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Homeland Security

TSA Seeks Help Supporting Covert Testing

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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Information from sources with applied statistics and quantitative science in support of a program that uses covert testing to develop performance measures for airport checkpoints and checked baggage screening areas. The tests involve the planting of various threat items on role players--their person or their property--and proceed through the checkpoint or checked baggage screening process to test threat detection capabilities. The test results are combined to generate national pass rates…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]