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BAE to upgrade PIM howitzer vehicles
Published: May 16, 2008 at 12:29 PM
YORK, Pa., May 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command has modified a contract with BAE Systems for upgrades on Paladin Integrated Management howitzer vehicles. -
GE to support tank upgrade program
Published: May 16, 2008 at 11:05 AM
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 16 (UPI) -- General Electric's Michigan-based aviation business has been contracted to support the U.S. Army's M1A2 main battle tank upgrade program. -
DHS awards OneNet telecommunications deal
Published: May 15, 2008 at 10:02 PM
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Homeland Security Department has contracted Verizon and AT&T for network consolidation and to establish an intranet for sensitive information.
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Outside View: Russia at war -- Part 1
Published: May 16, 2008 at 12:07 PM
By ILYA KRAMNIK
UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 16 (UPI) -- The scale of the armies engaged, the casualties suffered and inflicted on both sides, and the number of weapons systems deployed in the conflict between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany dwarfed all other theaters of World War II and all conflicts since then. -
Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 3
Published: May 15, 2008 at 7:16 PM
By MARTIN SIEFF
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Russia's landmark sale of transport helicopter assembly kits to be assembled in China could point the way to a vastly larger transformation in global arms production. -
Outside View: Georgia civil war -- Part 2
Published: May 15, 2008 at 12:13 PM
By ILYA KRAMNIK
UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 15 (UPI) -- Georgia's officer corps is said to be riddled with corruption, there are no trained sergeants, only about 50 percent of the nation's military equipment is operational, and coordinated operations in adverse conditions are impossible. -
Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 2
Published: May 14, 2008 at 5:25 PM
By MARTIN SIEFF
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Why has Russia changed its long-established policy and agreed to sell Mi-171 military transport helicopter assembly kits to China? -
Outside View: Georgia civil war -- Part 1
Published: May 14, 2008 at 1:44 PM
By ILYA KRAMNIK
UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 14 (UPI) -- What are the armaments and weapon systems that the former Soviet Republic of Georgia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia could deploy against each other if a civil war broke out between them? -
Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 1
Published: May 13, 2008 at 4:58 PM
By MARTIN SIEFF
UPI Senior News Analyst
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- The long freeze in Russia's enormously lucrative arms trade with China may be coming to an end as the Kremlin has agreed to sell Mi-171 transport helicopter assembly kits to Beijing.
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Partnership for homeland security clients
Published: Oct. 5, 2007 at 11:28 AM
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- New York-based Convergent Security Group announced it has partnered with Olive, Edwards & Cooper to better address clients in the homeland security industry.
Washington-based Olive, Edwards & Cooper is a government-relations, law and public-affairs firm specializing in homeland security and transportation. Convergent Security Group is the homeland security investment banking practice of Legend Merchant Group.
“The homeland security industry that has evolved in recent years provides an unprecedented opportunity for smaller companies to compete for business and align themselves with the established larger contractors in the federal marketplace,” David Olive, a senior partner at Olive, Edwards & Cooper who will join Convergent’s advisory board, said in a statement.
“Legend Merchant’s Convergent Security Group provides unique insight and expertise in helping to grow and finance emerging companies in the sector. We look forward to helping their portfolio companies understand the needs of the federal marketplace.”
Olive previously served as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, who later went on to serve in the initial formation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as the first undersecretary for border and transportation security.
“We have worked with David Olive since our practice started, and he has been instrumental in helping our portfolio security companies access channels within the federal marketplace and in making strategic introductions to leading prime contractors and systems integrators,” said Scott L. Greiper, head of the Convergent Security Group. “This agreement formalizes our relationship and should bring tangible benefits to our clients.”
Washington-based Olive, Edwards & Cooper is a government-relations, law and public-affairs firm specializing in homeland security and transportation. Convergent Security Group is the homeland security investment banking practice of Legend Merchant Group.
“The homeland security industry that has evolved in recent years provides an unprecedented opportunity for smaller companies to compete for business and align themselves with the established larger contractors in the federal marketplace,” David Olive, a senior partner at Olive, Edwards & Cooper who will join Convergent’s advisory board, said in a statement.
“Legend Merchant’s Convergent Security Group provides unique insight and expertise in helping to grow and finance emerging companies in the sector. We look forward to helping their portfolio companies understand the needs of the federal marketplace.”
Olive previously served as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, who later went on to serve in the initial formation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as the first undersecretary for border and transportation security.
“We have worked with David Olive since our practice started, and he has been instrumental in helping our portfolio security companies access channels within the federal marketplace and in making strategic introductions to leading prime contractors and systems integrators,” said Scott L. Greiper, head of the Convergent Security Group. “This agreement formalizes our relationship and should bring tangible benefits to our clients.”
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