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GAO Says TWIC Reader Testing Fell Short In A Lot Of Ways

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, May 10th, 2013

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As the Coast Guard nears the end of its final rulemaking process for the deployment of biometric-enabled smart card readers to strengthen port security nationwide, a new government watchdog report says that a $23 million pilot testing program of the readers fell short and that data provided to Congress to justify the use of the reader technology was unreliable and incomplete. For example, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in its report that data the Department of Homeland Security supplied…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]