Homeland Security

The Defense Department’s Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM) as begun signing military enlistment contracts using fingerprint readers at the Baltimore Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) in Fort Meade, Md. The […]

Toluca International Airport in Mexico has ordered two CTX 9400 explosives detection systems (EDS) from General Electric‘s [GE] Security business for inline screening of checked bags. “We are proud to […]

General Electric‘s [GE] Security business has introduced a new version of its StreetLab substance identification system, the StreetLab Mobile. Capable of detecting unknown chemical and biological agents in the field, […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this year plans to order another 580 Advanced Technology (AT) X-Ray machines and at least 30 more millimeter wave whole body imaging systems for deployment […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Epsilon Systems a small follow-on contract to complete the integration of a rail security pilot project in the Washington D.C. region that […]

ICx Technologies [ICXT] won a $4.9 million research and development contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate for Phase IIb of the Detect to Protect […]

The timing of a planned rollout of a field test of a federally-mandated identification and access control system that must be designed, developed and managed at several terminals at the […]

The Borders and Maritime Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued two Requests for Information: one for a research and development […]

*The Transportation Security Administration has rolled out self select checkpoint security lanes at Pittsburgh International Airport marking the 12th airport using the new type of lanes. Most of the airports, […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday released a Small Vessel Security Strategy (SVSS) that begins to focus the nation’s attention on the potential threat from small […]