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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 1st, 2022

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Tech Developments

Liberty Defense's HEXWAVE 3D imaging system. Image: Liberty Defense

Toronto Airport First to Test Liberty Defense’s HEXWAVE Detection Scanner Liberty Defense says that Toronto’s Pearson International Airport has agreed to test the company’s HEXWAVE walk-through security detection scanner, becoming the first airport to test the portal. The trial will begin in the third quarter. Pearson is Canada’s largest airport. HEXWAVE uses 3-D radar imaging and artificial intelligence to detect and identify concealed weapons and other threats, both metallic and non-metallic. As a walk-through machine, there is no need to…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]