DHS Certifies Rapiscan’s Fixed-Gantry EDS
OSI Systems [OSIS] says that the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Laboratory has certified its Rapiscan Systems division’s RTT 80 explosive detection system (EDS) for airport checked baggage screening. The RTT system has also passed the European Civil Aviation Conference’s hold-baggage EDS Standard 3 threat detection requirement. OSI has already sold the RTT system to several customers globally. The company says it plans to submit its RTT 110 EDS system for DHS certification testing later this year. The RTT 110 has a larger tunnel size than the RTT 80 and the company says its opportunities for U.S. sales are greater with the larger system due to the size and minimal price differential, company officials say. The RTT 110 has already been sold to customers in Europe, including a $27 million order by Rome airport, the largest contract yet for the system. “Priority one” for RTT sales is Europe to meet the 2020 for new hold-baggage screening explosive detection requirements, Deepak Chopra, OSI’s chairman and CEO, says on the company’s third quarter earnings call.
Qylur Partners with Security Firm in Mexico to Offer Security-as-a-Service
Qylur Intelligent Systems, maker of the Qylatron automated, self-service threat detection system, has partnered with Moro Security to provide the Qylatron as a security-as-a-service for customers across Mexico. Moro Security provides security equipment and screening systems for the public and private sectors. “We are adding the revolutionary Qylatron to our suite of services and are excited to unveil it as the centerpiece of our exhibit booth at Expo Seguridad 2015,” says Robert Pena, president and CEO of Moro Security. The Qylatron was used at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil last year. “We consider this a very strategic partnership as it enables us to introduce the Qylatron in Mexico, as we expand our footprint across Latin America,” says Lisa Dolev, founder and CEO of Qylur. “Our vision to deliver the best security and best guest experience caters well to the unique needs and great passion for sports and major events in this region.”
Sotera DataWake Browser Used to Expose Deep Web Activity
Sotera Defense Solutions says its DataWake Browser is part of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) MEMEX program, a search engine used to expose the Dark Web and help in the fight against human trafficking. Sotera says its DataWake browser facilitates new techniques for scraping sources and presenting that information to users in a way to easily identify connections in web pages visited and not-visited. “Sotera is very excited to be part of the MEMEX program, which provides the capability to create a configurable domain-specific interface into web content,” says Kathleen Lossau, Sotera Principal Investigator. She says the program is providing “innovative revolutionary content discovery, information extraction, information retrieval, and user collaboration tools for multiple domains.”