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After Lapse, DHS Office Renewing Focus On Nuke Detection Architecture

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 16th, 2021

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After Lapse, DHS Office Renewing Focus On Nuke Detection Architecture

The Department of Homeland Security office responsible for coordinating policies and purchasing equipment to counter weapons of mass destruction and related chemical and biological threats lost its focus on assessing risks from nuclear and radiological threats to the homeland but is bringing that back and plans to expand these efforts, the acting head of the agency said last Friday. “We are bringing that back…and I want to expand it,” Gary Rasicot, acting assistant secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

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Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

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Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]