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Homeland Security

TSA To Pilot Test New X-Ray System To Image Cars At Ferry Terminal

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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is conducting a three-week pilot test of Spectrum San Diego's CarSCAN X-Ray imaging system in conjunction with the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority to conduct explosives screening on passenger vehicles. CarSCAN was introduced last spring by Spectrum San Diego, offering potential customers a top-down, dual-energy X-Ray transmission imaging capability of passenger vehicles. The X-Rays penetrate through the entire vehicles and produce color-coded images for different thicknesses of organic materials and also allows…

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

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Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]

Congress

House Narrowly Votes To Pass $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA, Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0

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Congress

Senate Appropriators Press On Supplemental’s Requests Beyond Iran Scope, Hegseth Urges Full Funding

Senate appropriators have pressed Pentagon leadership on the decision to include funds in the Iran war supplemental request for items beyond the current military operation, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth […]