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After Lapse, DHS Office Renewing Focus On Nuke Detection Architecture

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 16th, 2021

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After Lapse, DHS Office Renewing Focus On Nuke Detection Architecture

The Department of Homeland Security office responsible for coordinating policies and purchasing equipment to counter weapons of mass destruction and related chemical and biological threats lost its focus on assessing risks from nuclear and radiological threats to the homeland but is bringing that back and plans to expand these efforts, the acting head of the agency said last Friday. “We are bringing that back…and I want to expand it,” Gary Rasicot, acting assistant secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass…

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 […]