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Defense award goes to Wisconsin instead of Tampa

2013-03-29 06:35:57| Appliances - Topix.net

DSE Inc. , a Tampa-based military ordinance manufacture, appears to have been snubbed for a share of a $64.5 million U.S. Army contract to produce 40mm practice and tactical ammunition.

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Military and Defense Training Document

2013-03-28 13:30:06| electronicsweb News Articles

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U.S. Defense Department Stands by Its Oil Sands Fuel

2013-03-27 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe and Mail: The U.S. Defence Department has rebuffed an environmentalist campaign to stop it from using fuel processed from oil sands crude, saying there would be no environmental benefit and such a move would be impractical. In a decision posted on the U.S. federal register last week, the department said its use of products from the oil sands had "no significant impact" on the environment, and therefore did not require it to change its procurement practices. The Defence Logistical Agency purchased $12.6-billion...

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Water as vital to national security as defense, U.N. says

2013-03-22 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on Friday. About 145 nations share river basins with their neighbors and need to promote cooperation over a resource likely to be disrupted by more frequent floods and heatwaves, it said. "In the past few decades, definitions of security have moved beyond a limited focus on military risks and conflicts,"...

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