AS&E Announces Major Order for ZBVs, Other Systems
American Science & Engineering [ASEI] has received its largest single international order for 33 Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) mobile screening systems, 33, topping an order for 28 systems earlier this year from a Middle East channel partner. The company didn’t disclose the customer for the new order. Separately, AS&E says it has received an order for six Z Portal multi-view X-Ray screening systems for checkpoint security from a new customer in the Middle East. The systems will be used to scan passenger vehicles, vans, trucks, and cargo for concealed threats and contraband. The company says it has sold more than 600 of its detection systems to customers in the Middle East. Finally, AS&E has received an order from the Taiwan Aviation Police for a Z Portal drive-through cargo screening system. The new system will be co-located with the Police’s existing AS&E Sentry Portal to enable a more comprehensive screening system to better detect organic threats and other contraband in pallets and containers routed through Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. “As concealment techniques grow more sophisticated, detection capabilities must become more comprehensive,” says Chuck Dougherty, AS&E’s president and CEO. “We’re leveraging our domain expertise to advise customers on the deployment of complementary technologies to provide unparalleled screening capabilities for threats and contraband. It’s this ability to deliver more comprehensive security solutions that drives expansion opportunities in Asia and other targeted markets.” The Taiwan Aviation Police also have an AS&E Gemini 100100 air cargo X-Ray inspection system.
FBI Awards Sotera $17M Extension for Terrorist Screening Center Support
Sotera Defense Solutions has received two contract extensions worth a combined $16.7 million from the FBI to continue to continue to provide support to the agency’s Terrorist Screening Center (TSC). One extension is worth $8.5 million over six months and covers continued information technology (IT) support beginning in Sept. 2014. The other award is for $8.3 million over the next 10-months and is for initiating projects in support of IT and operations that can move forward given post-sequestration add-back funding.
Smiths Detection Nabs First Order for High-Speed EDS System
Smiths Detection says it has received its first order for its HI-SCAN 10080 XCT explosive detection system (EDS) to screen checked baggage at Santiago International Airport in Chile. The EDS system, which incorporates the company’s dual-energy, dual-view X-Ray technology and Analogic Corp.’s [ALOG] computed tomography technology, is capable of operating at up to 1,800 bags per hour. Santiago International is upgrading its baggage handling system to cope with the expansion of air travel.
Coast Guard Awards HII $497 Million Construction Contract for NSC 7
The Coast Guard has awarded shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $497 million contract for production of the seventh Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC), leaving just one ship left to be funded and built in the service’s line of new high-endurance cutters. The cutter Kimball (WMSL 756), which will be built at HII’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., is slated to begin construction in Jan. 2015 with delivery set for 2018. The construction contract follows award last June of a $76.8 million contract to purchase long-lead materials for the vessel. In April 2013 the Coast Guard awarded HII a $487.1 million contract for construction of NSC 6, the Munro, which is scheduled to be delivered in late 2016. “We have a hot production line with this class of ships, and we continue to get better, a tangible result demonstrating the value of serial production,” says Jim French, Ingalls Shipbuilding program manager. The Coast Guard currently operates three NSCs and three more are in construction. NSC 4, the Hamilton, is scheduled to be delivered later this year.
Smiths Detection Wins Air Cargo Inspection Contract in Manila Airport
Smiths Detection says it has won a contract to install its new CIP-300 Car Inspection Portal at Manila International Airport’s Terminal 3 to scan cargo trolleys as they travel to and from aircraft. The contract is with Cargohaus, a Filipino freight handling and warehousing company, and will allow the trolleys to be quickly checked for hidden weapons, explosives, drugs, contraband and stowaways. The CIP-300 is powered by a low-energy X-Ray source and uses advanced material discrimination software to provide high quality images of the detailed contents of freight and baggage. The value of the contract wasn’t disclosed.
DHS Awards COGAR Group $23M for Security Guards
COGAR Group Ltd., has received a $22.6 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Protective Service to provide protective security officer services at Customs and Border Protection facilities throughout Puerto Rico. COGAR will provide and maintain all management, supervision, manpower, training, equipment, supplies, licenses, permits, certificates, pre-employment screenings and files to meet the requirement.
Eid Passport Adds New Military Facilities to RAPIDGate Footprint
Eid Passport says in 2013 it provided its RAPIDGate identity management solution to 12 new government facilities, bringing worldwide installations to more than 150. RAPIDGate is being used to enroll vendors and vet vendor personnel. The new installations are Fort Campbell, U.S. Coast Guard bases in North Carolina, California, and Virginia, Fort Huachuca, Yuma Proving Ground, and Marine Corps installations in California, Washington and Florida. Separately, Eid Passport says it has received a contract from the Navy to provide credentialing support for the Navy Commercial Access Control System. The contract will further integrate the company’s technology into NCACS, resulting in improved efficiency and effectiveness for issuing credentials to vendors, suppliers and service providers who seek entry into Navy facilities. The value of the award wasn’t disclosed.