Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week issued a pre-solicitation notice seeking professional support services to continue a Studies and Analysis Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) that […]

By Calvin Biesecker The House panel that oversees homeland security appropriations yesterday approved a $39.9 billion spending bill that would add $2.3 billion, or 6 percent, to the president’s budget […]

Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine, and the Coast Guard will host an industry day on July 7-8 in Miami, Fla., to provide a forum to exchange information on […]

The Technion in Israel, the Israeli Institute of Technology, and the Yale School of Management have received a financial gift to establish a three-year partnership to conduct homeland security and […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a presolicitation for engineering modifications to commercially available stationary gantry/fixed source screening systems that screen checked bags for explosives in order to meet […]

ORTEC, a business unit of AMETEK [AME], has introduced Micro-Detective, the newest addition to the company’s family of Detective handheld nuclide identifiers. The Micro-Detective weighs 15 pounds, 40 percent less […]

The Joint Product Director for Advanced Detection System under the Joint Program Manager for Biological Defense is seeking information related to battery-operable and one-man portable biological identification techniques for use […]

The Department of Homeland Security has selected Ahura Scientific‘s handheld FirstDefender chemical identification instrument for placement on the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistant Program (CEDAP) for the second year in a […]

Cogent Systems [COGT] 1Q08 1Q07 Sales $24.6M $30.1M Net Inc. $14.4M, $0.16 $6.2M, 0.06 The improvement in the bottom line was due mainly to a $10M ($0.07) gain related to […]

The Army has awarded Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] a potential five-year, $500 million contract to provide and support Defense Department installations with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protection and […]