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CBP Estimates Three to Five Years to Complete Biometric Entry-Exit at U.S. Airports

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

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CBP Estimates Three to Five Years to Complete Biometric Entry-Exit at U.S. Airports

Customs and Border Protection is estimating it will take between three and five years to complete its deployment biometric entry and exit solutions at U.S. airports, a delay from prior expectations. Then Acting CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said in late 2017 the rollout would take four years after the Trump administration sought to expedite the deployment of facial recognition technology to airports to help verify the departure of foreign nationals from the U.S. on international flights in accordance with their…

Unmanned Systems

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Pentagon

Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation

Pentagon leaders on Wednesday sought to quell concerns over the rate at which the U.S. is employing critical munitions in its military strike campaign against Iran, with lawmakers also pressing […]

Congress

SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]

Congress

Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

Legislation regarding equity investments by the Defense Department in critical mineral supply chains is needed to strengthen the larger defense industrial base and demonstrate to the “free market” that the […]