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Homeland Security

Varian Nabs $21M CBP Award for Container Screening Systems

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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded Varian Medical Systems [VAR] a $21 million contract to provide five IntellX gantry X-Ray container inspection systems, the largest single order ever for the system. The award is being made under an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. The systems will be deployed along the U.S. border to scan vehicles for both border security and manifest verification purposes. The IntellX is based on Varian's Mi6 dual-energy Linatron system which uses alternating energies to allow…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]