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Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark Consider Nordic Alliance

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Despite setbacks like Norway’s evaluation process during its recent fighter competition, defense cooperation has been such as the Archer artillery project has been growing between Scandinavian countries. Norway, Sweden, and Finland also collaborated as “the Nordic Group” when ordering NH90 helicopters for their armed forces, and have been making purchases of armored vehicles, aerial heavy lift time-shares, aerial surveillance and control systems, and other gear related to the European Union’s proposed Nordic Battlegroup.

In 2009 former Norwegian Defence and Foreign Minister Thorvald Stoltenberg, has presented a 13-point proposal on potential Nordic cooperation in foreign and security policy. That proposal continues to move forward politically.

Up to $63.6M to SAIC for SPAWAR C4ISR Support

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Science Applications International Corp. in McLean, VA received a $47.6 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide technical and engineering support to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific for C4ISR systems.

This 5-year contract includes three 12-month option periods for a total potential period of performance of 8 years and a total potential value of $63.6 million.

SAIC will provide support for the following:

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