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Homeland Security

TSA Expands Use of AS&E’s Backscatter System to LAX

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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week expanded the pilot test of American Science & Technology's [ASEI] backscatter-based SmartCheck personnel screening system to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), AS&E says. The screening system has been in use at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport since Feb. 2007 and remains ongoing to provide passengers selected for secondary screening with an option to pat-down searches. AS&E says that about 90 percent of selected passengers have opted for SmartCheck.

Budget

House Appropriators Add Restrictions And Reporting Requirement To Battleship, Reject Cut

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Congress

House Appropriators Concerned With ‘Risky’ Reconciliation Approach To Fund Munitions, F-35 Plans

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Budget

Lawmakers Push Shipbuilding Accountability And Submarine Reports In House Appropriations Bill

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Congress

Six F-35Bs Delivered Without Radars Thus Far, Program Director Says

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