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Homeland Security

Valley Forge, LLNL, Russian Institutes Complete Work on Explosives Detection

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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

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Valley Force Composite Technologies [VLYF], Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Russia's P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute have completed a collaborative Department of Energy Global Initiative for Proliferation Prevention project for airline baggage and cargo explosives detection. Valley Forge says that technical objectives of the project included the development and automation of the accelerator-detector complex for high efficiency detection of hidden explosives. The cooperative research and development agreement project was intended to address the objectives of the Border and Transportation Security…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]