Homeland Security
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Homeland SecurityMayorkas Launches Initiatives Focused On China Threat, Artificial Intelligence
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last Friday announced two new initiatives, one aimed at better positioning his department to deal with threats to the homeland posed by China and the […]
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Homeland SecurityFagan: Coast Guard Budget Cut To 2022 Levels Would Cause $500 Million Shortfall
If a House Republican leadership plan to cap fiscal year 2024 discretionary spending at FY ‘22 levels goes forward, the Coast Guard would have an “immediate” $500 million shortfall, the […]
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CyberU.S., International Cybersecurity Partners Issues Guidance For Security-By-Design
The U.S. and a number of its international partners on Thursday issued a roadmap for software manufacturers to design their products with security front and center, a concept contained within […]
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Homeland SecurityAnalogic, IDSS, Smiths Selected To Provide Checkpoint CT Systems Under $1 Billion TSA Contract
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Wednesday said it has awarded orders worth up to $1.3 billion to Analogic, Integrated Defense and Security Solutions (IDSS) and Smiths Detection to provide […]
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Unmanned SystemsDoD Interested In Counter All-Domain UxS Solutions; DHS To Test Kinetic Defeat Of UAS
The Department of Defense last week is seeking solutions to counter unmanned systems (UxS) operating in all domains including the ability to counter autonomous swarms of uncrewed systems. Separately, the […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Hoping For Updated Icebreaker Production Timeline From Bollinger Later This Year
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Following Bollinger Shipyards’ acquisition of Halter Marine last November, the shipbuilder is expected to begin working on production-related prototype efforts soon that will help inform the ongoing detailed […]
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Unmanned SystemsCoast Guard Releases Unmanned Systems Strategy; Expects To Contract For Services
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Coast Guard this week released its first strategy for unmanned systems (UxS), laying out a vision for the capabilities the service will need in the coming decade […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSAF Considering Reuse of Previous Backscatter Sites
The U.S. Air Force said that it is considering reuse of the previous Over the Horizon Backscatter (OTH-B) radar sites to augment the U.S.-Canadian North Warning System (NWS). In fiscal […]
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Sen. Murkowski Concerned That Polar Security Cutter Program In Major ‘Trouble’
Talk in government about the Coast Guard’s new heavy polar icebreaker has turned silent and the fact that that the company contracted to build the polar security cutter (PSC) was […]
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Homeland SecurityFunding Request For Checkpoint CT Would Delay Build Out Until 2042, Pekoske Says
It will take nearly two decades to complete deployments of next-generation checkpoint baggage scanners under the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2024 funding request for the systems, which so far have […]
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