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Radiation-Detecting Helo to Sweep Charlottee Ahead of GOP Convention

Thursday, August 20th, 2020

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Radiation-Detecting Helo to Sweep Charlottee Ahead of GOP Convention

The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration said Monday it will dispatch a radiation-sniffing helicopter to the skies of Charlotte, N.C., ahead of the 2020 Republican National Convention scheduled there next week. A twin-engine Bell [TXT] 412 helicopter, rigged with passive radiation-sensing instruments, “will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over downtown Charlotte and areas in and around Yorkmount on August 20 and 21,” the semiautonomous Department of Energy agency said in a press release. The helicopter, operated from Joint Base Andrews…

Budget

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Congress

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Space

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Congress

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