Month: May 2011

The Massachusetts State Police are set to pilot test a miniaturized backscatter imaging system under development by American Science and Engineering [ASEI]. The Advanced X-Ray Imaging Single-sided System (AXISS) is […]

VeriTainer Corp., the company that developed the VeriSpreader crane-mounted system for detecting nuclear and radiological materials inside shipping containers, has introduced a low-cost variant of the system capable of detecting […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Wireless Systems Program office are hosting a Technology Day on May 24-26 at the […]

The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) plans to issue a Request for Quotations in July for two separate efforts, one for Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) and the other […]

Outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that while difficult cuts are inevitable in the defense budget, unneeded weapon systems already have been eliminated and major ones being developed are […]

The Coast Guard C4 Information Technology Service Center plans to hold an Industry Day on Aug. 17 at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., in Arlington, Va. The center will provide […]

  The first Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft has successfully reached its intended orbit and is performing as required.   The satellite was launched […]

OSI Systems [OSIS] says it has received two new contracts, one to supply a rail scanning system and another for $4 million to maintain its Secure 1000 whole body imagers. […]

Implant Sciences Corp. [IMSC] has received a number of orders worth a combined $2.6 million to supply its handheld Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 explosives trace detectors to customers in China and […]

Britain’s BAE Systems yesterday said it has agreed to sell its Composite Structures business unit to EnCore Composites Holdings, Inc., for $32.5 million in cash.   The deal is expected […]