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Homeland Security

Army Command Issues RFI on Behavior Screening

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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

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The Army Materiel Command has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the service's Rapid Equipping Force (REF), which seeks technology that is able to determine an individual's behavioral intent and emotion, the physiological signs of stress, fear or deception that cannot be manipulated. The REF's mission is to rapidly increase mission capability while reducing risk to soldiers and others by equipping operational commanders with off-the-shelf solutions or near-term developmental items that can be researched, developed and acquired quickly. The…

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 […]