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Homeland Security

Coast Guard, New Work Group, Issue BAA For Oil Spill Response Solutions

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Monday, June 7th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The federal government on Friday released a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to collect white papers for potential technology solutions in response to the ongoing oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The BAA was issued by the Coast Guard's Research and Development Center (RDC) and the Interagency Alternative Technology Assessment Program (IATAP) workgroup, which is newly established by Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the National Incident Commander for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Deepwater…

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]

Congress

House Narrowly Votes To Pass $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA, Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0

The House on Wednesday narrowly voted to pass its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill […]