Homeland Security

The Transportation Security Administration has begun a second evaluation of a facial recognition-based system for authenticating a traveler’s identification document, this time allowing airline passengers to use the system themselves […]

FAA Issues Call for UAS Detection, Mitigation Technologies The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a call against an existing Broad Agency Announcement for white papers to identify eligible manufacturers, vendors […]

Synthetic Nabs $1M DHS S&T Award for Machine Learning to Aid Aviation Security The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has awarded Synthetik Applied Technology $1 million […]

South Korean Airport Evaluates Smiths Detection’s Checkpoint CT, UV Disinfection Kit Smiths Detection says that South Korea’s Incheon International Airport has concluded a successful trial of the company’s HI-SCAN 6040 […]

OSI Systems [OSIS] 4Q20                   4Q19                   FY20                    FY19 Sales                    $277M                $308.4M             $1.2B                  $1.2B Net Inc.               $14M, $0.76      $16.7, 0.89         $75.3M, $4.05   $65M, $3.46 Sales in the […]

Customs and Border Protection has released the Request for Proposal (RFP) for non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems that will allow vehicles to be safely driven through the portal so that the […]

The Department of Homeland Security of late is getting hearing from its components that their interest in counter-drone technologies is shifting more toward mobile systems than fixed systems, a department […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in August issued a draft statement (SOW) of work ahead of the next round in its acquisition of new airport checkpoint baggage scanners with an […]

Elbit Systems of America is providing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with new trailer-mounted intelligent surveillance towers that will fill in gaps for long-range surveillance on the southern border. The […]

The Transportation Security Administration is working with Congress to change the law to allow new technologies to be used for airport checkpoint body scanners that don’t require the need for […]