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Cal Biesecker
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UncategorizedBusiness Opportunities
Release of RFP for Support to Cyber Command Slips to October United States Cyber Command now plans to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) in October for its potential $460 […]
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Contract Awards
Smiths Detection Nabs Potential $143M DNDO Award for RIIDs The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has awarded Smiths Detection a potential five-year $143 million contract to provide various Department of […]
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Tech Developments
National Academies Says X-Ray Body Scanners Comply with Rad Exposure Limits A new study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says that second-generation X-Ray backscatter-based machines being […]
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Earnings News & Notes
Implant Sciences [IMSC] 4Q15 4Q14 FY2015 FY2014 Sales $5.7M $1.5M $13M $8.6M Net Inc. ($4.2M, $0.06)($5.7M, 0.09) ($21.5M, $0.30) ($21M, 0.35) Based on its […]
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DoD Biometrics Official Says Focus Shifting to Future Threats, Technology Needs
TAMPA, Fla.—The Defense Department official that oversees biometric efforts across the DoD enterprise, including the science and technology portfolio, says at a conference here that his focus has shifted from […]
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Speed Trumped Security in Passenger Checkpoint Failures Identified by IG, TSA Chief Says
Poor passenger screening performance at airport checkpoints in the United States that was uncovered through covert testing was driven in large part on concerns about moving travelers through the security […]
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CBP Begins Expanding Biometric Exit Pilot to More Airports
TAMPA, Fla.—Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun the expansion of an ongoing pilot program that collects fingerprints of some foreign nationals as they depart the country from airports in […]
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DHS Biometrics Office Taking Steps to Replace IDENT Database
TAMPA, Fla.–The office that performs biometric matching services for the entire Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is close to issuing a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) and hosting an industry […]
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Briefing
Babel Street has received a $1.7 million contract from the Secret Service to provide the agency with an open source intelligence monitoring system. Based in Northern Virginia, Babel Street provides […]
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Business/FinancialRolls-Royce Making $584 Million Investment In U.S. Plant
Britain’s Rolls-Royce on Monday said it will invest $584 million as part of a five-year to modernize its manufacturing operations in Indianapolis where it primarily does defense business. The investment, […]