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Homeland Security

DNDO Awards Johns Hopkins APL $4.8M for Independent Test Analysis

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

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The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has awarded Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) a follow-on $4.8 million contract to provide independent evaluation and analysis support services for nuclear threat technology. APL is doing data quality verification of files collected during testing of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal systems. DNDO currently is doing integration testing on ASP, which involves verifying system performance in a simulated field environment. That testing is slated to finish soon prior to the start of an…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]