Homeland Security

General Dynamics C4 Systems – a unit of General Dynamics – landed a four-year, $176 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to provide ongoing services for the national Rescue 21 search and rescue team. May 4

The U.S. Cyber Challenge has kicked off its spring/summer Cyber Foundations competition. In the online competition high schoolers demonstrate their abilities in the three foundational fields of cyber security. Mar 28

University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley will join 18 other members of a newly created academic panel to address national security issues. Mar 5

U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin is urging passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. Feb 22

The Pentagon will eliminate 24 V-22 Osprey aircraft built by Boeing Co. and Textron Inc. from its five-year budget plan, saving $1.75 billion through 2017, according to two U.S. officials. Feb 3

Silver Spoon Bakery in Providence garnered some national attention last week with its “TSA-Compliant Cupcake.” Jan 17

Electric Boat expects to add several hundred manufacturing jobs over the next two years and anticipates a sold work projection until 2020, according to company President John P. Casey. Jan 10

EAST GREENWICH –The New England Institute of Technology is adding cyber-security technology to its information technology program, according to Thomas F. Wylie, senior vice president and provost of NEIT. Jan 7

Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced the new head of the R.I. Emergency Management Agency Friday morning. Jan 6

Pentagon officials may be mismanaging a $2.6 billion program that buys foreign-made helicopters such as the Russian Mi-17 and provides them to U.S. allies, the Defense Department’s inspector general found. Jan 6