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Largest Croatian Bank Deploys Aladdin eToken Devices for Secure eBanking		Adaptive Materials Achieves 12-hour, 40 Mile UGV Demonstration
BALTIMORE - Aladdin Knowledge Systems, a global leader in information security now affiliated under common management with SafeNet, Inc., today announced that Zagreba?ka bank, the largest bank in Croatia, has deployed Aladdin eToken NG-Flash to customers using its e-zaba online banking services. Aladdin eToken NG-Flash is the premiere USB-based PKI authentication solution, combining smartcard authentication with encrypted flash memory to provide strong user authentication, identity and access management tools and strong encryption to store and protect sensitive data and applications. Zagrebacka bank, a member of the UniCredit Group, is the leading bank in Croatia in the quality of its products and services, technological innovation and the number of clients. It has approximately 1.2 million clients and accounts for one fourth of total bank loans, leading the market in providing housing loans and almost one third of overall bank deposits.		ANN ARBOR, MICH. - Adaptive Materials, the leader in portable power from solid oxide fuel cells, recently completed a 64-kilometer (40 mile), 12-hour test drive of an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). Completed at Camp Grayling in Grayling, Mich., this achievement demonstrates that Adaptive Materials' 150-watt fuel cell system, powered by globally-available propane, enables unprecedented UGV endurance capabilities. "Demonstrating the duration capabilities of a UGV in a rugged, real-world environment is a critical milestone in aligning the Adaptive Materials fuel cells with the potential of UGVs," said Michelle Crumm, chief business officer. "UGVs are limited now by the power provided through batteries; on battery power, UGVs can only travel so far or sit and sense for a limited period of time before the battery needs to be charged or replaced. By leveraging the proven, reliable power of an Adaptive Materials fuel cell, UGVs can achieve ultra-long duration and long range missions."
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GE Security's Explosive Detection Technology Receives Transportation Security Administration Certification		AlarmPoint Systems Saves Global Financial Services Firm $2 Million with Mobile IT Infrastructure Management
Bradenton, Fla. - GE Security Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions announced that the Itemiser® DX, desktop explosives trace-detection equipment, has successfully completed the rigorous TSA certification process in the DHS Transportation Security Laboratory, as well as extensive operational testing in a live airport environment. As the latest GE trace detector to receive TSA certification, the Itemiser DX provides effective threat substance identification, including even the most complex explosive substances from a single sample. GE Security's flexible, lightweight detector simultaneously analyzes both positive and negative ions, which allows for the ultimate explosive contraband detection. Similar in appearance to the GE Itemiser3, this trace detector was designed to be more sensitive and can identify a larger number of threat substances.		PLEASANTON, CA - AlarmPoint Systems, provider of the leading Alert Management platform, today announced a global financial services firm has saved $2 million by using AlarmPoint's Alert Management and Mobility solutions. The Firm has accelerated core IT processes by enabling personnel with Mobile IT Infrastructure Management capabilities. This new paradigm in IT Operations and Service Management leverages the use of targeted, actionable alerts with instant, mobile access to core applications required to maintain IT service levels. The Firm was using an internally developed alerting system until it became apparent that the requirements of the business were outpacing the systems capabilities. With 79,000 daily notifications to over 59,000 mobile staff spread across a global infrastructure, the Firm required AlarmPoint's Mobile Gateway to allow web-based interactive access to management systems from mobile devices, decrease SMS message costs and accelerate the service restoration process. The decrease in SMS messaging costs alone saves the company over $350,000 annually.
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Smiths Detection Reaches Five Year Agreement with the Federal Protective Service		Comprehensive Health Services Demonstrates Security Compliance With RedSeal Systems
Pine Brook, NJ, 13 July 2009 - Smiths Detection today announces it has reached a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for critical infrastructure security systems to help protect U.S. government buildings across the country. Federal Protective Service (FPS), an operational division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), part of the Department of Homeland Security, chose Smiths Detection's sophisticated X-ray systems to help pinpoint any potential threat items. The advanced X-ray systems will be used to screen employees' and visitors' personal bags and other belongings, as well as packages and deliveries before entering the building. These solutions enable the FPS to protect entry points, loading docks and other accessible areas. The systems will be delivered and installed over the course of the five-year program.		San Mateo, Calif. - RedSeal Systems, Inc., the leading vendor of security posture management solutions, announced that Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (CHS), the largest independent provider of onsite workforce health centers and national examination programs, has selected RedSeal's software to achieve, maintain and prove compliance with industry security regulations and best practices. "As a healthcare company, demonstrating HIPAA compliance is critical, especially with the introduction of ARRA and HITECH initiatives. RedSeal's risk management software helps us ensure that as custodians of people's personal and medical information we are in a better position to safeguard that data," said Ryan Trost, Director of Security and Privacy at CHS and author of Practical Intrusion Analysis.
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Defense Group Saab Signs Corporate Agreement with IFS		General Dynamics Awarded $11 Million by Perot Systems to Provide Enterprise Support at Fort Monmouth
Milwaukee WI -- Saab AB has signed a corporate agreement with IFS to deepen the cooperation between the parties and to position the group for new business opportunities. The agreement covers licenses, consulting, support, and maintenance of IFS Applications for the entire group. Several companies within Saab currently use IFS Applications for after-sales services, design and manufacturing, MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul), engineering, supply-chain management, and project management. Saab has been a customer of IFS since 1994 and has a long-term strategy of increasing its use of IFS Applications across the group to achieve greater efficiency within IT. One example is the business units that manufacture aerostructures and related sub-systems for commercial aviation as well as the military market such as the JAS Gripen, Saab Aerostructures, which in 2006 carried out a successful consolidation of 59 self-developed or customized systems into one common system—IFS Applications.		FAIRFAX, Va. - General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics has been awarded an $11 million, three-year task order by Perot Systems Government Services, Inc., to support the U.S. Army at Fort Monmouth under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions–2 Services (ITES-2S) contract vehicle. As a subcontractor to Perot Systems, General Dynamics will provide a full range of command, control, communications, computers and information management (C4IM) support and services to the Fort Monmouth Directorate of Information Management. Support will include systems administration, e-mail administration, help desk and desktop support, network operations and security, information assurance and network maintenance.
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Check Point Establishes a New Standard in Endpoint Security		Overwatch Geospatial Systems Releases RemoteView 3.0.6 Featuring V-TRAC and RVConnect
Redwood City, CA - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced Check Point Endpoint Security R72™, a groundbreaking, new version of the industry's only single agent for endpoint security. The new release incorporates revolutionary technologies to improve end-user simplicity and advance endpoint security. New Check Point WebCheck™ browser security protects enterprise PCs against the rising number of Web-based threats with a seamless, transparent end-user experience while OneCheck single authentication which unlocks all endpoint security subsystems and VPN Auto-Connect further simplify usability. "New technologies for protecting endpoints must be adopted if businesses are to successfully guard themselves against the onslaught of Web-based attacks," said Gil Shwed, chairman and chief executive officer at Check Point. "Our focus is to provide not only the most advanced security for customers, but also the most simple and easy end- user experience."		Sterling, VA & Redlands, CA -- Overwatch Geospatial Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced the release of its RemoteView 3.0.6 software upgrade featuring two new product extensions: RVConnect and V-TRAC. RVConnect links RemoteView with ESRI's ArcMap while V-TRAC offers a full motion video (FMV) exploitation tool. RemoteView now provides geospatial intelligence (GeoINT) analysts with a desktop FMV analysis capability and real-time interoperability with ESRI's leading geographic information system application, ArcGIS. In working interactively with ESRI's ArcGIS, RemoteView 3.0.6 offers a new level of efficiency for GeoINT analysts. With the coordination of RVConnect, redundant workflow processes are eliminated by viewing shared real-time data in both applications. The automated sharing of layers and symbology improves efficiency by reducing the creation and display time, and it leverages ESRI's geodatabase layers and feature classes for improved output quality in RemoteView.
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LaBarge Awarded $12 Million in Contracts from Kaman Aerospace for BLACK HAWK Helicopter Program		Molycorp Minerals and Arnold Magnetic Technologies Announce JV to Manufacture Rare Earth Magnets in the U.S.
ST. LOUIS, MO. LaBarge, Inc. has been awarded contracts valued at approximately $12 million from Kaman Aerospace Corporation to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for several models of the Black Hawk helicopter. The Company anticipates additional follow-on orders. Kaman is a subcontractor to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., on the Black Hawk helicopter program. The LaBarge-built wiring harnesses will be installed in cockpits of the UH-60M and UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters, and the HH-60M and HH-60L Medevac models. The Black Hawk helicopter is a U.S. Army multi-mission combat assault helicopter that transports troops, weapons systems and supplies.		GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. & ROCHESTER, N.Y. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Molycorp Minerals, LLC ("Molycorp") and Arnold Magnetic Technologies Corporation ("Arnold") announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent to form a Joint Venture for the production of Rare Earth magnets in the United States. Details of the proposed Joint Venture were not disclosed. Mark A. Smith, CEO of Molycorp said, "We are very excited to be working with Arnold, one of the world's leading magnet producers, to complete what will be a key step in Molycorp's strategy of going from mining to magnets. This Joint Venture with Arnold will provide Molycorp with access to the technology, people and facilities to take the rare earth materials produced by Molycorp at its Mountain Pass, California operation and convert them into the high performance permanent magnets required for the production of hybrid and electric cars, wind power turbines, high-tech applications and numerous advanced defense systems, on which our nation's economy, security and future depend."
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Hurricane Preparations Begin With Protecting Computer Server Data Recommends NetSurity		ICx Technologies Introduces Fido Verdict
MIAMI --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NetSurity, a provider of secure data backup, restoration and virtualization, has begun preparing Florida businesses for the upcoming hurricane season by protecting data on computers and servers with offsite storage of company information. "As many business owners have completed their tax filings, the next priority is preparing for hurricane season with the realization that protecting corporate computer files is a big priority," said Ronny Delgado, president of NetSurity. Delgado and his team of technicians have been installing backup and disaster recovery solutions for business owners to achieve data archiving and, recovery in one solution. Valuable business data is protected as a result of placing the Rapid Restore server in a company's network.		WASHINGTON, (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ICx Technologies, a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, announced today a new product based on a breakthrough in the miniaturization of Raman-based spectroscopy instruments. The company has redefined the field-based-analysis of unknown materials with the introduction of Fido® Verdict™, a palm-size instrument for rapidly identifying suspicious liquids, solids and powdered materials. Building on the Fido pedigree of highly sensitive detection systems, Verdict has been designed to help military and law enforcement officials identify explosives, dangerous liquids, narcotics and other threats commonly listed by agencies such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
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Argon ST: Intelligence at Work

Argon ST is a leading developer of command, control, communications, computers, combat, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems that support operational commanders by producing and delivering information in time to impact critical decisions. In today's fast-paced and highly complex threat environments, Argon ST is driven by an overarching goal to help the warfighter make sense of the technology and threats facing our forces—and provide the capability to beat them. To help our customers make sense of it all, we deliver powerful sensors, innovative systems, integrated networks, and expert services that ensure mission success. At Argon ST, we're known for more than great solutions: we're also known for consistently exceeding our customers' highest expectations.

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