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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 1st, 2020

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Tech Developments

Smiths Detection's HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX checkpoint scanner for carry-on bags. Photo: Smiths Detection

South Korean Airport Evaluates Smiths Detection’s Checkpoint CT, UV Disinfection Kit Smiths Detection says that South Korea’s Incheon International Airport has concluded a successful trial of the company’s HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX computed tomography (CT)-based carry-on baggage scanner and is following that evaluation with its new ultraviolet light tray disinfection kit at the airport. The UV kit is proven to kill up to 99.9 percent of microorganisms, including coronaviruses, found on trays at checkpoints and can be retrofitted on existing automated…

Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the two senators from Maine last week pushed back on Navy officials for only requesting one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51) […]

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]