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Homeland SecurityNext DHS Biometric Rally To Focus On Face Recognition In Small Groups
This September the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate plans to host its next Biometric Technology Rally and is seeking applications from vendors to provide camera systems […]
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Navy/USMCHeckl: Reduction Of 31 to 24 Amphibs Adds Risk, Mostly Outside Indo-Pacific Region
A Marine Corps official told a congressional panel Wednesday the Navy’s plans to reduce amphibious warships in the medium term from 24 ships will add risk to the service’s ability […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Could Achieve Significant Sustainment Cost Savings, GAO Says
The program for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter could achieve significant sustainment cost savings in the coming years, per a section of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) 2022 annual […]
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CongressHouse Committee Passes Cyber, China, CBP Safety Bills
The House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday approved five bipartisan bills, including a measure to create a new industrial control systems training initiative and another restricting the Department of Homeland […]
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Air ForceUSAF Moving to Organic Adversary Air Training at Nellis AFB
The U.S. Air Force is to move to using Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As for organic adversary air training for its fighter pilots at Nellis AFB, Nev., after the service declined […]
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Navy/USMCNavy: Delay From LHA-9 To LHA-10 Will Increase Cost And Impact Industrial Base
Navy officials on Wednesday admitted the Navy’s current plan to procure the future America-class amphibious assault ship, LHA-10, about a decade after LHA-9 would increase costs and impact the industrial […]
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CongressPlan To Get Plutonium-Pit Factories Back On Track Coming In ‘Early Fall,’ Official Tells Lawmakers
It will take all summer to finalize a plan aimed at hastening construction of a key nuclear-weapon-component factory that has fallen behind schedule in South Carolina, a Pentagon official said […]
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CongressUranium Processing Facility Will Be Eight Months Late, NNSA Says
A new facility for manufacturing nuclear-weapon secondary stages will not be completed until August 2026: eight months later than expected, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) told […]
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SpaceCACI Demonstrates Optical Intersatellite Links for DARPA, SDA
CACI International Inc demonstrated space-to-space optical communications links in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) as part of the Mandrake II mission. CACI announced the tests Tuesday, in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects […]
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Air ForcePentagon Fiscal 2024 Budget May Lay Out Future Path for F-35 Engine
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2024 budget may lay out a future path for engines for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter–a course of action that may upgrade the existing Pratt & […]
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