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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a $4.7 million contract for the first year of a multi-year award for Phase II of the Security...
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Era a.s., a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc., today announced that Tajikaeronavigation, the Republic of Tajikistan’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), has selected Era to provide a nationwide wide area multilateration (WAM) solution in...
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In-line baggage handling systems use state-of-the-art technology to screen baggage for explosives quickly while streamlining the ticketing and boarding process. This eliminates the need for passengers to walk checked baggage to a screening location...
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced approximately $23 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for an inline baggage screening system at Orlando International Airport (MCO)—enhancing the Transportation...
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In most ways, the United States is safer today than at any time in nearly a half century. Nothing on the list of serious threats to U.S. security compares with that once posed by...
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DRS Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of DRS Technologies (Finmeccanica Group) has unveiled its newest ARMOR™ rugged tablet computer, the ARMOR™ X10gx. This all-new 10.4″ rugged tablet enhances the efficiency and productivity of an increasingly mobile workforce...
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Raytheon Company received a contract from the city of Providence, R.I., to strengthen surveillance in its port by integrating chemical-detection sensors into the existing security system. Working with emergency management and environmental agencies, and...
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EADS Defence & Security has delivered the second TRS-3D naval radar to Lockheed Martin, a prime contractor for the U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship program. The radar is due to be integrated on the...
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Computer networks controlling the electric grid are plagued with security holes that could allow intruders to redirect power delivery and steal data, the Energy Department warned in a recent report. Many of the security...
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CACI International and the U. S. Naval Institute released a report on Cyber Threats to National Security: Countering Challenges to the Global Supply Chain. The report publishes recommendations from the most recent symposium in...
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced the airline industry has met a key requirement of the 9/11 Act by screening 100 percent of air cargo on domestic passenger aircraft. TSA worked closely with...
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By Vago Muradian and John T. Bennett U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told industry executives last week that his efficiencies push is largely meant to stave off White House officials who want to slash...
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Atlantic Organization for Security DHS: $7M to Lockheed Martin for Rapid Analysis of Infrastructure Disruption tool. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.’s Advanced Technology Center won a five-year $7 million contract with the Department of...
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The Open Information Security Foundation (OISF), a group funded by the U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and several security vendors, this week released an open source engine built to detect and prevent network...
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Computer hackers have designed a virus that targets industrial control systems built by German engineering giant Siemens AG, activating a kind of malicious software that analysts say represents a growing corporate-espionage threat. The virus,...
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EADS is keen to make “reasonable” acquisitions in the field of defense security and services in the U.S. over the next few years, Chief Executive Louis Gallois said over the weekend. The U.S. has...
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A collaborative effort between the Border Patrol and the Oceanside Harbor, Calif., police department prevented a maritime smuggling attempt early Friday morning as 22 foreign nationals who illegally entered the country at sea were...
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Despite high-profile support for flying unmanned aircraft along the U.S. border with Mexico, the camera-equipped drones are far from a technological magic bullet for fighting illegal immigration. Testimony presented to the House Homeland Security...
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Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the pressure’s on to allow them in the skies over the United States. The Federal Aviation...
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A Predator UAV climbed into the early morning Arizona sky June 1 and headed east to conduct the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s first surveillance flight along the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas. Cruising at...