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Homeland Security
Smiths, Rapiscan Get More X-Ray AT Orders
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Smiths Detection a $17 million contract for Advanced Technology (AT) X-Ray machines to be deployed at passenger checkpoints in some of the nation’s […]
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Homeland Security
Airforwarders Seek Federal Help in Screening Cargo
As federal mandates for the screening of air cargo near, the chief of one association whose members forward cargo from shippers to airlines is hoping the government pitches in with […]
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Homeland Security
Analogic Receives $6.9M to Complete Work on eXaminer XLB
Analogic [ALOG] has received a $6.9 million contract from L-3 Communications [LLL] for operational hardening and final testing of the eXaminer XLB (Extra Large Bore) high speed, automatic, inline Explosive […]
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Homeland Security
Testing Underway Decision Sciences’ Muon Tomography System
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) earlier this spring began testing a prototype of a new cargo screening system developed by Decision Sciences Corp. (DSC) that is based on Muon Tomography […]
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Homeland Security
NATO Agency Orders AS&E’s Z Portals
American Science and Engineering [ASEI] has received a $6.2 million contract from NATO’s Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) to supply Z Portal X-Ray screening systems, including service for multiple […]
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Homeland Security
ICx Acquires Small Firm with Expertise in Bio-Aerosol Collection, Analysis
ICx Technologies [ICXT] has acquired S3I, LLC, a small firm that will bolster its capabilities in biological threat detection, for $5.3 million in cash. S3I’s key product is the Instantaneous […]
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Homeland Security
Lockheed Martin Supplying More Bio-Warning Systems for Japan
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received an order for two of its Biological Aerosol Warning Systems (BAWS) from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force. Lockheed Martin began delivering BAWS to the […]
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Homeland Security
L-3 Proves Out Integration of 3-D Locator Components
The contractor developing a three-dimension location device for first responders, particularly firefighters, and military users has demonstrated that the necessary components to make the system work can be integrated, according […]
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Homeland Security
Tri-S Security Receives $5M in DHS, DoD Contracts
Tri-S Security Corp. [TRIS] says its Paragon Systems subsidiary has received two five-year contracts valued at about $5 million total from the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. Due to […]
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Homeland Security
Briefing
*President Bush has signed Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 24 which establishes a framework for improved coordination between federal departments and agencies for the use and sharing of biometric capabilities […]