Homeland Security
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Homeland Security
NIAID Soliciting for Radiation Countermeasures
The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is soliciting for continued development of decorporation agents used to treat internal exposure of radiation, which occurs when radionuclides are internalized […]
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Homeland Security
Earnings Notes And News
ImageWare Systems [IW] 3Q07 3Q06 Sales $3.5M $2.2M Net Inc. ($130K, $0.01) ($1.5M, $0.13) Sales increased 59% largely due to multi-biometric enrollment and management and identity proofing the company is […]
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Homeland Security
Briefing
*Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to negotiate with General Atomics to use a Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System in support of a maritime demonstration project that will include acquiring […]
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Homeland Security
DoD Readying to Establish Biometrics Center of Excellence
To better coordinate the various biometric development efforts and databases throughout the Defense Department, the Pentagon soon plans to establish a DoD Biometrics Center of Excellence within the Army. Creation […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Touts Success of Coast Guard’s At-Sea Biometrics Pilot
A limited trial by the Coast Guard of fingerprint capture and identification technology has helped reduce the flow of illegal immigration by nearly 50 percent in the Mona Passage, which […]
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Homeland Security
Reveal Ships First Mobile CT-80
Reveal Imaging Technologies has shipped its first Mobile CT-80 automated Explosive Detection System (EDS) to a government customer in the Middle East for event security at high profile facilities. The […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Expands Biometric Trial into South Florida
Based on its apparent success reducing illegal migrant traffic in the Mona Passage, the Coast Guard soon will expand a biometric pilot project to a dozen of its cutters operating […]
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Homeland Security
Acro Introduces Nitro Explosive Tester
Acro, Inc. [ACRI], which sells a pen-like device that tests for improvised peroxide-based explosives such as TATP, has introduced a similar device called the ACRO-N.E.T., which is a nitro explosive […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Postpones Certification of ASPs; Basham Says CSDs Still Not Ready
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has postponed a decision on certifying the cost benefits of new radiation detection portal monitors based on the concerns of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), […]
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Homeland Security
QinetiQ Launches Fiber Optic Sensor Product for Security
Britain’s QinetiQ has launched OptaSense, a buried cable fiber optic sensor solution that detects multiple, simultaneous disturbances every 10 meters over a 40 kilometer length of installed cable. QinetiQ says […]