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Panel Suggests DHS Take Leadership Role In Pushing Utilities To Harden Against EMP Threats

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, May 8th, 2014

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Panel Suggests DHS Take Leadership Role In Pushing Utilities To Harden Against EMP Threats

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should take on an active role in leading and urging the nation’s electrical utilities to do more to harden themselves against potentially devastating electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats that could results in catastrophic damage to the nation’s critical infrastructures and loss of life, a panel of experts told a House committee on Thursday. With overlapping regulatory authorities across the different states and federal government and the various utilities involved, and not having one agency in…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]