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Homeland Security

General Atomics Nabs Potential $68M CBP Award for Predator Services

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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded General Atomics a potential $67.6 million time and materials contract for operational and maintenance services in support of the agency's Predator unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). General Atomics' Aeronautical Systems Co. supplies the Predator UAS to CBP. CBP says the exact times and quantities of future deliveries are unknown so the contract has the flexibility to order services as needed. The agency also says it is unrealistic to anticipate costs with any degree of…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]