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Homeland Security

Marines Plan Chem/Bio Incident Response Force Vendor Day

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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

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The U.S. Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) plans to host a vendor day on May 18 in Indian Head, Md., to provide commercial sources the opportunity to introduce and display their services and equipment that could be beneficial to the command's operational capabilities, promoting new ideas and products within the CBRNE environment. The CBIRF mission statement is to forward deploy and or respond to a credible threat of a CBRNE incident in order to assist local, state…

Congress

Baldwin Concerned With Army’s JLTV ‘Mismanagement,’ Seeks Support For Marines’ Procurement Plans

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) has raised concerns with the “Army’s mismanagement” of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program, and is seeking assurance that the Marine Corps can be supported […]

Congress

SASC Cites Concern With Army’s sUAS Approach, Seeks Info On Plans To Scale Fielding

Senate defense authorizers are seeking more info from the Army on its plans for scaling and deploying small drone capabilities citing concern with the service’s current “fragmented and insufficient” approach. […]

SASC Bill Would Raise Amphib Requirement To 33 Ships

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy bill adds new provisions that would raise the Navy and Marine Corps’ minimum requirement for amphibious warships and extend […]

Army

Army Plans To Initiate ISV-Heavy Competition Later This Year, Official Says

The Army is planning to initiate its competition to build the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV)-Heavy in the fourth quarter of this year, a senior acquisition official has said. Jesse Tolleson, […]