OSI Systems Gets $43M in Security Orders
OSI Systems [OSIS] says its Security division has received multiple orders worth a combined $43 million to provide maintenance services for several of its systems that screen cargo, vehicles and baggage, and screening systems for checked baggage. The specific maintenance orders and customers were not disclosed. For the checked baggage, the company received a $13 million order to provide multiple units of its RTT 110 explosive detection system to be installed at an Asian Pacific international airport. The sale of the RTT systems expands the company’s installed base of the computed tomography-based screening systems.
CBP Awards ESI Acquisition $8Mfor Web Emergency Operations Center System
Customs and Border Protection has awarded ESI Acquisition, Inc. a potential five-year, $8.3 million contract for continued upgrades and support for its Web Emergency Operations Center (WebEOC) system so it can maintain access to the commercial-off-the-shelf software owned and manufactured by ESI. CBP acquired the WebEOC software about 10 years ago from resellers under the Department of Homeland Security FirstSource II strategic sourcing vehicle. The software is used as the platform for CBP’s electronic medical records system, COVID-19 pandemic tracking, continuity of operations planning, and field incident reporting.
SiloSmashers Nabs $2M to Provide Support to DHS S&T
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has awarded SiloSmashers, Inc. a potential seven-month, $2 million contract bridge to continue to provide support to the Information Assurance Information Systems Security Office branch within the Office of the Chief Information Office. DHS S&T says it has 29 systems with full security assessment and authorization and authority to operate and 10 systems in development that are scheduled for deployment between fiscal years 2021 and 2022. DHS plans to award a new competitive task order in support of the Information Systems Security Office by the end of October. The new contract will consolidate five different contract options and have a four-year period of performance.
DoD Awards Citadel Defense $6M for CUAS
The Defense Department awarded Citadel Defense a $6 million contract to build and supply a new artificial intelligence-powered counter unmanned aircraft system (CUAS) that will be developed using feedback from military operators and first responders. The new system built for this contract will be fixed for site protection and will be used at sensitive government locations and be operated by military personnel and first responders. The DoD customer that purchased the CUAS is classified. “Addressing feedback from front line operators and government experts, we’ve worked with strategic partners to develop a highly integrated and scalable solution that counters armed and surveillance UAS compromising national security missions,” Christopher Williams, Citadel’s CEO, said in a statement. The CUAS system will use AI, machine learning, and sensor fusion to autonomously detect, classify and track drones. The system can also autonomously defeat drones if it has the authorization to do so, Williams told HSR sister publication Defense Daily. The system will use radiofrequency countermeasures with extensibility along with tactics from other systems to defeat drones, he said.