Homeland Security
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Air ForceAllied Nations Interested In Buying THAAD Ballistic Missile Defense Systems
Space Based Radar Needed Because Ground Radars Blind In Some Spots Europeans Would Welcome Mobile Kinetic Energy Interceptor Missile Defense Some nations are interested in buying the Terminal High Altitude […]
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CongressSmall, Primitive Nuclear Weapon Detonated In Washington Would Wreak Destruction Over Wide Area, Two Studies Show
Total Destruction Of Buildings Near Blast Would Be Followed By Widespread Fatalities In Radioactive Fallout Over Many Miles Even a small, primitive nuclear bomb detonated on the National Mall in […]
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Air Force
Missile Defense Makes War Less Likely, Rather Than Precipitating Conflict: General
Another Minuteman Overhaul May Be Needed U.S. moves to form a multi-layered ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield help to avert conflict, much as the vast U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons […]
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Homeland Security
TSA To Ramp Up Purchases of Checkpoint Security Equipment
By Calvin Biesecker Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Chief Kip Hawley said on Tuesday that his agency this year will order another 580 Advanced Technology (AT) X-Ray machines and at least […]
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Homeland Security
Port of L.A. Explores Business-to-Business Container Security Arrangement
By Calvin Biesecker Exploring a novel approach to container security, and one that may please budget conscious U.S. government officials, the Port of Los Angeles is discussing with terminal operators […]
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Homeland Security
ICx gets $4.4M from ThermoFisher for identiFINDERs
ICx Technologies [ICXT] received a $4.4 million order from ThermoFisher Scientific [TMO] to provide identiFINDER handheld radiation detectors. ThermoFisher typically resells the devices to various federal government customers. Over 6,000 […]
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Homeland Security
Unisys Gets $1M from L.A. Port for TWIC Access Control Pilot
The Port of Los Angeles has awarded Unisys [UIS] a potential $1 million contract to design and manage an identification and access control system field test under the federal Transportation […]
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Homeland Security
GE to Provide Integrated EDS, X-Ray Systems to Moscow Airport
General Electric’s [GE] Security business has been selected by Moscow International Airport Domodedovo to provide two integrated CTX 9000 DSi and X-Ray Diffraction 3500 systems as part of a system-of-systems […]
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Homeland Security
Iomai Gets Small DoD Grant for Patch-based Anthrax Vaccine
Iomai Corp. [IOMI] says it has won a one-year cost-reimbursement grant for up to $943,856 from the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to perform preclinical work on a patch-based […]
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Homeland Security
DHS to Sponsor New FFRDC
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to sponsor a new Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to do system engineering and system development. The Homeland Security System Engineering […]