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Homeland Security

CBP Seeking Sources to Re-Engineer Automated Commercial System

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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information regarding potential sources for a less expensive and more efficient hardware and database platform to operate and maintain its Automated Commercial System, which is a collection of business process applications introduced in 1984 to allow the agency to track, control and process commercial goods and conveyances entering the U.S. for the purposes of enforcing import laws and regulations and for the purpose of collecting duties and taxes owed to…

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]

HASC Bill Funds Second Destroyer, Adds Several Multi-Ship Procurements, Puts Limits On Battleship

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization act, released May 26, largely approved the Navy’s shipbuilding request, but it added funds to […]