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Homeland Security

Smiths Gets $20M in Contracts to Supply Qatar Airport with X-Ray Systems

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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

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Smiths Detection has won over $20 million in contracts to provide automatic explosives detection equipment and checkpoint X-Ray systems at Qatar's New Doha International Airport that is currently under construction. The security systems are slated to be integrated by late 2011. Smiths says that more than a dozen of its HI-SCAN automotive explosives detection X-Ray screening systems will be integrated in to the baggage handling system at New Doha. The systems will scan both check in and transfer baggage. The…

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 […]