Homeland Security

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 […]

By Calvin Biesecker In the wake of recent reports about federal airport security screeners failing to uncover most fake bombs taken through checkpoints by covert Red Teams, the Transportation Security […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it will be competing to design and install the Coast Guard’s Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS), a two-way maritime digital communication system that will improve […]

By Calvin Biesecker Officials from seaports in the United States told Congress this week that demand for mandatory new federal worker identification credentials significantly outstrips the U.S. government’s expectations, potentially […]

By George Lobsenz Wackenhut Corp., saying the company has failed to keep up with major new security demands in the nuclear industry, last week announced "a new strategic direction" under […]