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Homeland Security

TSA: Initial AIT Deployments Will Have Minimal Effect On Operations

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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The installation this year of 450 whole body imaging systems at some of the nation's airports should fit into existing aviation security checkpoints without significant modifications and their use is expected to barely increase passenger wait times, the acting chief of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told a House panel last week. Some of the airports that will receive the new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) systems have already said they are ready for the machines so "we're…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]