Homeland Security

  • Defense Watch

    Defense Watch

    The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense In Limbo. Congress has yet to agree on what to do about the federal budget–and within that how to […]

  • CBP Issues Requirements For Container Security Devices

    CBP Issues Requirements For Container Security Devices

    By Calvin Biesecker Customs and Border Protection this week issued a Request for Information (RFI) for existing Conveyance Security Devices (CSDs) mounted inside cargo containers to meet requirements that appear […]

  • TSA Plans Operational Test Facility For Passenger And Baggage Screening Equipment

    By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has acquired space in the Washington, D.C., area to house an operational testing facility for checked baggage and checkpoint security systems, giving […]

  • Briefing

    Briefing

    *General Dynamics [GD] received a potential five-year, $48.2 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to provide cyber situational awareness support, analysis and technical and infrastructure support to the […]

  • HHS Releases Draft RFP for rPA Anthrax Vaccine

    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purchase of 25 million doses of a recombinant protective antigen (rPA) anthrax […]

  • Datastrip Introduces Upgraded Handheld Biometric Reader

    Datastrip Introduces Upgraded Handheld Biometric Reader

    Datastrip, Inc., has introduced an upgraded version of its handheld biometric and card reader, the DSV2+TURBO, which is HSPD-12 approved. The new terminal is upgraded from the company’s DSVII-SC readers, […]

  • Project National Shield BAA Released

    Project National Shield BAA Released

    The Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center’s (ARDEC) Homeland Defense Technologies Division has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) under the Project National Shield initiative in support of ARDEC’s […]

  • ICF International Enters DHS Mentor Prot�g� Program

    ICF International Enters DHS Mentor Prot�g� Program

    ICF International [ICFI] is partnering with Log-In Systems, Inc. (LIS), a small service-disabled veteran-owned business, under the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Mentor Prot�g� program. LIS specializes in program management, […]

  • Army Issues BAA for Autonomous Mine Countermeasures

    Army Issues BAA for Autonomous Mine Countermeasures

    The Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s Night Vision Electronics Sensors Directorate has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking various technological approaches that can remotely and autonomously detect, mark, […]

  • Untitled

    Untitled

    The first National Security Cutter (NSC), CGC Bertholf (WMSL 750), returned to Northrop Grumman [NOC] Ship Systems’ Pascagoula facility Sunday after completing machinery trials, the company said yesterday. The machinery […]