Homeland Security Report
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CBP Plans to Have Back End Infrastructure for Biometric Exit Ready by FY ’19
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to have ready its network infrastructure by FY ’19 to support the build out of a solution that collects the biometrics of travelers departing […]
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Budget Request for CBP Emphasizes Wall but Surveillance Technology Fares Well
As expected the Trump administration’s budget request for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for border security is heavily weighted toward construction of a wall along the southern border but there […]
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Briefing
Elbit Systems of America’s EFW Inc. subsidiary has received a $1.9 million contract from Customs and Border Protection to supply and install a radar system and tower in Texas. The […]
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Business Opportunities
DHS S&T Issues Several Calls Against Silicon Valley Program Solicitation The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued three calls against its streamlined acquisition solicitation […]
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Contract Awards
TSA Awards Leidos $45M to Continue to Provide HAZMAT Services Leidos [LDOS] has received a potential five-year, $45 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to continue to provide […]
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Tech Developments
Vision-Box Unveils Biometric Entry-Exit Solution Vision-Box this month unveiled an integrated biometric entry-exit system that allows border authorities to collect the necessary information to assist in apprehending illegal immigrants and […]
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DoD, DHS Enhance Interoperability Between Respective Biometric Databases
The Departments of Defense and Homeland Security this month turned on new applications that will enhance interoperability between their respective authoritative repositories of biometric records that are used to deprive […]
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Congress Trims FY ’17 OBIM Budget to Account for Hart Delays
President Donald Trump earlier this month signed an FY ’17 budget bill that Congress sent him that provides $235.5 million to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office that manages […]
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TSA to Include Face Recognition in Biometric Authentication Pilot Tests
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this summer plans to evolve planned pilot tests of fingerprint recognition technology at security checkpoints to eventually include facial recognition testing, an agency official says. […]