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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

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]