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DNDO Hopes Next-Generation Radiation Screener Ready For Certification

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Thursday, April 9th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker By the end of FY '09 the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) hopes to have successfully developed one company's next-generation radiation portal monitor for certification by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the acting head of the agency told Congress last week. Two of the original three contractors remain in the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) program and both companies' systems are in varying stages of testing. Raytheon [RTN] and Thermo Fisher Scientific [TMO] continue to work under contract…

Unmanned Systems

In Response To Flag Concerns, DoD Looks To Reduce Drone Prices, As Order for 30,000 Looms

The Pentagon is bargain shopping for Group 1 drones, as other countries, including Ukraine and China, have taken advantage of consumer electronics-level prices to bolster their stables. “In last spring’s […]

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 […]