Homeland Security

By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to initiate a pilot project in February that involves inspecting cargo bound for passenger aircraft using existing X-Ray and explosive trace […]

An advisory panel charged by the Departments of Homeland Security and State to suggest ways to balance the nation’s security while maintaining a welcome mat in the United States for […]

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority yesterday selected Verified Identity Pass to be the Registered Traveler (RT) Service Provider for both Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airports, further boosting […]

By George Lobsenz The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) yesterday laid out a range of options for consolidating and streamlining its operating contracts for the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons complex, […]

*DHS Science & Technology plans to award a contract to Syagen Technology to modify a mass spectrometer-based screening portal for explosives detection. The mass spectrometer is near production quality although […]

The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) for exploratory detection research, nuclear forensics and academic research. Under Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 08-101, DNDO is seeking proposals from private industry, academic institutions […]

Valley Forge Composite Technologies, Inc. [VLYF] says the first U.S. model of its ODIN-ULDRIS (Ultra Low Dose Digital Radiographic Imaging System) personnel screening system is being prepared for demonstration. The […]

NORFOLK, Va.-Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as part of a larger purchase of new high-energy container inspection X-Ray systems, is expected to supply two of the systems for use at […]

Implant Sciences [IMX] and OSI Systems [OSIS] have resolved a legal dispute between the two firms over an agreement in 2005 for development, distribution, and manufacturing. Under the resolution, the […]

The Defense Department has issued a sources sought notice conducting market research to determine the extent to which small business is capable of performing as a prime contractor for a […]