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Homeland Security

NIJ Investing In New Camera, Robotic Technologies to Defeat IEDs

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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

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The ability to detect and deter improvised explosive devices (IED) is leading the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to fund research into advanced camera systems, tools for robots, and standards for protective clothing, according to a top NIJ official. NIJ is the research arm of the Department of Justice. Its focus is on addressing the needs of state, local and tribal criminal justice agencies, which also includes state and local bomb squads and other law enforcement agencies combating the domestic…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]