:

Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

SHARE:

Implant Sciences [IMSC] has shipped over $550,000 in previously unannounced orders of its QS-H150 handheld and QS-B220 desktop explosive trace detectors to multiple customers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Implant says that customers for the handheld system include an international logistics company, a construction company, an airport, and the embassy of a foreign country. The systems will be used for building security and for the screening of air cargo, and airline passengers and baggage. The Domestic…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]