Companies vie for homeland defense market
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Valued at upward of $140 billion over the next five years, the growing U.S. homeland security market is luring a range of suppliers, including many defense firms hedging against a slowdown in war spending.
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The five top U.S. defense  contractors, communications companies joined on Tuesday with  some European rivals to develop technology standards that will  allow better communication among future weapons systems.
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U.S. Military Contractors Have High Hopes for Sales on the Subcontinent
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While the combined company makes a formidable No.3 player in the wireless market, it may be hard pressed to match the firepower of its larger rivals.
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Strong performances across the Boeing Co.&quot;s defense systems businesses including the C-17 and X-45 programs based in Long Beach and future combat systems in Huntington Beach helped boost third
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Body and vehicle armor company Armor Holdings Inc. said Friday it was selected as one of the companies to receive a Defense Department ceramic body armor contract that could be worth up to $461 million over 36 months.
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The latest deal will provide an edge in the intensely competitive security market.
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No Place to Hide tells how a nationwide obsession with preventing a terrorist attack has drawn lobbyists, cutting-edge technologists and government officials into a new industry. By Ryan Singel.
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Team-up will help the companies compete and fill gaps in both firms' portfolios.
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Bernard Kerik, President Bush's choice to run the Homeland Security Department, made &#36;6.2 million by exercising stock options he received from a company that sold stun guns to the department &#151; and seeks more business with it.
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The company will find a competitive environment after moving aggressively into the security space.
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After decades on the sidelines, U.S. defense contractors are eyeing India's growing military budget and aging arsenal as a multibillion-dollar opportunity that could help offset a projected slowdown in Pentagon weapons spending and extend production lines for such items as the F-16 fighter.
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Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and IBM are vying for a multibillion-dollar contract to build a database for fingerprints and other biometric information that the FBI is set to award this week.
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By Bruce V. Bigelow, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Sep. 14--The Department of Homeland Security said yesterday it will  provide as much as $1.35 billion to three companies, including San Diego's  SAIC, to develop a new type of technology for detecting radioactive bombs.
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The U.S. government's drive for homeland security has produced a boom in antiterror technologies--as well as industry confusion and privacy concerns.
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The Department of Homeland Security's Project Hostile Intent aims to use behavioral profiling technology to catch bad guys posing as good guys. But getting it to work could be a challenge.
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Houston: After HR, Finance and Accounting and supply chain Management, large corporations and government agencies are turning to outside contractors for security.