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Nuke Agency’s Rad Scanning Crew Again to Rack Up Yardage in Sky Ahead of Super Bowl Sunday

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021

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Nuke Agency’s Rad Scanning Crew Again to Rack Up Yardage in Sky Ahead of Super Bowl Sunday

COVID-19 is not stopping Super Bowl 55, nor stopping the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) annual sweep of background radiation levels at the site of the big game ahead of the coin toss. The semiautonomous Department of Energy nuclear weapons agency will again dispatch its Nuclear Emergency Support Team’s Bell [TXT] 412 helicopter, equipped with passive radiation sensing technology, to map out radiation levels around Tampa, Fla., and Raymond James Stadium. The helicopter, based out of Joint Base Andrews in…

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HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

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Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

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Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

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HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]