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Tech Developments

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…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]