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TSA Awards Akal Security $151M for Airport Screening Services

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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

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AKAL Security, Inc., has received a potential five-year, $150.8 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide comprehensive passenger screening security services at Kansas City International Airport in Missouri. The contract was awarded under the Screening Partnership Program (SPP) and has a one-year base period and four one-year options. The incumbent contractor at Kansas City International is FirstLine Transportation Security, Inc., who received a potential $173 million contract from TSA in 2006 under the SPP effort, which allows airports…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]