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Homeland Security

TSA To Award $240 Million To 10 Airports For Inline Baggage Explosives Detection

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Thursday, August 27th, 2009

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday announced $240 million in stimulus spending to supply inline baggage handling systems integrated with explosive detection systems (EDS) at 10 airports across the country. DHS said the 10 airports represent new projects that were made possible through cost saving initiatives by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the cost assessment and negotiation process related to the original slate of 16 airports identified by DHS earlier this year as recipients of the American Recovery…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]