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Homeland Security

Pilot Tests Show Difficulty of Total Cargo Scanning Overseas

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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

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Pilot testing initiated three years ago in several foreign ports to explore the feasibility of scanning all outbound cargo containers before they are loaded on ships destined for the U.S. has shown a range of challenges, an official that helps oversee the screening programs for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tells TR2. "The lesson's that we've learned, some of them have been very similar from country to country, some of them have been specific to certain countries," Dan Stajcar, director…

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 […]