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Homeland Security

Smiths Detection’s Checkpoint CT Bid Well Below Expectations, Pekoske Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019

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Smiths Detection’s Checkpoint CT Bid Well Below Expectations, Pekoske Says

Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske. Photo: TSA

Smiths Detection’s winning bid on a nearly $97 million contract for advanced carry-on baggage scanners at U.S. airport checkpoints came in was far less than expected, Transportation Security Agency Administrator David Pekoske said on Tuesday. The price offered by Smiths Detection was “substantially less than our budge estimate,” Pekoske said of the five-year, $96.8 million contract TSA awarded the company on March 28 for the first 300 computed tomography (CT) checkpoint scanners. Pekoske said in a statement last week when…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]