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Homeland Security

L-3’s Personnel Imager Added To TSA’s Qualified List

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Friday, December 4th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has approved L-3 Communications' ProVision Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) system for use at aviation checkpoints following a two-year test program that included operational evaluations of more than 40 systems at 19 airports. The addition of L-3's active millimeter wave system to the Qualified Products List (QPL) follows a similar approval by TSA in late September of Rapiscan Systems' backscatter- based Secure 1000 AIT system (Defense Daily, Oct. 1). Concurrent with putting the…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]