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Homeland Security

DHS Moving Out on Next-Gen BioWatch Acquisition Plan

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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ready to begin testing and eventually procuring the next-generation of biological detectors that will eventually be deployed in major urban areas of the U.S. in both indoor and outdoor environments to quickly alert authorities of a possible release of potentially harmful and even deadly pathogens. The DHS Office of Health Affairs (OHA) last week released a Request for Information for potential sources and market research for the upcoming test and evaluation and acquisition…

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Thursday markup of the FY 2027 defense authorization bill rejected an amendment to cut funding for the new Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)), but did agree […]

Congress

HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Thursday rejected a Democrat-led proposal to cut the $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by $150 billion, as the […]

HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]

Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]