

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

BAE marks 1,000th CV90 delivery
OERNSKOELDSVIK, Sweden, Jan. 13 (UPI) — BAE Systems recently delivered a CV90 infantry fighting vehicle to the Netherlands, marking a milestone for the company.

DTRA contracts for nuclear tech analysis
MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 13 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency has contracted Alion Science and Technology to support the agency’s nuclear threat detection programs.

KAI contracts GD for gun systems
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 13 (UPI) — Korea Aerospace Industries has contracted U.S. company General Dynamics to support the production of a light trainer aircraft with its gun systems.

Army awards deal for Biometrics Task Force
ASHBURN, Va., Jan. 13 (UPI) — Telos Corp. has been contracted by the U.S. Army to provide the Defense Department with biometrics infrastructure support.

Oshkosh delivers MRAP variant proposal
OSHKOSH, Wis., Jan. 13 (UPI) — Answering a call for a highly mobile mine resistant ambush protected vehicle, Oshkosh Corp. says it has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Army.

ESI releases mobile military shelters
ATLANTA, Jan. 13 (UPI) — U.S. company Emergency Shelters International announced the launch of a mobile shelter system designed to support military operations in remote environments.

Canada contracts for military vehicles
WARRENVILLE, Ill., Jan. 13 (UPI) — The Canadian Department of National Defense has contracted Navistar Defense for the company’s off-the-shelf military vehicles.

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.