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Hearing On Boston Bombings Points To Lapses In Information Sharing By Feds, Value Of Grant Funding

Gally Articola

Friday, May 10th, 2013

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Prior to the terrorist bombings last month in Boston, federal authorities did not share any information they had with law enforcement authorities in the city or state that Russian intelligence officials had provided some type of warning to the FBI about one of the alleged attackers and that the agency had opened an investigation into the individual, according to a May 9 congressional testimony by Massachusetts officials. Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis told the House Homeland Security Committee that he…

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

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Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

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HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]

HASC Bill Funds Second Destroyer, Adds Several Multi-Ship Procurements, Puts Limits On Battleship

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization act, released May 26, largely approved the Navy’s shipbuilding request, but it added funds to […]