Homeland Security
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Homeland Security
Splinternet Plans to Acquire Vidiation
Splinternet Holdings [SLNH], a small firm that has developed gamma radiation detection sensors and a networking platform to tie sensors to a command and control platform for alerting, plans to […]
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Homeland Security
Army Awards OSI $7.3M for Relocatable GaRDS Units
The Army has awarded OSI Systems [OSIS] a $7.3 million contract for multiple relocatable Gamma Radiographic Detection Systems (GaRDS) for cargo and vehicle inspection at various international locations. The award […]
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Homeland Security
Raytheon’s JLENS Successful In Preliminary Design Review
By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said the Joint Land attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) successfully completed Orbit preliminary design review (PDR), a key milestone for […]
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Homeland Security
U.S. Issues Final Rule For Travel In Western Hemisphere
The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and State last week issued the final rule for travel by land and sea under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), mandating June 1, […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Grumman Wraps Up C-Manpads Demo Program, Removing Pod From Civilian Aircraft
By Dave Ahearn LINTHICUM, Md.—Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday wrapped up a multi-year demonstration program in which it installed a laser system on airliners to defeat shoulder-mounted man-portable weapons that terrorists […]
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Homeland Security
Raytheon Introduces Concrete Smasher For Urban Search And Rescue
By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] has developed and demonstrated a rapid concrete breaking technology that can be used by urban search and rescue teams to work more quickly in disaster […]
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Army
Public Discussion Needed On Relationship Between Active-Reserve Components, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt Public debate is needed to recognize the change that more than seven years of conflict have seen as the National Guard and Reserves are used not so […]
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Business/Financial
Livermore Lab Got Security Waiver–POGO
By George Lobsenz The Energy Department has granted its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory a waiver from tougher security standards imposed on DoE sites in 2005, even though the nuclear weapons […]
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Business/Financial
L-1 To Acquire ID Systems Business of Digimarc
By Calvin Biesecker L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire the ID Systems business of Digimarc Corp. [DMRC] for $250 million in stock and cash in […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Begins Gearing Up For First Quadrennial Homeland Security Review
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun scoping how it will put together its first ever Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR), a congressionally-mandated report that will […]