Homeland Security

By Calvin Biesecker The State of Arizona last week formally agreed to work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on creating an Enhanced Drivers Licence (EDL) for its citizens […]

The consulting firm The Tauri Group received a potential five-year, $85 million task order as part of an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide advisory and assistance services to […]

Recognizing that the current generation of bio-aerosol detectors still gives off too many false alarms, which in turn can have a costly series of consequences, scientists at Sandia National Laboratories […]

EDS Corp. [EDS] received an $11.6 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to support the implementation and deployment of Personal Identity Verification cards to all VA employees, […]

Nuclear Security Services Corp. (NSSC), a provider of critical infrastructure protection solutions to various industries, has acquired a volumetric-based perimeter alarm system from Siemens Building Technologies (SBT), in an effort […]

Cross Match Technologies and L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] have received initial orders for both companies’ 10-print livescan systems as part of an upgrade of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S.-VISIT […]

I.D. Systems, Inc. [IDSY] has completed development of its wireless asset management system that can be used to track vehicles operating in airports and has begun to market the AvRamp […]

The Virginia Port Authority has acquired a situation management software suite from Orsus that will allow it to integrate 250 video cameras that are used to monitor 10 miles of […]

The Pentagon’s advanced research shop and industry partner Northrop Grumman [NOC] are moving into the next phase of a program that will allow Army personnel to coordinate the tactical operations […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday that it is awarding Boeing [BA] a $64 million task order to design, develp and test an upgraded situational awareness software […]