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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

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Tech Developments

TSA Approves Smiths Detection’s CT System for Air Cargo Screening Tech List Smiths Detection says the Transportation Security Administration has approved the company’s Hi-SCAN 10080 X-Ray computed tomography (XCT) scanner for the Air Cargo Screening Technology List, which serves as the agency’s guide for regulated parties to use when acquiring systems to screen air cargo. The 10080 XCT went through a TSA-sponsored test process to demonstrate it met the standards for security in the aviation sector. The system is also…

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 […]