Homeland Security

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] a $33 million contract to supply VACIS P7500 X-Ray inspection system under the Secure Freight Initiative. The number […]

The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded SRI International a five-year, $36.5 million contract to develop, demonstrate and test advanced sensing and situational awareness technologies and systems to improve port […]

American Science & Engineering [ASEI] received an order for 15 Gemini parcel inspection systems to be used to secure checkpoints at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Gemini uses dual energy […]

The State of Illinois has selected Polimatrix, Inc., to supply upwards of 20,000 pager style radiation detection and identification devices that will be used by law enforcement officers and first […]

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded four construction firms separate indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts worth a potential $488 million combined for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tactical infrastructure […]

For developers and manufacturers of millimeter wave technology, October was a pretty decent month due to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) decision to acquire a limited number of portal and […]

The Department of Defense has awarded a contract to ICx Technologies [ICXT] to provide its AirSentinel ambient biological detection aerosol sensors. The value of the contract wasn’t disclosed. AirSentinel is […]

General Dynamics [GD] and the University of Missouri-Rolla have received a three-year applied research contract from the Navy Sea Systems Command Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division for Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices […]

Denver International Airport has selected Verified Identity Pass’ Clear Registered Traveler (RT) service at the airport with plans to launch the new express security lanes this winter. Clear enrollment will […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Broad Agency Announcement seeking proposals for a distributed, “ubiquitous” chemical and biological sensing network called CELL-ALL. […]