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• Optex Systems Announces Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Operating Results
• Optex Systems Reports Record Year-End Results
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• Defense Stocks News - Optex Systems Teams With L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. on Laser Interference Filter Solicitation
• Defense Stocks News - Optex Systems Adds Supplemental Information to August 13, 2009 Press Release to Include GAAP Equivalent Numbers

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Defense News Sources

• www.aerospacenews.com/
• www.aviationweek.com/aw/defense/
• www.defense-aerospace.com/
• www.defensenews.com
• defence.janes.com/
• www.defenselink.mil/news/
• www.defenseindustrydaily.com/
• www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/
• www.defense-update.com/
• nationalhomelandsecurityknowledgebase.com/Feeds/main.xml

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• Defense Stock News, Honeywell (NYSE:HON) Awarded Army Contract to Maintain Presidential Hotline (Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 PDT)  PHOENIX - March 19, 2010 (Investorideas.com Defense Stocks Newswire) - Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced today that it has been awarded an $8.4 million five-year U.S. Army contract for the operation and maintenance of the Detrick Earth Station
• Defense Stocks News; ITT Awarded U.S. Army Qatar Base Operations Support Contract (Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:00:00 PDT)  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - March 17, 2010 - (Investorideas.com Defense Stocks Newswire) The U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) a contract to provide supply, food service, transportation, public works, community service, medical, safety, environmental, fire, and postal operations support
• Mobile Wastewater Treatment/Recycling System Selected for San Diego-based Navy Explosives Unit (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:00:00 PDT)  Dallas, TX - March 16, 2010 (Investorideas.com Water Stocks Newswire) - A transportable Waste Water Treatment and Effluent Recycling Unit, made by Global Water Group, Inc. (Dallas, TX, USA), has been selected by the U.S. Navy to support its San Diego-based Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operations.

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• Protalix Initiates A Phase I Clinical Trial Of Acetylcholinesterase For Biodefense Indications (Medical News Today) (Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:42:09 GMT)  Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE-Amex: PLX) announced that it has initiated a phase I clinical trial of PRX-105, the Company's plant cell expressed pegylated recombinant human acetylcholinesterase product candidate in development for biodefense indications. The trial is designed to study the safety of PRX-105 by administering a bolus intravenous injection of PRX-105 in healthy volunteers ...
• Protalix BioTherapeutics commences clinical trial of human acetylcholinesterase for biodefense indications (News-Medical-Net) (Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:58 GMT)  Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a phase I clinical trial of PRX-105, the Company's plant cell expressed pegylated recombinant human acetylcholinesterase product candidate in development for biodefense indications. The trial is designed to study the safety of PRX-105 by administering a bolus intravenous injection of PRX-105 in healthy volunteers.
• Protalix Initiates a Phase I Clinical Trial of Acetylcholinesterase for Biodefense Indications (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) (Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT)  Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a phase I clinical trial of PRX-105, the Company's plant cell expressed pegylated recombinant human acetylcholinesterase product candidate in development for biodefense indications. Â The trial is designed to study the safety of PRX-105 by administering a bolus intravenous injection of PRX-105 in healthy volunteers. Â The U.S.

Biodefense News and Research Resources

• Links to Anthrax Information, Chem/Bio Terrorism News, Government Emergency Preparedness Programs and related news and industry sites: http://www.certip.org/resources/links.html NIAID: Biodefense: Public/Media: Factsheets and Overviews.Read more
• Biodefense Publications at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
• http://www.certip.org/resources/links.html
• The NBC Medical Defense Information Server
• Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute
• Harvard Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation
• CBIAC (Chemical Warfare/Chemical Biological Defense (CW/CBD) Information Analysis Center)
• Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation/Chemical and Biological Defense (DATSD(CP/CBD)) DATSD(CP/CBD).
• U.S. Army Soldier Biological and Chemical Command
• SBCCOM RDA Enterprise Edgewood SiteArmy's R&D center for chemical and biological defense technology, engineering, and service.
• Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project
• Chemical and Biological Weapons Resource Page
• Countering the Anthrax Threat
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Center for Defense Information
• Homeland Security Research: www.hsrc.biz Mass Transit-Related Railway Terror Mitigation The 7/7 London mass transit attack is a tragic reminder to the high vulnerability of the E.U. and U.S. to these types of terror attacks.
• Biological Info: usamriid.detrick.army.mil
• Chemical Info: ccc.apgea.army.mil
• Radiological Info: www.afrri.usuhs.mil
• NBC Info: www.nbc-med.org
• HAZMAT Info: hazmat.dot.gov
• 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook: hazmat.dot.gov/gydebook.htm
• Emergency Response to Terrorism: www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/ertss.pdf
• Public Health Emergency Response: www.bt.cdc.gov
• Project BioShield: Links and Info On July 21, 2004, President Bush signed into law Project BioShield, which provides new tools to improve medical countermeasures protecting Americans against a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) attack.  http://www.aamc.org http://www2.niaid.nih.gov http://www.caci.com http://www.fpc.state.gov
• Medical - Chemical and Biological Defense Related Sites
• Michigan State Biodefense Resources: http://www.msms.org/biodefense
• One-stop access to U.S. Government avian and pandemic flu information. Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
• Bioterrorism Resources LHS-U: Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana: UIC University Library: www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsu/resources/Bioterrorism.shtml
• Bioterror Links: http://www.aana.com/links/bioterror.asp
• BioDefense Fact Sheet
• Yahoo News - Terrorism & 9/11
• SecEUR, located in Brussels, specialises in providing up-to-date information and analysis on EU and NATO homeland security policy developments and their impact on public and private players. We pay special attention to the EU's rapidly expanding support for dual-use technologies and homeland security (HS) research objectives, and what these mean for business, government and other stakeholders.

Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Information

• Biological Info: usamriid.detrick.army.mil  

• Chemical Info: ccc.apgea.army.mil  

• Radiological Info: www.afrri.usuhs.mil  

• NBC Info: www.nbc-med.org  

• HAZMAT Info: hazmat.dot.gov  

• 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook: hazmat.dot.gov/gydebook.htm  

• Emergency Response to Terrorism: www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/ertss.pdf 

• Public Health Emergency Response: www.bt.cdc.gov 

Biodefense Industry Experts and Analysts

• Sharon Seiler, Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Punk, Ziegel & Company (http://www.pzk.com/)
• Frost and Sullivan Aerospace & Defense Industry Portal
• The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Biodefense: For Researchers http://www.niaid.nih.gov, http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/research
• BiodefenseEducation.org is a Biodefense Digital Library and Learning Collaboratory intended to serve as a source of continuing education on biodefense, bioterrorism and biological warfare. http://www.biodefenseeducation.org/
• http://www.bioterrorismdetectors.com/bioterrorismexpert/
• Responding First to Bioterrorism
  Expert-selected Web resources for "First Responders" on bioterrorism and public safety, with a search engine of more than 3,000 related Web pages. http://www.nap.edu/shelves/first/

Terrorism News

• CNN's Tracking Terror
• C-SPAN: Response to Terrorism
• MSNBC Terrorism and Security News
• The Washington Post: National Security

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• Project BioShield - Challenging and Strengthening the Biodefense Arena - A report on the growth of the biodefense arena in light of the challenges and opportunities realized through Project BioShield. Punk, Ziegel & Company's Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Sharon Seiler provides perspective on the current environment under BioShield, while Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDQ: HEPH), VaxGen Inc. (OTC.PK: VXGN), Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: AEMD) and Acambis plc (LSE: ACM, NASDAQ: ACAM)reveal industry insights. click here
• Countermeasures against Bioterrorism and Biowarfare - Are We Prepared? As the Homeland Security Department increases the priority level placed on bioterrorism, and the government pushes forward in the development of Project BioShield, the necessity for evolved and adaptive technology and methods to prevent and resolve such threats, becomes a major focus for National Security and the industry at large.
• Homeland Security Play May Rise on Bio-terror Defense Breakthroughs Tiny homeland defense play and biotech company SIGA Technologies (SIGA) is so small, it's surely off the radar screens of most investors. It has a market cap of just $40 million. But recently, top managers have been snapping up shares for $1.44 to $1.68 - around current levels.
• President Bush Signs Into Law US Intelligence Bill dated December 17th, 2004 On Friday morning President Bush signed into law the largest revamp of U.S. intelligence gathering in 50 years.
• Major Vaccine contract boosts share price. More to come VaxGen Inc. has finally received the contract to supply 75 million doses of Anthrax vaccine to the US government. The contract is worth $877.5 million dollars.

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Biodefense News Sources

• Chemical and Biological - Yahoo! Links
• Information related to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) warfare, defense, and domestic preparedness, click here.
• WashingtonPost.com

Defense and Homeland Security Indices

• The Amex Defense Index (DFI) is an equal dollar weighted Index designed to represent a cross section of widely held, highly capitalized companies involved in providing systems, equipment and services to the United States government and its allies for the purpose of supporting military, defense and intelligence efforts. The component stocks operate in industry segments that include, but are not limited to, military aircraft manufacturing, shipbuilding, ground transportation, aerospace instrumentation and technology, specialized communication and radar systems, ammunition and weapon systems.
• The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index.
• SPADE(TM) Defense Index - The ISBC, in cooperation with the American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) announced the launch of a new proprietary index to benchmark the performance of securities in the defense, homeland security, and space marketplace. The SPADE (TM) Defense Index, began publication on July 6 and has been assigned the symbol "DXS". Eligible companies are determined on a quarterly basis using a range of criteria including a market capitalization greater than $100 million; a minimum $5.00 daily price; average daily trading volume in excess of 50,000 shares; and quarterly revenues of at least $10 million. Currently, 51 companies comprise the index. (more info)
• S&P Sector Indices Brochure

Homeland Security Funds and Venture Capital Investing

• C.E. Unterberg, Towbin - supplies capital and financial advice to companies with market capitalization of up to $1 billion in the technology, healthcare and global security industries: http://www.unterberg.com
• CapitalSource (click here)
  CapitalSource (NYSE: CSE). The Security Lending group at CapitalSource provides senior and mezzanine loans from $1-50 million to US companies who protect life, property and the Homeland. Our security industry portfolio and target clients serve both the private and public sectors and are service, manufacturing and technology companies.
• Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technologies (CCAT) - supports technologies that will soon prove vital to homeland security efforts: http://www.ccatsandiego.org
• Chesapeake Innovation Center for Homeland Security Technologies - a business accelerator and channel partner for organizations that create and purchase homeland and national security-related high technology http://www.cic-tech.org/
• Commerce Funding - Funding for government contractors: http://www.commercefunding.com
• Equity International, Inc. - U.S. and International resource for facilitating the involvement of the corporate sector in homeland and global security, global reconstruction, emergency management, and disaster response. http://www.equityinternational.tv/
• In-Q-Tel - investing in our Nation's Security:  http://www.in-q-tel.org/
• Homeland Security Investment Banking - ProFinance(tm) Associates, Inc.: an investment banking firm headquartered in San Diego, provides M & A and financing advisory services to companies in high gross margin, repetitive income service industries, and to specialty finance companies. The electronic security industry has been an area of specialization for ProFinance since its inception in 1985. ProFinance is the originator and Michael is Chair of the Securing New Ground(tm) conference (www.securingnewground.com), the leading information and networking conference focused on the electronic security field in the U.S. ProFinance is also the originator and Michael is Chair of The Security Network (www.thesecuritynetwork.org), a San Diego-based organization to promote the San Diego region as a Center of Excellence for the development of dual usage security technologies and to become a national forum for collaborative work in the security field. Michael B. Jones, President, ProFinance Associates, Inc. (click here)
• Paladin Capital Group - Homeland Security Fund: http://www.paladincapgroup.com

Biodefense Industry Associations

• The American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) was founded in 1984 to promote biosafety as a scientific discipline and serve the growing needs of biosafety professionals throughout the world. Its goals are to provide a professional association that represents the interests and needs of practitioners of biological safety, and to provide a forum for the continued and timely exchange of biosafety in formation. (more info)
• The Association of Academic Health Centers (AHC) is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health of the people by advancing the leadership of academic health centers in health professions education, biomedical and health services research, and health care delivery. (more info)
• The Center for Biosecurity is an independent, nonprofit organization of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). The Center works to affect policy and practice in ways that lessen the illness, death, and civil disruption that would follow large-scale epidemics, whether they occur naturally or result from the use of a biological weapon. (more info)
• CiMeRC is a university-based, pre-planning organization for biological preparedness. CiMeRC should be viewed as a resource. In the event of an incident, please contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and/or your local and State Health Department. (more info)
• The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) represents physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. IDSA's purpose is to improve the health of individuals, communities, and society by promoting excellence in patient care, education, research, public health, and prevention relating to infectious diseases. (more info)

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Publications

• NIAID Research
• CRN Research
• upmc-biosecurity.org

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