L3 Technologies [LLL] in late May opened a new center in the Washington, D.C., area filled with its aviation security checkpoint technologies to demonstrate, showcase and test current and future capabilities and operational concepts for its domestic and international customers. The intent of the ...

The House Appropriations Committee on June 11 marked up its version of Department of Homeland Security’s fiscal year 2020 spending bill, recommending that Customs and Border Protection assess contractor provided services for border security technology procurement, a radical departure from the ...

A second protest filed by L3 Technologies [LLL] in mid-May of a decision to award the first contract for new checkpoint baggage scanners to Smiths Detection means it will likely be 2020 before deployments of the computed tomography (CT)-based machines will begin, industry officials tell HSR. L3 ...

Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and Ron Woden (Ore.) on Wednesday asked FBI Director Christopher Wray to explain the bureau’s response to a hacking effort by Russia against a U.S. firm that makes election systems software. In their June 12 letter, the senators cite then-Special Counsel ...

The Department of Defense released an updated Arctic Strategy that focused on domain awareness and enhancing operations but also increased attention on Russia and China’s activities. The report said the U.S. Arctic deterrent force “will require agile, capable, and expeditionary forces with ...

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