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Homeland Security

Amid Further Delays, DHS Reviewing SBInet Options

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Friday, January 22nd, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Ongoing issues with different systems and components of the Secure Border Initiative's virtual fence project, dubbed SBInet, is leading to further delays in the program that, in turn, have led the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to undertake a formal review of program options that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had been mulling less formally, CBP's lead official on SBI said yesterday. The formal review was directed by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and is being structured…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

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Budget

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The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

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