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CBP Expects to Test New Air Cargo Security Strategies This Year

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Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

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In the wake of the foiled air cargo bombing plot last month that originated in Yemen, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to pilot test new security strategies this year related to obtaining data about shipments sooner than current requirements to better identify shipments of concern before an aircraft takes off, the heads of CBP and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) tell Congress. "The receipt of pre-departure advanced air cargo data will enable the NTC-C (National Targeting Center-Cargo) to identify…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]