Homeland Security Report

TSA Awards Peraton $343M for IT Support Peraton has received a potential $342.7 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to operate, maintain and improve the agency’s information technology, services […]

DHS S&T Develops Portable Outdoor Shot Detection Technology The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate along with Shooter Detection Systems have developed SDS Outdoor, a portable gunshot detection […]

The Transportation Security Administration in December said it has made a number of new additions to its qualified vendor list for next-generation checkpoint baggage scanners, increasing competition ahead of the […]

The Transportation Security Administration is beginning the move toward requiring the security equipment it buys to have standard interfaces to enable third party software applications be added to the screening […]

Later in January the Department of Homeland Security plans to issue a “funding opportunity” to improve the scanning technology that Customs and Border Protection uses to screen vehicles and cargo […]

House Republicans have elected Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), a border hawk, as the new chairman of the House Homeland Security. “For the sake of our national security and homeland security, […]

TSA Seeks to Boost Cybersecurity of Surface Transportation System The Transportation Security Administration has issued a Request for Information and draft Statement of Work for an Internet Access Point Scanning […]

Leidos to Provide New AIT Systems to Atlanta Airport Leidos [LDOS] has been selected to upgrade Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport with ProVision 2 Advanced Imaging Technology […]

Smiths Detection Opens New Biolab Smiths Detection has opened a new biolab at its Centre of Excellence in Hemal Hempstead, United Kingdom, which will complement research capabilities of its site […]