A Maryland-based armor manufacturer will now provide soft body armor to the U.S. Marine Corps, thanks to a 5-year, $42.7 million contract awarded to them from the Marines on Wednesday.

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The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. in Baltimore a $207.3 million contract for production of radar systems, the company announced. The system, known as Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar, or G/ATOR, is designed for multiple tasks, including air ...

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TeleCommunication Systems Inc., of Annapolis, a provider of mobile communication technology, on Thursday announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency has exercised the first option year for services to the Marine Corps, worth $13.7 million. Under the contract extension, which ...

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WASHINGTON — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has “no place ...

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When Steven H. Levin drove to Marine Corps Base Quantico to see a client who had been court-martialed, he asked a guard at the gate how to get to the brig.

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The former Hechinger’s and Burlington Coat Factory stores at the corner of Hillen Road and Argonne Drive in northeast Baltimore are now history. The site today is cleared — and ready for development to begin on a $72 million business ...

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Sodexo Inc. of Gaithersburg, a provider of food and facilities management services to the corporate, education and health care markets, said it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Marine Corps to provide food services for up to seven ...

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Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. plans to cut 1,500 jobs in its airplane-making business, saying it needs to cut costs due to the prospect of limited defense spending. The announcement Thursday comes two weeks after the company announced 1,200 job ...

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WASHINGTON — Delta Air Lines hastily changed its baggage fees for troops Wednesday after a YouTube video showed soldiers complaining that they had to pay $200 apiece to check extra bags as they made their way home from Afghanistan. The ...

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WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices on Wednesday pondered the vexing question of whether the father of a dead Marine should win his lawsuit against a fundamentalist church group that picketed his son’s funeral. The complexity and weightiness of the First ...

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