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Transportation Security Administration Chief David Pekoske expects a request for bids this summer for a new contract for advanced checkpoint baggage scanners to be followed by an award a year later, although deployments of the technology under the new contract could be two years away, he told a Senate panel on Tuesday. The checkpoint computed tomography (CT) program “is my highest acquisition priority because of the significant improvement it makes in our ability to detect” threat items in carry-on bags…
