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Homeland Security

Advanced Photonix Gets $1M SBIR Award for Terahertz Development

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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

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Terahertz instrumentation supplier Advanced Photonix, Inc. [API] has received a $1 million Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from the Department of Homeland Security to develop and prototype a flexible terahertz instrument that can be marketed as a replacement for nuclear source gauges, which are used in industrial process monitoring and control. The gauges are used to measure thickness or mass in paper, plastics, rubber, foodstuffs and other materials used in manufacturing and packaging. The orphaned status of…

HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy

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Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

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Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

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