*Cinemassive Displays LLC has received a $1.5 million contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for an upgrade to the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) video wall. The NRCC is a multi-agency center based at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., that provides overall coordination of the federal response and supports emergency management program implementation. Atlanta-based Cinemassive has a wide range of federal customers.
*The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is extending the performance period of its contract with FirstLine Transportation Security until Dec. 31 to assure continuation of security screening services at Kansas City International Airport pending the resolution of a complaint filed in federal court related to the company’s loss of the contract in April to Akal Security. TSA expects the court to resolve the complaint by around Aug. 2 and is extending FirstLine’s contract, which would have expired on July 9, on a month-to-month basis. The value of the contract extension wasn’t disclosed. The private airport screening services are provided under the Screening Partnership Program.
*Aware [AWRE] has received a $468,850 contract from the Transportation Security Administration to supply a fingerprint capability with store and forward, and results distribution capabilities. Results distribution is a web portal that displays the results of background checks. Store and forward provides the backend services to systems and applications that require fingerprint-based background checks for TSA.
*Safran has completed its $1.1 billion acquisition of L-1 Identity Solutions making it the “world leader in biometric identity solutions,” it says. L-1 is now MorphoTrust and is operating under Safran’s security business called Morpho. Including MorphoTrust, Morpho would have had $2 billion in sales last year. Morpho also operates MorphoTrak and Morpho Detection in the U.S., a provider of airport security scanning equipment. Safran also completed its acquisition of Syagen Technology, a leader in developing mass spectrometry technology for security applications. Syagen will be part of Morpho Detection. Also, Morpho Detection announced a new president, Brad Buswell, who succeeds Dennis Cooke, who is departing for Ryder Systems, Inc., the transportation and supply chain management firm.