Homeland Security

By Calvin Biesecker The State Department yesterday awarded General Dynamics [GD] a potential $72.7 million contract to produce its new border travel document, the PASS Card, beating L-1 Identity Solutions […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday issued its final regulations for establishing minimum security standards states must comply with for their drivers’ licenses and identification […]

By Calvin Biesecker An operational test facility that will open this year will give the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) the ability to test new, emerging and upgraded technologies, examine how […]

TopEyeView, a provider of real-time video imagery via aerostats and unmanned air vehicles, and Vidiation, LLC, which has developed radiation detection software that is integrated into video camera systems, have […]

The Chemical Biological Medical Systems Joint Project Management Office sees support for accountability, storage, maintenance, security, handling, packing, transportation and testing of government-owned and regulated chemical and biological defense materials, […]

The results of two animal studies show that the drug ABthrax improves survival rates in by up to 64 percent when administered after animals were symptomatic for anthrax disease as […]

The Army is seeking qualified sources for a full rate production contract for the Joint Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance System (JNBCRS) Increment 1. Increment 1 will be for 20 […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has signed a cooperative agreement with Germany-based facial recognition technology firm Cognitec Systems, firming up its ability to integrate and offer multi-modal biometric solutions. "This cooperation agreement […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gain knowledge of Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) in advance of department-wide indefinite delivery, indefinite […]

L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] has agreed to acquire Canada’s Bioscrypt Inc. in a $44 million stock-for-stock transaction, in a deal that would give it capabilities and customers in the biometric-based […]