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Homeland Security

ORTEC Introduces Software to Allow Advance Nuke Detection Search System

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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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AMETEK's [AME] ORTEC Products Group has released a commercial search system that combines its existing radiological and nuclear detection products with new software to allow for stand-off detection and identification of improvised nuclear or nuclear dispersal devices. Called Detective-Mobile, the software capability allows users to mount the company's portable Detective and Micro Detective radioisotope identifiers and even its Interchangeable Detector Module (IDM) nodes on mobile--including aerial--and fixed platforms to conduct scanning operations. It can also be used with the Detective…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]