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Homeland Security

L-3’s Personnel Imager Added To TSA’s Qualified List

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Friday, December 4th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has approved L-3 Communications' ProVision Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) system for use at aviation checkpoints following a two-year test program that included operational evaluations of more than 40 systems at 19 airports. The addition of L-3's active millimeter wave system to the Qualified Products List (QPL) follows a similar approval by TSA in late September of Rapiscan Systems' backscatter- based Secure 1000 AIT system (Defense Daily, Oct. 1). Concurrent with putting the…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

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 […]

Congress

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 […]

Army

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 […]