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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…

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Thursday markup of the FY 2027 defense authorization bill rejected an amendment to cut funding for the new Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)), but did agree […]

Congress

HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Thursday rejected a Democrat-led proposal to cut the $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by $150 billion, as the […]

HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]

Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]