Aerospace Group:

Congress

Neffenger Says TSA Looking To Add CT Technology To Checkpoint

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

SHARE:

Neffenger Says TSA Looking To Add CT Technology To Checkpoint

Peter Neffenger, former TSA Administrator during the Obama administration. Photo: TSA

Screening technology currently used to scan checked baggage at the nation’s airport at relatively high-speeds compared with the X-ray systems in use at checkpoints will be begin testing soon for checkpoint applications, the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told a Senate panel on Tuesday.TSA is looking to pilot test a computed tomography (CT)-based system this summer for checkpoint screening, Peter Neffenger, the agency’s administrator, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.CT systems are used as the…

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]

Budget

Trump’s $1.15 Trillion Request For DoD Is The ‘New Normal,” HASC Chairman Says

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Trump administration’s nearly $1.2 trillion baseline defense budget request for fiscal year 2027 will be adopted and will be the foundation for the “new normal” going forward, […]

Congress

Trump Wants Second Reconciliation Bill On His Desk By June 1

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass and send a second reconciliation bill to his desk by June 1. The deadline follows congressional Republicans’ backing a pursuit […]

Space

Upgrading Current GPS Ground System “Now a Viable Option,” As GPS OCX Problems Continue, Space Official Says

Upgrades to the GPS ground system–the Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP)–is an option under consideration by the Defense Department’s space acquisition chief, as problems continue in fielding the GPS Next Generation […]