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Defense, Contracts, Electronic Countermeasures

SAIC To Support Anti-Bomb Training

Bruce V. Bigelow 12/22/08

The Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in Charleston, SC, has awarded a $17 million task order to SAIC, the San Diego defense contractor, to support a training program for countering IEDs, or improvised explosive devices. The program trains Marine Corps engineers to defuse roadside bombs and other booby-traps, and in using electronic warfare countermeasures to jam signals intended to trigger IEDs.

Bruce V. Bigelow is the editor of Xconomy San Diego. You can e-mail him at bbigelow@xconomy.com or call 858-202-0492


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