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Homeland Security

Pistole Notes Screening Benefits Of Trusted Traveler Lanes

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

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When the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) introduces trusted traveler lanes next month at several airports as part of a new pilot project to examine intelligence-driven passenger screening, the benefits will include separate lanes at the checkpoint for these travelers and additional conveniences, TSA Administrator John Pistole said yesterday. The additional conveniences include the vetted passengers not having to take off their shoes or remove their laptop computers from their carrying case as they pass through the trusted traveler lanes at…

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]