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Homeland Security

DHS S&T Seeks Information On Tripwire Sensors For Border Security

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Thursday, February 7th, 2008

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The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Request for Information on existing tripwire sensor systems able to satisfy a host of requirements for operations in the northwest and northeast border regions of the United States. Performance requirements for the ground sensors include being able to classify human versus non-human, a 95 percent probability of detecting a person crossing a designated area, localization to at least the length of a sensing region, report to…

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