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Homeland Security

MDI Gets First Order for CTX 5800; Expects XDi Ready for Launch in 2013

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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

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Morpho Detection, Inc. (MDI) has received its first contract for its new CTX 5800 medium-speed explosives detection system (EDS) and expects its X-Ray diffraction-based checkpoint screening system to be ready in 2013 to meet European requirements for detecting liquid explosives in carry-on bags, company officials tell TR2. The order for a single CTX 5800 is for Mauritius and will be installed in the fourth quarter of 2011, while the international pipeline for these systems is at 50, Dennis Cooke, MDI's…

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 […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]