City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 11/09/2007 - Defense industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Larry Dickenson, the head of Boeing Co.'s (NYSE: BA) commercial sales division, is retiring at the end of the year after nearly four decades at the airplane manufacturer, the company said recently. Dickenson will leave Boeing Dec. 31, before he reaches the company's mandatory retirement age of 65. He'll be replaced by Raymond Conner, 52, who has led commercial airplane sales for North, Central and South America for the past 4 1/2 years.

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was honored Nov. 8 by the U.S. Department of Labor as the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Secretary of Labor's Opportunity Award, the federal government's highest award that recognizes exemplary and innovative workplace diversity efforts by federal contractors. The Opportunity Award is among the most desired equal employment opportunity awards. Companies must demonstrate through programs or activities a commitment to and measurable results in enhancing such opportunities for employees of all identities, dimensions, differences and similarities.

Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Information Technology (IT) sector has earned International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 20000-1:2005 certification. The certification benchmarks the company's industry-leading approach and capability in delivering world-class IT managed services, including data center management, services and technical support services to external client organizations as an IT service management provider. The certification is based on the adoption of Information Technology Infrastructure Library best practices.

Emergency Disaster Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. BioDefense, Inc. (OTCBB: UBDE) assists Certified Emergency Response Teams (CERT) in California by donating supplies. These supplies include emergency blankets, disposable gloves and dust masks. All CERT groups that have not been notified can contact Emergency Disaster Systems by calling (866) MyEDSkit or email cs@myedskit.com to receive their supplies. "We would like to support all fire departments, CERT, and volunteers that are assisting the victims of this tragic event," said David Chin, CEO of U.S. BioDefense.

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