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Senators Want Napolitano To Review Auto-Detect Capability On AIT Machines

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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Three Republican Senators who recently returned from a trip to examine counter-terrorism efforts abroad have asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to examine new auto-detection technology deployed on whole body imaging systems at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for use in the United States to address privacy concerns. The automatic target recognition (ATR) algorithms the senators mention was developed by L-3 Communications [LLL] and are installed on the company's ProVision millimeter wave-based Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines used at…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]