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PALO ALTO, Calif., July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Space Systems Company’s (LMSSC) Advanced Technology Center (ATC) has won a 5-year $7 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate for the Complex Event Modeling Simulation and Analysis (CEMSA) project. Under the CEMSA contract, SSC will develop a new modeling, simulation and analysis infrastructure that can be integrated with existing DHS systems to provide advanced capabilities to assess, within a short decision window, the interdependencies and cascading effects on Critical Infrastructures and Key Resources (CIKR) when dealing with multiple, concurrent disruptions.

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Support from the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon to secure the release of hostages – seafarers, in the main – currently being held by pirates in Somalia has been sought, via a letter jointly signed by IMO Secretary-General Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos and heads of international shipping and seafarer organizations.

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ST. LOUIS, July 29, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced it has completed its acquisition of Narus, a leading provider of real-time network traffic and analytics software used to protect against cyber attacks and persistent threats aimed at large Internet Protocol networks.

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KAUAI, Hawaii, July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –The Republic of Korea ship Sejong the Great, supported by the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), successfully completed a three-week series of trials for the ship’s combat system.

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GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 28, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) as a corporate member and the first systems integrator to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing. Lockheed Martin will support the Cloud Security Alliance’s initiatives through collaboration and partnership with other alliance members to address key security concerns and trust issues pertaining to adoption of cloud computing.

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Lockheed Martin engineer inside mine with MagneLink MCS unit

BRUCETON, Pa., July 21, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) conducted an in-mine test of its MagneLink(TM) Magnetic Communication System (MCS).

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Data transfer through solid steel

Farnborough, UK – A revolutionary technology developed by BAE Systems that allows data to pass wirelessly through several inches of solid steel could save millions of pounds in the way submarines are designed, built and maintained. It also promises to enhance protection offered to soldiers using armoured fighting vehicles.

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Panther armoured vehicle with stealthy covering

Farnborough, UK – A revolutionary “stealth overcoat” developed by BAE Systems scientists and engineers makes military vehicles and equipment in the field much harder to spot.

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Farnborough, UK – BAE Systems’ investment in helping highly innovative small and medium sized businesses accelerate their own technologies is delivering significant advances in face and iris recognition that could benefit national security.

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Killer Moat is becoming a false legend. The growth of shrines to recent dead has been a growing British phenomena. Moat is the latest to build a posthumous fan club.

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