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Homeland Security

AAAE, Airports Form Consortium To Help Ease Biometrics Into Employee Security Solution

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Friday, April 4th, 2008

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By Calvin Biesecker The trade group representing the nation's airports and operators from a dozen airports have established a new working group aimed at building on the expertise of the airport community in worker credentialing and access control to bring biometric-based employee security solutions to airports in the future, the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) said yesterday. The group, called the Biometric Airport Security Identification Consortium (BASIC), plans to build on the experiences airports have with employee badging and…

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]

Congress

Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage

The Pentagon estimates the U.S.’ ongoing conflict with Iran has now cost at least $29 billion, while a lead official noted the updated figure does not factor in damage to […]