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Homeland Security

Firm Installs Screening Equipment for Air Cargo but Business is Slow

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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

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National Cargo Screeners, Inc. (NCSI), a third party Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF), recently installed new X-Ray and Explosive Trace Detection screening equipment to help airlines, freight forwarders and manufacturers meet an Aug. 2010 deadline for the screening of all air cargo for explosives but business is light for now, a company official says. The cargo screening business is relatively "dead" now because airlines aren't charging fees to do the screening themselves and because various exemptions in the current federal…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]