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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

HASC Wants Info On Army’s Plans To Pursue Autonomous Aerial Delivery, Surface Vessels For Logistics

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) added several measures to its version of the next defense policy bill seeking more details from the Army on efforts to develop future logistics […]

Congress

McConnell: “Safe To Conclude There Will Not Be A Third Reconciliation Bill”

Two top GOP senators on the Senate Appropriations Committee are opposing a third reconciliation bill. The Trump administration’s total $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense request is split between $1.15 […]

Congress

HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW

House defense authorizers added a measure to their version of the next defense policy bill that would expand the list of weapons platforms eligible for multi-year contracts, to include the […]

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]