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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021

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Leidos ProVision 2 Advanced Imaging Technology scanner. Photo: Leidos

TSA Issues BAA for On-Person Screening; Looking to Improve Existing AIT Systems The Transportation Security Administration has issued a Targeted Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) requesting white papers with concepts to provide “near-term improvement of current security operations and capabilities” for on-person screening (OPS), to include shoe-scanning. In addition to footwear screening, the other technical topic areas under the BAA include enhanced detection performance and throughput, material discrimination, improved data visualization, synthetic data creation, and new countermeasure systems/process. The agency’s current…

Unmanned Systems

Counter-Drone Needs Will Be Addressed In Next NDAA Based On Iran War Lessons, Banks Says

A Republican senator on Armed Services Committee on Thursday said that defending against Iranian drones has been challenge for U.S. warfighters and will be an area of focus in the […]

Pentagon

Pentagon ‘Working Options’ On Iran Supplemental, May Seek Funds For New Capabilities

The Pentagon is “working options” for a potential supplemental spending request to fund the operation against Iran and replenish munitions used in the strike campaign, with a senior official noting […]

Congress

Wicker Backs “Crash Program” To Supply Ukraine With Low-Cost Weapons

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Thursday proposed a rapid effort to supply Ukraine with low-cost weapons to aid that country in turning back Russia. “We […]

Congress

Dem Lawmakers Want To Codify Trump’s Push For More Defense Contractor Accountability

A group of four Congressional Democrats want to codify President Donald Trump’s push to hold defense firms accountable for prioritizing production investments over paying out stock buybacks, and are seeking […]