Homeland Security
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Homeland SecurityActing Coast Guard Chief Directs Surge Of Assets To Thwart Illegal Activity Near U.S. Borders
Shortly after his boss was fired, acting Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday on Tuesday ordered that service operators surge “all available assets” to areas where illegal migrant, drug smuggling, […]
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Homeland SecurityTrump Taps Long-Time Border Patrol Officer As Acting DHS Chief; Dumps Fagan, Pekoske
President Trump on Monday announced that Benjamin Huffman, who has been part of the Department of Homeland Security and a predecessor agency for 40 years, is acting secretary of homeland […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS Plans Demonstration Of Kinetic Drone Killers
The Department of Homeland Security this summer is planning to assess kinetic capabilities for countering small drones and understand related collateral effects to meet the needs of the department’s components. […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS Approves Start Of Construction For First Polar Security Cutter
The Department of Homeland Security last Thursday approved the Coast Guard’s request to start production of the first domestically-built heavy icebreaker in nearly 50 years, a key milestone on the […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Has Yet To Finalize Costs For Commercial Icebreaker, GAO Says
Even though the U.S. Coast Guard is ready to put its first commercially bought polar icebreaker into the water, the service has not detailed the full costs of the program […]
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Coast Guard Seeks DHS Decision Thursday To Begin Polar Security Cutter Construction
The Department of Homeland Security this week will consider a Coast Guard request to give the nod to Bollinger Shipyards to begin construction of the nation’s first new heavy polar […]
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Unmanned SystemsDHS, FBI Still Can’t Verify Alleged Drone Sightings In New Jersey
A bevy of reports in recent weeks about sightings of unmanned aircraft in Northern New Jersey, including over an Army installation, remain unverified despite more personnel, technology, and “numerous detection […]
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Homeland SecurityState And Local Law Enforcers Need Counter-Drone Authorities Given Limited Federal Resources
Congress should expand current laws to state and local law enforcers that the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice enjoy to detect and counter potential drone threats in the homeland […]
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Air ForceTwo SASC Democrats Urge Biden Policy Directive Barring Unauthorized Use of Military for Deportations
On Nov. 18, President-elect Trump responded, “True!”, to a post on his Truth Social network by the president of the right wing organization, Judicial Watch, that praised a possible national […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Awards $125 Million To Offshore Service Vessels For Commercial Icebreaker
The Coast Guard last week awarded a $125 million contract to Offshore Service Vessels, LLC, to acquire a commercially available polar icebreaker (CAPI) that will help bridge a gap in […]
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