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Homeland Security

CBP Outlines Needs For New Video Surveillance Towers On Border

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Thursday, February 17th, 2011

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By Calvin Biesecker Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is conducting a market survey for its new persistent wide video surveillance capability it plans to deploy as part of a new and layered technology approach to border security in the wake of terminating the electronic fence component of the Secure Border Initiative last month. The agency this week released a Request for Information (RFI) for the Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) Generation II, which will provide electro-optic and infrared sensor surveillance…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]