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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

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Smiths Detection Offers Vehicle Mounted X-Ray System for Commerical Security Smiths Detection has adapted its ScanVan vehicle-mounted mobile X-Ray system for use in the commercial security market. The company originally developed ScanVan for port and border secrity and is now offering the self-contained system for security at concerts, sports arenas, convention centers, schools and other vents and venues where temporary checkpoints are needed. The system includes a HI-SCAN 100100 PRO X-Ray system installed inside a Dodge ProMaster cargo van. The…

Unmanned Systems

In Response To Flag Concerns, DoD Looks To Reduce Drone Prices, As Order for 30,000 Looms

The Pentagon is bargain shopping for Group 1 drones, as other countries, including Ukraine and China, have taken advantage of consumer electronics-level prices to bolster their stables. “In last spring’s […]

Pentagon

Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation

Pentagon leaders on Wednesday sought to quell concerns over the rate at which the U.S. is employing critical munitions in its military strike campaign against Iran, with lawmakers also pressing […]

Congress

SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]

Congress

Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

Legislation regarding equity investments by the Defense Department in critical mineral supply chains is needed to strengthen the larger defense industrial base and demonstrate to the “free market” that the […]