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Homeland Security

DHS Moving Ahead With Plans For New Bio-Detection System

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021

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DHS Moving Ahead With Plans For New Bio-Detection System

The Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office is moving forward with its plan for a next-generation national bio-detection system to the second stage of the acquisition life-cycle and is seeking feedback from industry on its ability to meet notional requirements. The CWMD Office on Feb. 1 released a Request for Information (RFI) for its potential acquisition of a Biological Detection for the 21st Century (BD21) system of systems, saying the program has been approved to…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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Congress

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

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