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Homeland Security

ATR Capability For Body Imagers Still High On False Alarms, TSA’s Kane Says

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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Whole body imaging systems equipped with Automatic Threat Recognition (ATR) software in use for passenger screening at security checkpoints at Amsterdam's Schiphol International Airport are still producing false alarm rates that are unacceptable for deployment of the automated threat detection software on body scanners in use in the U.S., according to the head of security technology programs at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Schiphol is experiencing between 70 and 80 percent false alarms or nuisance alarms, Robin…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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 […]